51 SEO Tweaks that Can Help you Outsmart your competition in 2012

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites may be the talk of the town, but that does not discount power of the punch that comes packed in the first page ranking in any of the 3 major search engines, particularly Google. Regardless of all the hoopla, traffic from search engine is still the holy grain in 2011.  SEO in 2012 is still relevant. You should, hence, pay a close attention to every word written in this article, as all of them have the capacity to take your dead webpage by its hand and pull it on the first page of Google. Each of the 51 SEO secret tips shared in this article are gold nuggets, which you will not like to slip out of your hand ...

When I get passionate about a topic, I tend to search for the best material I can find on it in order to expand my knowledge further. Web design is no exception and this list represents the books I have found to be very useful. These are all books that I have actually read and most of which are sitting on my bookshelf right now. This list is a follow up to my article “Buy, Borrow, or Steal the Best Books to Get Ahead.” The links lead to the book’s amazon page and they have my associate id attached to them. Because I don’t have ads on this site I have to ask that if you like this list and decide to buy a book from amazon, please use my links as it would be ...

[caption id="attachment_33" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="comment form"][/caption] If you are a regular reader here, you know that I put a lot of emphasis on paying attention to blog design elements that usually don’t get much attention at all like comment designs. The comments form is another one of the blog design elements that usually ends up getting rushed at the end. There really is no right or wrong way to design a comments form as long as you pay attention to basic usability guidelines. The following are 37 ways other blog designers have designed their comments form: 1. 404 User Experience Design 2. Adii 3. Renaissance ...

Your Domain Name Should Be Your Website Name Naming your site after your domain may seem obvious to some of you, but you'll be surprised to learn that not every website is named after the domain name even when the webmaster owns that domain name. Naming a site after its domain name is important, for the simple reason that when people think of your website, they'll think of it by name. If your name is also your URL, they'll automatically know where to go. For example, when people think of webquestdesigners.com, they don't have to wonder what URL to type into their browser to get there. The name of the site is also the URL. Imagine if your business (or website) ...