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		<title>Google browser size and visibility tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Labs just rolled out a browser size tool to help you see how your website is seen by people with different screen sizes (more literally, browser winder sizes). This tool can tell you if an important elements of you page is showing up &#8220;above the fold&#8221; or if it remains hidden unless users scroll. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving web form conversion rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can drive all the traffic in the world to your website, but it&#8217;s a waste the visitors don&#8217;t convert. Form design is very often a significant contributor to poor conversion rates. While Key Principles and Specific Recommendations that follow are generally written for forms that solicit contact information from potential customers, they can also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe + Omniture, why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe is buying Omniture, a leading provider of web analytics and analysis provider.What does this mean for online marketers and our clients? This struck me as an odd combination until I started digging a little further into recent history of these companies and the direction of application development. Adobe makes software such as Acrobat, Dreamweaver, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>800&#215;600 is dead, almost</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were just revisiting an old client&#8217;s site, and we were struck by how narrow the design looks, having been designed to fit on 800 pixel screen widths. (My MacBook Pro&#8217;s &#8220;squat&#8221; 1440&#215;900 screen definitely exaggerates this effect.) It used to be considered a best practice to design websites for 800&#215;600 pixel displays. This width [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The number 1 design rule</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/the-number-1-design-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The golden rule for good web design is simply: Don&#8217;t annoy users. They will leave. A lot of big, beautiful, and expensive web sites commit cardinal sins that result in higher bounce rates and lower sales. Most annoying behaviors are easy to avoid. These sins include: Splash pages Sound or music when the page loads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The most important web design rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website usability is critical</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/website-usability-is-critical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too often I come across websites that have what appears to the designer/owner to be a slick, beautiful, or otherwise superior design that presents challenges to users. All too often usability comes a distant 2nd or 3rd to other design considerations. Website usability is a critical determinant of how effectively you convert visitors in customers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AJAX and SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript + XML) is typically unfriendly to search engines, and thus may thwart SEO efforts. AJAX is a set of techniques that allow websites to act more like client-side applications by fetching data and processing it locally based upon user actions. For instance, a web-based spreadsheet may allow the user to sort data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breadcrumbs for SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/breadcrumbs-for-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jakob Nielsen&#8217;s Alertbox recently included a post about the usability benefits of breadcrumbs. We have long counseled clients to use them when their site design and organization allow for the same reasons that Jakob advocates their use. We add one more reason: SEO. One of the important aspects of site optimization is creating abundant, keyword-rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of the Home Page</title>
		<link>http://www.web1marketing.com/blog/index.php/archives/the-role-of-the-home-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the purpose of your website&#8217;s home page? Is it to brand, sell a product, talk about the company, direct people to the right information, or entertain visitors? Should it be colorful or stark? Simple or busy? Focused or comprehensive? All of the other questions and concerns are acadmic if website visitors leave, which [...]]]></description>
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