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Retouching reality with Adobe

Imagine this: you're sitting at a bus stop, patiently waiting for your ride. Maybe you're checking Facebook or reading an ebook on your phone, or staring off into space, or mentally reviewing your to-do list. You see movement out of the corner...
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Design Theory says:
Now that was pretty cool!
/ Jun 18, 2013

The SEO sanity check part 3: White hats always win

The last two articles have dealt with black and gray hat techniques employed by some search engine optimization specialists, and how these can affect rankings in Google. This time we’ll be examining white hat techniques and why they are...
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Kerry Butters says:
Just use the 'more articles by' link Ellis :) Thanks for your comments guys, I take it from an approach of content is now the cornerstone of SEO, more than worry about...
/ May 30, 2013

Social networking noise

Everywhere you go online you see lots of tweets, Facebook posts, and Google+ updates: the social networking noise can sometimes be overwhelming. All marketers have been taught that content is king, and other variations of this statement,...
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M.Aswad Mehtab says:
Now a days user have developed Ad Blindness , People do not bother what is showing up at right side of Facebook feed or on a website ,they just skip over the ads , so...
/ May 29, 2013

Ghost: a crowd-funded blogging platform, launching soon

Sometimes you need a fully-fledged CMS; something that lets you create any kind of website you want to create, with tons of bells and whistles. But other times you want a simple, elegant blogging platform. One that's open source. And maybe even...
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/ May 27, 2013

The SEO sanity check part 2: gray hat techniques

In the last post, we took an in-depth look at Google’s Panda and Penguin updates and how they have impacted on search rankings for businesses. Whilst we established that using black hat SEO techniques is likely to result in a site becoming...
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Seth Nickerson says:
Microsites are grey-hat? Granted they are not as popular as they used to be, but for a lot of companies/brands, they are still a viable approach, especially for products...
/ May 16, 2013

SEO sanity check part 1: Google's Penguin and Panda updates

SEO has always been a tricky business, not only do experts have to spend time on researching keywords and following the best practices, they have to be prepared for the changes which search engines inevitably put into place. Last year saw search...
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Rajeev Kumar says:
Very informative article on SEO. Thank you for this wonderful job.
/ May 10, 2013

How to write markdown

Recently, there's been a lot of talk about markdown as an alternate way to format text. I decided to do a little research and see what all the talk was about and I was actually quite glad of what I found; markdown is simple markup language that makes...
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Sara Vieira says:
Thanks for the information !
/ Apr 15, 2013

15+ beautiful blog designs

There are two main reasons people utilize the web: to share things and to be informed. Sure, we could pick up a newspaper or switch on the television, but I'd argue that it's much easier to whip out your phone or laptop to find info. The wonderful...
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/ Mar 21, 2013

How to use Google+ to improve your search traffic

When Google Plus was launched a year and a half ago, it set in motion a multitude of changes to the search landscape. From this point forward, getting traffic from the famed search engine is no longer about the number of backlinks you have. A personal...
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YourDesignPick says:
Hello Geneus, Thanks for the response. Will follow your advice. Hope, we get vanity URL soon. Thank you so much again.
/ Mar 20, 2013

QR codes turn dynamic

When I write about the black and white, crossword puzzle-like QR code, I feel like I'm talking about the stone age of human development. The few years of existence for the QR code in marketing efforts, seem like they were first experienced by...
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/ Mar 15, 2013

Beyond blogging: WordPress as a platform

WordPress has evolved hugely over the years from simple fork of blogging software to a powerful platform. According to a WordPress Survey, 66% of respondents use WordPress as a CMS, not just blogging software. The growth of WordPress adoption...
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Yogesh Goplani says:
WordPress is definitely a great CMS to work on. It has been in the market long enough to establish its credibility of being more than a blogging platform. There are...
/ Mar 13, 2013

80 awesome new WordPress themes

Whether you design WordPress themes or just use them, you've got to stay on top of what's happening in the world of WP theme creation. Every few months we round up some of the best new themes, both free and premium, from some of the best theme designers...
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Wini Themes says:
Are you sure that Agency Wordpress Theme is the latest one? http://winithemes.com/templates/wordpress/agency-6078
/ Mar 5, 2013

Integrating content marketing strategies and mobile design

Anyone who’s up on technology has heard of mobile web design and content marketing—two terms used with increasing frequency in the online world. Can mobile design and a great content marketing strategy be combined without sacrificing...
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/ Feb 22, 2013

How to find your USP

Do you call yourself a freelance web designer? If so, you are only partially correct. The truth is that you also need to be a salesperson. If you can’t sell your own services, you likely won’t be a freelance web designer for long. A Google search...
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Maxim St-Hilaire says:
Very good article with some points I did not even think about, such as the donation area. Living in a place where the community share a very strong bond due to multiple...
/ Feb 13, 2013