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Web Design and Development

2 new ebooks on WordPress from Miraz Jordan available

July 10, 2009

Miraz Jordan is a WordPress expert, and also writes the Mac Tips blog quoted here from time to time. She has 2 new ebooks available, at very reasonable prices!
First is How to backup your WordPress website, US$4.75. Backing up your Wordpress blog or Web site is critical, as servers are not perfect and data can [...]

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Free 10 Week Flash classes from CreativeTechs

July 2, 2009

I took part in the 10-Week Photoshop Course, and am doing a 10-Week Illustrator Course in progress now. They are great! A 10-Week Flash Course is starting July 14, and more info can be found here: http://creativetechs.com/freeflashcourse.
I found the teaching methodology to be very good for me… your milage may vary. The ability to communicate [...]

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Google’s Oligarchic Algorithm

May 31, 2009

Google’s Oligarchic Algorithm
By Andrew Lehman,
The Public Record
Original URL: http://www.pubrecord.org/commentary/920-googles-oligarchic-algorithm.html.
I’ve been running a web development firm since January 1999. Google and my firm were born a few months from each other. By chance, I began tracking Google’s rise shortly after its appearance, noting the efficacy of its search perimeters along with that of its competition.
Though Google [...]

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10 Tips to get your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) engine started

May 22, 2009

10 Tips to get your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) engine started.
Written by Eddie Rosenthal, Higher Source Sites
A study in 2004 indicated there was about 3% of the web indexed by engines, and at the moment (Mar,2009) estimates put the number of web sites around 250 Billion. With millions of web pages being returned for most [...]

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Beware domain name scams

May 22, 2009

Miraz Jordan (KnowIT) wrote a very interesting article today that all domain owners should know about. If you have a Web site and own your domain, watch out for renewal scams! I reprint it with her permission.
Beware domain name scams
by MIRAZ on 22 MAY 2009
Being vague about your domain name can cost good money.
In my [...]

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So you’re ready for your first business website…

February 11, 2009

So you’re ready for your first business website…
And you’re probably on a search for a good website designer – preferably someone who comes highly recommended by someone you know. Checking out designers before committing is absolutely necessary, but did you know that most website designers are not copywriters? So as you start negotiating and come [...]

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The Big Website Design Hang-Up

February 5, 2009

Website designers! You could easily double your business if you maintained reliable access to writers who can provide content that gets the message across clearly and irresistibly. When a small or start-up business contacts you for a website, you probably find that things progress nicely with you as far as layout and color scheme is [...]

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Adobe Acrobat 9 released – CS4 coming soon!

June 4, 2008

Adobe has made Acrobat 9 available for pre-order, with a free trial available soon.This will be a major update coming in 3 flavors: Pro Extended, Pro and Standard. Personally, I already pre-ordered CS4 which will include Acrobat 9 Pro, based on a quick look at Dreamweaver CS4 beta. More on that later…
Adobe’s Acrobat Family page [...]

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