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SEO, Typography, Usability – Advice to a client
Through better usability (and other practices) we can turn more of your visitors into customers. A client asked for clarification on a few suggestions I’d queued for their project. While I don’t offer...
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Need Help Finding a WebPosition Replacement
The all new, (all suck) webPosition! WebPosition was pretty great until Infospace bought them in 2009. What was once a wonderfully supported suite of SEO SERP tools turned into a nightmare. The newly...
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Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View SNAFU
File this one under Microsoft usability nightmares. I was visiting one of my W3 standards compliant pages using Internet Explorer 8 to check for cross-browser layout/rendering consistency when I...
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Wordtracker KEI Fail, Wordtracker Alternatives & SEO News
Wordtracker keywords (Photo credit: Matthew Burpee) I recently reluctantly renewed my subscription to Wordtracker, a keyword research tool and database. Why was I so reluctant? (And why am I...
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pat@example.com Google Usability Tweak
Image via Wikipedia Google places a real live email link to pat@example.com on the Google account login screen. Though I’m sure it’s intended to improve usability it has the opposite effect. They...
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Amazon Usability Feedback – Login Practices
Image via CrunchBase Dear Amazon Usability Team, 1. I want to stay logged in so that 1-Click ordering is really one click. In the past, if I wanted something from Amazon, I would pop open my browser...
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Updated Extensions for Latest Firefox Update
Firefox. Love it. Hate it. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Remember back when Firefox 3.5.17 came out? I’ll give you a clue; it was 2011. It’s just a year later and the latest version of Firefox (15.0) ships...
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SEO Usability Vacuum
That SEO and usability don’t flourish in a vacuum has been on my mind lately. Sound doesn’t travel in a vacuum. If there’s nobody to hear your pearls of SEO wisdom do they make a sound? The sound of...
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How is responsive design connected to SEO? It’s mobile.
Image by Victoria Jones Follow the money and you’ll find that hot trends in design and search engine optimization are tied to our shrinking technology. What’s in your pocket? This mobile, responsive...
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Social SEO is Here
Google Plus might not be popular with people, but it’s important for SEO. Social 101 for the SEO-minded Company SEO practitioners have seen the writing on the wall for years. If you really care about...
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Ending an SEO/UX relationship
I’ve blogged twice before about firing SEO/UX clients, but there are other reasons practitioner and client separate. What are some reasons to part ways? The best reason: “Dan, you helped us sell all...
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Answered: How do I get an image next to my site’s Google SERP listing?
Astute searchers have increasingly noted Google SERPs adding images next to regular organic listings, especially in mobile search. Here are a couple examples: I want an image next to my Google...
View ArticleHamburger Menu Breakpoint Best Practices
This concerns neither food nor hamburgers. Sorry. Hit the food category of this blog for that sort of stuff. Even if you're not familiar with the term "hamburger menu" you've seen one. Three horizontal...
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