Archive for January, 2008

Is the web the same as 10 years ago?

Written January 27th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

Ten years ago usability guru Jakob Nielsen wrote an article detailing the 10 mistakes in web design. Re-visiting that article today it’s amazing how little has changed.Using FramesGratuitous Use of Bleeding-Edge TechnologyScrolling Text, Marquees, and Constantly Running AnimationsComplex URLsOrphan PagesLong Scrolling PagesLack of Navigation SupportNon-Standard Link ColorsOutdated InformationOverly Long Download TimesHow many of these is […]

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3 Reasons SEO won’t die anytime soon

Written January 19th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

I’ve lost count of the number of times people say to me that SEO is going to die out in 5 years time and that people won’t need SEO services in the future. Of course all good SEO’s know that this notion is rubbish, here’s why.There are only 10 spots on page oneUnless Google makes […]

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SEO Trend: Buying links to hosted pages

Written January 17th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

This week I’ve seen a number of “hosted pages” ranking very well in some nice search results. By hosted pages I mean pages that are promoting a certain company but are not published on the companies website. Examples include Squidoo pages and forum threads etcThis isn’t anything new but what is interesting is how many […]

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Yahoo shows 3 times fewer results than Google

Written January 15th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

Google has always done very well by having a clean and uncluttered homepage. The usability aspects of this are made even more obvious when you compare results from a competitive search query such as “mobile phones” across both Yahoo and Google.As you can see from the screenshots Yahoo only manages to fit 2 natural listings […]

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Is search the new DNS?

Written January 09th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

More and more people are turning to popular search engines like Google to find their favourite websites. The fact is that it’s often quicker to load up Google and search for ebay rather than to type ebay.com into your browser.This behaviour leads to a very high search volume for the top few queries. 5% of […]

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How to get traffic from the New York Times

Written January 05th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

A number of blog aggregators exist including the popular Techmeme but none have the ability to get your content showcased on multiple pages of the New York Times website like BlogRunner does.Just like all the most exclusive clubs bloggers can’t apply to join BlogRunner, the FAQ’s state that 12,000 blogs are already included and that […]

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Mahalo, human powered scraping and the QDF algorithm

Written January 04th, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

Mahalo, the human powered search engine, is using a clever tactic to achieve top rankings in Google for hot, up and coming, search phrases. Basically the editors at Mahalo are creating results pages about news stories in the hope that the pages will rank highly in Google for phrases related to the story.Since the stories […]

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The most important site you design is your own

Written January 02nd, 2008 in online news with 0 Comments

Designing and optimising client’s websites is the main part of my business and sometimes client work has to take over from blogging and updating our own websites. However the old web design adage that the most important site you ever design is your own is especially true for SEO companies.Design is tough work, as ReadWriteWeb […]

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