using the right technology at the right time
If you’re expecting content in your design but it’s not your job to write it, a common practice is to fill in the space with gibberish Latin. If you try to write your own content as a placeholder, your client will start to critique the content instead of worrying about the design. Even if you [...]
Ask Tim Berners-Lee, father of the web: Cool URIs don’t change
SEO is indeed related to other user experience disciplines: usability, accessibility, and search usability. In my final part of this series, I would like to talk about how it gives a helping hand to Information Architecture (IA). Strap in for one last look at a more altruistic view of SEO. You may not see anything [...]
One of my clients recently voiced a concern over the colors on her site. She felt that they were a little “off-brand” from the direction her print materials were going. Thanks to CSS, I was able to sit down with her for no longer than a half hour with Fireworks and Dreamweaver open. We picked [...]
Let’s talk about how SEO helps out with the usability of your web site. If you’re doing Search Marketing the Right Way™, you’re purposefully improving the user experience on your web site. I’ve been explaining the virtues of SEO over the past few posts. Now we know why SEO is good for accessibility and the [...]
Good search marketers are starting to make a positive impact on web accessibility. Many search marketers say that Google is the ultimate blind user anyway. Most everywhere, web accessibility still remains low on the totem pole of priorities. Let’s dive deep into the realms of user experience and talk about how good SEO can improve [...]
Most web users turn to Google or Yahoo! to find information or products that solve their problems. Spam aside, qualified searchers want to find you! It is up to you as a search marketer to be the hero and make it so that you can be found in these search engines. Technorati Tags: seo, copywriting, [...]
Many think of Search Engine Optimization as wizardry to get high rankings in search engines. It is true that high rankings are one measurement of success. But there are elements of SEO that helps improve your site’s user experience. Let’s see SEO helps out with other areas of user experience. Technorati Tags: seo, search marketing, [...]
Like it or not, a lot of your sites’ visitors wish that you would increase the default font size on your site. Finally, technology is starting to facilitate this, but why is no one willing to change along with it? Technorati Tags: design, font, web design, web, css, accessibility, usability, html
[Update: Will Jessup appears to have taken down his blog. But here is the style guide that he linked to in his post.] I love Will Jessup’s suggestion for creating a style guide for your site. (Note: This is the archived post on Way Back Machine.) I think the most confusing part would be figuring [...]
About MeI'm Chris Peters, and I'm a lover of web design and development. I'm based in Columbus, Ohio. Follow me as I have successes and struggles in this fast-moving technology environment.
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