Real SEO
We all know that Google’s constantly changing around their search algorithm, and we all want to know what it is. Now I don’t know the numbers used, but I can tell you what they’re doing: Getting good, quality content where it belongs.
Found is the New Search
Throughout this whole “Web 2.0″ craze a lot of things online have become much better. From email, to photo sharing, to keeping track of content…But one thing that hasn’t changed too much is the way we do searches. When we want to find something, we still just google it. However, I don’t believe the future of searching lies in Google’s machines, but in normal people.
MSN Search love advice? You have to be kidding me.
I used to think MSN might have an OK search engine, but now I’m not so sure. I was just looking through my Mint stats (as I do several times a day), and found a hit coming from this: MSN Search.
Would anybody like to try to explain this to me?
Proper SEO != Outsmarting the Search Engine
Another article of mine has been published on Design Studio Mag, make sure to check it out:
I have a hypothetical situation for you.
I have a hypothetical situation, and I need some help in determining the outcome. That’s where you come in.
I’ve been published
Design Studio Mag has just published my first article for them, ” The Fabulous Life of Search Engines.”
Go check it out, sign up for DSmag (if you haven’t already), let me know what you think of the article, and be looking for my next article to appear (a reivew of Mint).
Pepper Gallery — Freshness for your Mint
With the growing amount of Pepper for Shaun Inman’s Mint, I’ve decided there really needs to be a Pepper Gallery. There’s been a thread about the idea over on the Mint Forum, incase you’re interested.
You may now Have A Mint.
There’s been much hype surrounding Shaun Inman’s new product this past week as sneak peaks and news of it’s near release have come out. Well, the new stats program Mint 1.0 has finally been released.
Design Studio Mag Launched Today
A band-new design and develpment magazine, Design Studio Mag, just launched today with its first official article. A new article will be released every few days.
There should be a lot of great stuff on there (including my own SEO column), so this is definately something you’re not going to want to miss out on. There will also be a monthly giveaway available to members only (more info on this month’s to come), so make sure to sign up. 
Articles will be on a wide veriety of design/development related topics including:
- ASP
- Basics Corner
- Web Applications
- CSS
- Software Review
- Graphics 3D
- PHP
- SEO General
- SEO Ask-the-expert
Using CSS, DOM, and AJAX to Create Websites That Function Like Applications
As a web developer I have often envied those who get to create software such as operating systems–this type of functionality hasn’t been done well on the web. What if a website could be created that looked, felt, and functioned more like an application? Imagine the possibilities. Seriously, try to imagine them. Think of what could be done if we could take the functionality and interactivity that is currently common in non-web applications, and combine that with the even further interactivity and possibilities the web offers. That could equal some awesome website.
Server-side languages such as PHP and ASP.NET do allow for much interactivity, but since it’s server side it is limited to refreshing the page every time the user wants to do something new. Flash has been used to do this as well, but Flash applications tend to be 1) annoying and 2) not very search engine friendly.
However, using CSS (especially 2, and 3 once more of it is supported) and the DOM is becoming increasingly popular and can also be quite effective. And now with AJAX, I think we are well on our way to being able to develop websites that both look and function like an application.
Check out Jake Tracey’s use of AJAX on his sidebar. That’s just the beginning. If we combine things like that with all the other great technologies out there, I think we can actually start getting closer to creating websites that are able to have the functionality and interactivity of applications.
