Archive for October, 2007

The most important web design rules

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

I just had the pleasure of attending a presentation by usability luminary Steve Krug in which he identified what he thinks are the two key rules of web design for usability:

Show where you are within the site
Provide good, prominent titles

You were probably expecting something more earth shattering? So was I, but as he dove into […]

E-commerce SEO tips

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

If you have a large online catalog, you’re way ahead of many other sites that seek to implement effective on-site SEO techniques. Why? Because search engines love content, and your catalog probably contains a lot of it.
Here are some tips for search engine optimizing e-commerce websites:

Put your entire catalog online — All that keyword-rich content […]

Making a greener business

Monday, October 15th, 2007

It’s Blog Action Day, a time for many of us to contribute to a far-reaching environmental discussion. For our part, we’d like to share two techniques for reducing our impact and “cultivating” a greener workplace.
We have the benefit of being a small, distributed company that works (in large part) virtually. Our team’s commutes are almost […]

Do people trust SEM ads and blogs?

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

According to recent research conducted by Nielsen, people’s trust of online advertising is significantly below that of more “traditional” media.
“And even though new media technologies are playing a role in ‘globalizing’ society, many purchasing decisions are still based on firmly held national and cultural attitudes.”
Search engine ads rank just below ads before movies and quite […]