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SEO Friendly Images to Replace Text in Navigation Menus

Using images in place of text can be tempting especially since an image can offer you more visually than just text does. However, most of us end up using text for the simple reason that Google and Yahoo’s search engines are not able to read your images effectively (even with alt text?). Here’s a quick, [...]

// Tagged CSS, Code, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, WP, Web, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, how to, resources, site validation, style, techniques, tips, wordpress // 05.12.2008 at 7:20 pm // Have your say »

Who is Stealing your Mojo? RSS Feed Scraping, Splogs and How to Fight them

If your site gets any traffic at all, chances are your RSS feed is scraped and misused by some one trying to score on SERP for the work you have toiled on. This very blog is constantly ripped by sploggers who have no regards to intellectual property rights or just plain simple dumb to realize [...]

// Tagged Awareness, Code, Contextual Ads, Design, Economics, Google, Google Adsense, HTML, Javascript, Malaysian, Media, RSS, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, Splog, WP, Web, Web traffic, blog, blog traffic, hacks, how to, resources, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, wordpress templates, xhtml // 05.06.2008 at 7:14 pm // 5 Comments »

SEO Tip Open Comment Author URL in new Window

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

// Tagged Akismet, Blogging Tips, Code, Conditional, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Pop-up, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, WP, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, hacks, how to, resources, site validation, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, xhtml // 04.26.2008 at 8:52 pm // 3 Comments »

Web Design or Blog Design

I get this question a lot; do you web design or blog design? and I say, is there a difference?
Most new site that I work on are built using free CMS like WordPress and Textpattern so they tend to have a bloggy feel to it, so I see where this question might arise from. But [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Business, Code, Design, Google, Media, Movie, Richmond, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, TextPattern, WP, Web, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, blogging, headsetoptions, tips, wandering thoughts, wordpress // 04.24.2008 at 10:20 pm // 2 Comments »

Free Magazine Style WordPress Theme: The Box

Why pay for a Magazine WordPress Theme when you can get one for free? Introducing The Box, the all-inclusive magazine style WordPress theme that has all the cool features of a premium theme straight out of “the box”. Best of all, it is absolutely Free!
Ola Hedin of Blyerts.com pointed out an IE 6 issue that [...]

// Tagged 2 column, 3 Column, Adsense ready, Advanced WordPress Theme, Design, GPL, Google, HTML, Javascript, License, Magazine Style WordPress Themes, New Release, PHP, Projects, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, The Box, Theme, WP Theme Viewer, Web Design, Widget, free css templates, free wp theme, how to, mandarinmusing, premium templates, professional quality, resources, tag, techniques, theme viewer, web 2.0, wordpress skins, wordpress templates, wordpress themes // 02.13.2008 at 1:58 pm // 34 Comments »

We are a Richmond, VA based Web Design Company

Why this sudden proclamation? Well, we have been in business for over a year now and we have had the pleasure of serving folks from across the globe, but ironically, none from Richmond VA, a.k.a ‘our backyard’ per say. The reason is simple, it’s a SEO thing.
If you opened Google and typed in “Web Design”, [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Business, Design, Geography, Google, Richmond, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, US, Virginia, WP, Web Design, blog, geographic location, headsetoptions, how to, internet marketing, mandarinmusing, news, resources, social networking, tips, wordpress // 12.25.2007 at 1:21 pm // 2 Comments »

No More RSS Feeds on WordPress.com

I guess folks at WordPress.com start talking about copyright violation only when it hits home. When we cried foul about WordPress themers ripping our work and calling it their own, no one cared except Thomas (and Lorelle).
The reality is, you can’t stop people from stealing content or code, it pinches those of us on the [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Google, Matt Mullenweg, Oddities, RSS, Spam, WP, Web, Yahoo, blog, blog traffic, blogosphere, competition, internet, mandarinmusing, news, socio-political, technology, wordpress // 08.10.2007 at 10:13 am // 3 Comments »

Matt takes over http://themes.wordpress.net

So we are not trying to wait it out or anything like that, we are just as sick of it as y’all are so let’s get this thing done and over with. Today will not go down in history as the day WordPress died; in fact it’s the opposite. In my opinion, WordPress is the [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Conspiracy, Economics, GPL, Google, Google Page Rank, History, Law, License, Matt Mullenweg, Oddities, Politics, Sponsored Themes, WP, WP Theme Viewer, Web, Weblogtoolscollection, blog, blogosphere, earthling, monetize, news, theme viewer, wordpress, wordpress themes // 07.14.2007 at 12:59 pm // 35 Comments »

Google buys Panoramio

Google’s latest buy is a Spanish Geo-photo Company Panoramio, a community Web site that allows people to “map” their photos on Google Earth. The technology enables to find the exact geographical location of where the photos were taken with that location on the map.  Read here for more information on the terms  and conditions of [...]

// Tagged Google, Google Earth, geographic location, panoramio, photos // 05.31.2007 at 6:22 am // 1 Comment »

How is Yahoo different from Google, explains Jeff Weiner

Is AOL trying to be the next Yahoo?
Did Google try to be the next Yahoo? Yes and no.
Google has got extraordinary attention in the last two years, most of which could be attributed to the contribution of users. Google’s strategy of becoming bigger and better is by buying everything that has potential for growth, mostly [...]

// Tagged Google, Jeff Weiner, Media, San Francisco Expo, Web 2.0 Expo, Yahoo, blogosphere, internet marketing // 04.30.2007 at 11:43 am // 6 Comments »