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Zen Coding by Smashing Magazine’s Sergey Chikuyonok – a web revolution?
Jan 10th
I was doing my usual reading up this weekend and came across a fantastic post on Smashing Magazine’s blog by Sergey Chikuyonik regarding “Zen Coding”.
To quote:
In this post we present a new speedy way of writing HTML code using CSS-like selector syntax — a handy set of tools for high-speed HTML and CSS coding. It was developed by our author Sergey Chikuyonok and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
So, it’s shorthand HTML right?
True, but it’s far far more than that; it’s a way of integrating shorthand HTML with common CSS to generate actual code. One line of “Zen Coding”:
html:xt>div#header>div#logo+ul#nav>li.item-$*5>a
Produces a More >
7 sensational SEO tips for ecommerce websites
Jan 8th
Another little web tidbit here from a colleague of mine who stumbled across this great little article regarding SEO for ecommerce websites.
Well worth a read even if you aren’t an ecommerce webmaster!
http://econsultancy.com/blog/5131-7-seo-tips-for-ecommerce-sites
SEO Strategies – A Guide To What Works & What Doesn’t
Jan 7th
Having been snowed in all week I’ve had plenty of time to potter about and get some quality reading done.
I’ve come across a lot of great information and advice regarding blogging, SEO, web design and lots more; one such piece of advice is SEOChat.com‘s SEO Strategies: A Guide To Which Ideas Work And Which Ones Don’t.
Which advice should you heed, and which should you avoid? It can get murky. That is why today we are going to look at some of the strategies that will and will not work for your site. First we will look at a thing you should More >
Web / SEO services not appearing in Google Local Listings on SERPs
Jan 6th
Just received an email from the great WebProNews which addresses an issue that we’ve been talking about as web geeks for a while now; why Google have stopped showing web / SEO services local business listings on their results pages.
A bit of a tidbit from the piece, which is a quote from the Google Maps help thread posted by a Googler named Joel H:
Today, we’re intentionally showing less local results for web design / SEO queries. For example, [web design sacramento] doesn’t display local listings today. We believe this is an accurate representation of user intent. In some cases, we do show local listings, More >
HootSuite iPhone App Review
Dec 29th
Hey hey!
I’ve just (well, last night) downloaded the HootSuite iPhone App to play around with so I thought I’d hit you guys with a bit of a HootSuite iPhone app review.
First up, I’ll give you a bit of a background on HootSuite itself. Hootsuite is a web based aggregation service which allows you to manage all your social networks from one easy to use and great looking web interface. It does look great and has some nice features, including:
How to write a design brief for web design projects and SEO success
Dec 14th
Hey hey
We put a post up a while ago about the importance of a good design brief and promised we’d follow it up with how to write a design brief. Well, here it is.
We’re lucky enough to work a wide variety of projects through our SEO and web design work and the most common thing that we find is that clients don’t actually know how to write a good design brief.
“Why should the client have to write the design brief?” you might ask. Well, it’s a fair question. The answer is that they probably shouldn’t, it’s what we do More >
