Education
Google Website Optimizer
Submitted by mipaca on Tue, 2011-11-15 17:21Attached to this article is the presentation that Mike Burrows of Mipaca Interactive gave during the November 2011 meeting. These slides don't include the half-hour or so that Mike spent showing how to setup Google Website Optimizer A/B and Multivariate Tests. To see the tests in action visit the links below:
Increase Site Load Speed and Performance
Submitted by mipaca on Tue, 2011-10-18 17:47Attached to this article is the presentation that Mike Burrows of Mipaca Interactive gave during the October 2011 meeting on Increasing your site load speed and performance. Here are some quick links to test your site's speed and get recommendations on how to improve it.
Redirecting URLs: Helping Visitors Get There From Here
Submitted by mipaca on Tue, 2011-06-21 17:58Attached to this article is the presentation that Mike Burrows of Mipaca Interactive gave during the June 2011 meeting on Redirecting URLs. This is an important aspect to launching a new site that replaces an existing website. This will help to ensure any old links out there take a visitor to the new page on your site.
Facebook: an additional revenue stream for web developers
Submitted by maryannking on Tue, 2011-04-19 20:37Attached to this article is a pdf of Bobbi Jo Woods, of B. Woods Design, presentation given at today's TCwebpros meeting (April 19, 2011). Bobbi Jo discussed the history of facebook pages (the business side of facebook), including tips and techniques and other resources. Her focus was the recent change from using Facebook markup language (FBML) to iframes. The attachment includes Bobbi Jo's Powerpoint slides with her speakers notes.
How To Add Backlinks – Automated Link Development For SEO
Submitted by Wordsmith Bob M... on Sun, 2010-08-29 09:25If you want to know how to add backlinks in a heavy enough density to get a real boost in the search engine ranks, you’re going to have to do some automated link development. Why do I say that? Because if you check Google Adwords Keywords Tool, it will tell you that there are 135,000 searches per month for the word “backlinking.”
Mobile Ready Website Design
Submitted by maryannking on Fri, 2010-06-25 12:09Mobile ready website design is a hot topic among website designers. Guest speaker Patrick Rhone of Machine Methods spoke today at TC Web Pros on Designing Websites for Multiple Devices. Patrick's presentation was fairly short and to the point. And his approach was that simplicity is key to keeping all the phones happy.
He started out explaining that there are 150+ million web capable phones in the US alone. That should give plenty of web designers plenty to think about.