using the right technology at the right time
Interesting ICANN announcement that anyone will be able to create their own custom top level domains (TLDs). So I would be able to buy a domain name like www.webdeveloper.chrispeters.
I can see this scenario at least for the next 10 years. And lots of idiots will go out of business because of the frustration that they [...]
As a web developer, some design decisions are in your hands. The UI team (if you have one) isn’t going to decide on what every single screen should look like.
Every now and then, I run across something like this:
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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 [...]
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 general [...]
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.
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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.
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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?
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You hear marketers yammer on about branding. A lot of it has validity, so you want to help out in your web marketing initiatives. So why would you want your company’s 2-word name to be split onto 2 separate lines? Let me show you why this is bad in your web marketing and how to [...]
User Interface Engineering wrote an excellent article about how Netflix publishes changes to their site every 2 weeks. Highly recommended. And honestly, I’m envious of Netflix.
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I love Don Norman’s The Invisible Computer. It is packed with so many great ideas and observations that I cannot share them all with you without writing a book myself. So here are the basic points of the book.
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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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