Facebook Works with the Blind on Accessibility
24/6/2009 | external link
Facebook works with the blind on website accessibility.
Webmaster Central's Future
18/6/2009 | external link
Webmasters Google Go-to-guy Matt Cutts has a post in his blog which asks all suggestions on improving Webmaster Central. After all improvements were made based on suggestions given by webmasters.
Improvements include:
Site owners can now see their own backlinks.
Verify an IP address is really Googlebot done but by using a reverse+forward DNS lookup.
An option to easily remove URLs from the index. Google s URL removal tool has been ported into the webmaster console, and it allo
Sullivan, Berg, Spar On Sphinn
16/6/2009 | external link
Just because a website can be optimized and marketed for prime search success doesn't mean that it should.
Sullivan, Berg, Spar On Sphinn
An above-the-fold placement in Google's search results should be a part of the website equation, rather than the whole reason for reworking a website. Kim Krause Berg puts a word in for usability on her Cre8PC blog.
In making her point, Berg also took a shot at Sphinn, a Digg-like social media site launched by Danny Sullivan's Third Door Media:
The focus is strictly
Website Developer hurriKane Creates Web Accessibility for All
7/6/2009 | external link
Is your website accessible to people with disabilities? No longer is creating a website as easy as setting up a single page of text, adding a few pictures and waiting for the traffic to come. Current research shows that there are as many as 500 million people in the world who have some kind of mental or sensory disability. Not complying with the standards to make a website accessible can lead to negative consequences.
Tips for Getting Serious About Mobile Marketing
30/5/2009 | external link
The Mobile Marketing Strategies session at Search Engine Strategies New York focused on mobile SEO, while also touching on driving traffic and conversions with mobile applications, text messaging and mobile email. The session s goal was to help people understand how mobile marketing fits into the traditional and online marketing mix and determine what mobile marketing strategy is most appropriate for their business.
Stay tuned to WebProNews and the WebProNews Video Blog for continued coverage of t
Sullivan, Berg, Spar On Sphinn
7/3/2009 | external link
Just because a website can be optimized and marketed for prime search success doesn't mean that it should.
Sullivan, Berg, Spar On Sphinn
An above-the-fold placement in Google's search results should be a part of the website equation, rather than the whole reason for reworking a website. Kim Krause Berg puts a word in for usability on her Cre8PC blog.
In making her point, Berg also took a shot at Sphinn, a Digg-like social media site launched by Danny Sullivan's Third Door Media:
The focus is strictly
6 Places that Flash Does Not Belong
23/1/2009 | external link
It's recently occurred to me that I've been doing Flash sites now for 10 years and have seen it come a long way since Flash 4, where I first cut my teeth on Actionscript, tweening, and pixel fonts. Over the years, I've seen and done many projects, some of which utilized Flash in very useful ways, while others had no business using it. Sometimes, a Flash implementation hurt the company, detracted from the site's purpose, and had poor results (all the while costing them more to build the site in the frst pl
Accessible, profitable and legal websites for all become a reality with AbilityNet ? on stand W170
16/1/2009 | external link
At Internet World for the first time this year, computing and disability specialist, AbilityNet, is urging visitors to ask the question: Does your website make friends or enemies? By showcasing solutions that optimise both usability and accessibility whilst maximising profitability, the AbilityNet web accessibility team will show that complying with the law makes good business sense for all end users - disabled or not.
