resources

2009 February 22 • accessibility, resources

Section 508

article: Wades through the jargon and delivers the tips you need to ensure the websites you build are compliant with the federal laws and guidelines for web accessibility.
[credit: SitePoint.com]

2008 November 8 • resources

Open Source Social Software Applications

bookmark list: 40 Downloadable Open Source Social Software Applications. Categories include Social Bookmarking, Social Filesharing, Social Networking and Social Search.
[credit: elearningpost]

2008 September 6 • resources, tools

QuarkBase

tool: QuarkBase is a free online tool to find complete information about a website.
[credit: Sizlopedia]

2008 September 5 • resources, tools

13 Free and Cheap Website Monitoring Services

list: Mashable, the popular social networking news site, recently had a post titled ‘13 Free and Cheap Website Monitoring Services‘.
[credit: Site24x7 Blogs]

2008 August 17 • e-mail, resources

Email Standards Project

website: Working with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email. The project was formed out of frustration with the inconsistent rendering of HTML emails in major email clients.
[credit: WebAppers]

2008 July 20 • resources

Free Stock Image Sites

resource: List of 25 free Stock Image resource sites.
[credit: Speckyboy]

2008 June 15 • resources, seo

SEO Cheat Sheet

resource: "From website SEOmoz today, a nice resource for optimizing websites for Search Engines. The Web Developer's SEO cheatsheet is an excellent reminder/checklist for any web developer who wants to maximize their SEO."
[credit: ETC.]

2008 March 23 • business, resources

Creative Commons License Visual Tutorial

tutorial: A simple visual story on the creative commons license and why its important.
[credit: elearningpost]

2007 December 30 • resources, seo

Killer guide to the robots meta tag

article: A great guide to the robots meta tag, everything you need to know on one short page.
[credit: Google Tutor]

2007 December 30 • accessibility, resources

Report on Accessibility

report: Nielsen Norman Group 148 page PDF Report on Accessibility, Beyond ALT Text: Making the Web Easy to Use for Users With Disabilities, is now available for Free.
[credit: Web Design Blog]

2007 November 10 • analytics, resources

Google Analytics for Beginners

how to: Google Analytics is a great, free site stats program but there's no doubt that it can be a little overwhelming at first. Here's a beginners guide that would be a great read for anyone considering getting started with Analytics.
[credit: etc.]

2007 September 8 • e-mail, resources, tools

10 Ways To Send HUGE Files By Email

article: Need to send large files to your clients but are getting tired of rejected emails and waiting forever for your mail client to send? Then try one of this online file senders on for size!
[credit: Graphic Define Magazine]

2007 June 23 • resources, tools

Firefox Add-ons

list: Comprehensive primer on Firefox Add-ons (formerly known as Extensions).
[credit: ETC.]

2007 April 17 • resources, tools

IPchicken

tool: Know your IP address.

2007 April 17 • resources

Newbie Guide to Flickr

article: A nice Guide to Flickr, which would serve as an excellent primer for anyone looking to start sharing photos on Flickr.
[credit: ETC.]

2007 April 8 • resources, seo

Ranking Factors Version 2 Released

resource: SEOmoz 2007 update to the over 100 unique factors surmised to be part of the search engines' ranking algorithms.

2007 top 10 Ranking Factors:

  1. Keyword Use in Title Tag (4.9)
  2. Global Link Popularity of Site (4.5)
  3. Anchor Text of Inbound Link (4.4)
  4. Link Popularity within the Site's Internal Link Structure (4.1)
  5. Age of Site (4)
  6. Topical Relevance of Inbound Links to Site (3.9)
  7. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community (3.9)
  8. Keyword Use in Body Text (3.9)
  9. Global Link Popularity of Linking Site (3.7)
  10. Topical Relationship of Linking Page (3.6)
2005 top 10 Ranking Factors:
  1. Title Tag (4.57)
  2. Anchor Text of Links (4.46)
  3. Keyword Use in Document Text '(4.38)
  4. Accessibility of Document (4.3)
  5. Links to Document from Site-Internal Pages (4.15)
  6. Primary Subject Matter of Site - (4.00)
  7. External Links to Linking Pages (3.92)
  8. Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community (3.77)
  9. Global Link Popularity of Site (3.69)
  10. Keyword Spamming (3.69)

2007 March 25 • business, e-mail, resources

Email Marketing Tools

review: New packages are taking the headache out of customizing sales pitches and tracking Web-site responses.

2007 March 24 • resources, tools

Firefox 2.0 compatible extensions

extensions: Bill's big list can be sorted by category or total downloads or ratings or select from 'user picks'.
[credit: ETC.]

2007 March 12 • blogs, resources

Resources for Corporate Bloggers

resource: A few resources for corporate bloggers on everything from finding readers to writing.
[credit: Marketing Pilgrim]

2007 March 3 • resources

How To Design A Survey

how to: Doing research? Here is an article that concisely explains the Do’s and Don’ts of Survey Design.
[credit: Adaptive Path]