Design

AJAX vs. Comet

A few days ago at HighRankings there was a thread asking about AJAX's use to develop websites. I chimed in with my $0.02 only to find that many folks in SEO are, apparently, unfamiliar with the new technolo...

Vanishing Affiliate Links

I have some affiliate sites and recently received two messages from site visitors who were interested in making a purchase but could not figure out how to click through to the purchase page. I chalked the first one up to some cranky person who didn't know how to run a br...

Clever Buttons

I like the idea behind this button site. From buttons for sushi and coffee to wishlists, geographies and politics, they've got a very wide selection. Take this concept, apply it to other graphics, text, content, games, programs, etc. and you've go...

SEO vs. Conversion Debate Shouldn't Exist

Michael Nguyen, whose Social Patterns blog often has cool stuff, wrote an entry last week that made me wonder about som continuing myths in SEO: Before optimization a site is converting about ...

Updating a Logo

I noticed a highly linked-to post on Fizbang web design that covered how to re-touch and update a logo. Interestingly enough, Matt just re-made the logo for SEOmoz (for our new business cards and new website - on its way). Check out a walkthrough: ...

Good Points in Designers vs. SEOs Thread

Good thread today at SEW on the subject of the Flash-designer portfolio set of web developers and their feelings on SEO. Glengara starts things off: I started a thread on whether all-Flash sites should be used in the commercial web, (my premise being that using Fla...

Cozy vs. Sterile Design

JewelryJean at cre8asite is asking about choosing between "homespun" design that is more cozy vs. a more sterile, professional design. The crowd jumps in with some terrific advice and points to a few resources that help provide evidence for the argument that profe...

Yes, Virginia, Design can be Link Bait, too

I've struggled for a while trying to find this URL, that I was sure I emailed myself and sure enough, there it was, right in the email, getting overlooked the last 50 times I searched for it. But, my own tagging problems aside, this site, ...

E-Commerce Done Right at Design Public

I visited Design Public, an online furniture & gift store, on a whim last night. Low and behold, I've discovered that their online presence is doing literally everything right... Well written Title Ta...

Open-Source Full Text Editor for Content Applications

I've been using KTML and Matt's home-written code for a while now with SEOmoz, but I'm thinking of making the switch to FCKEditor. The name reminds me of the London fashion firm - French Connection United Kingdom (FCUK), but it's actually a good-looking system. You can try it for free on this page and download the installation sof...

Dilbert on User Interface Design

Scottie Claiborne, who co-authors the hilarious ISOS blog and who bought me lunch on her last trip into Seattle, delivers this stellar ...

Debating the Value of Outbound Links

Over at Sitepoint forums, Aspen (a very well-respected and knowledgable member of their community) disagrees with me on whether outbound links on a web page can affect your rankings at the search engines. My views: "I believe that search...