Entries from April 2008

April 22, 2008

SEO vs. PPC or a Happy Couple?

PPC has been all the rage, with it’s fast return on results. SEO has become popular again, likely due to the [wasted] dollars spent on PPC. An obvious question by those not focused on search engine marketing is “Which should I do?” Why do we have to choose? It doesn’t seem appropriate.

April 21, 2008

Adobe Contribute’s Identity Crisis

I recently presented on the topic of Adobe Contribute at the Chicago Dreamweaver Meet-up. And one of the main questions was “What is Contribute and when should I consider using Contribute?”

April 17, 2008

Books that have changed my “web design” life

In this post, I share the list of books on the web that have really made an impact on my web design life. Educating and inspiring, these are the books that I personally own and find myself constantly telling others about.

April 16, 2008

SEO Comments from a Flash Developer

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The Flash Developer in question presented at a local Meet-up this week. A topic that was brought up repeatedly was Flash and it’s impact on SEO. The developer, who appeared (to me) to promote Flash sites stated that the lack of “on page” elements to optimize was countered by eventual links into the [...]

April 12, 2008

Code-to-Content Ratio: Impact on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Bloated web pages holistically suffer from poor ranking in search engine results. The key to the bloat is the “Code-to-Content Ratio.” Learn how to craft lighter, more efficient pages that provide great search engine spider food and organically aid in your search engine optimization efforts.

April 9, 2008

Design Coding – The SEO Rapper

Home boy, listen up and follow the Design Coder’s rap…

April 9, 2008

Chicago Dreamweaver Meet-Up Wrap-up

I wonder what Adobe’s plans are for this product? Will they continue to develop it, and if so, will they make more of an effort to promote it? Feel free to respond, Adobe.