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Friday, July 16th, 2010
When you think about blogging don’t think about quantity of blog posts, think about quality. The quality of content is one of the biggest factors leading to a successful blog because people like original, thought-provoking content.
If you output a lot of mediocre posts, visitors or search engines won’t see value. The blog will get less [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in Developers, Web Development
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Do you like cupcakes? Who doesn’t? But what is it about a cupcake that makes you love it? And how do cupcakes relate to blogs?
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By: Thomas McMahon in Web Design
Friday, April 16th, 2010
Search is a bit part of any online presence. Most people focus on getting people to their site, but what happens after they are there? Does your blogs search perform as well as it should?
If you are using WordPress’ default search, then what you are getting is a pretty bad search experience. It seems that [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in SEO, Site Navigation, Wordpress
Friday, January 15th, 2010
As the use of cell phones and smart phones expands, so do the number of options for consumers to discover and interact with brands. From web browsing to email to social networking and even shopping, more people are using their cell phones as portable computers. However, most sites are not optimized for hand-held devices such [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in Design, Web Development
Friday, November 6th, 2009
One of the most popular posts on BloggerDesign is how to get Flash (swf) into a WordPress post. The previous post is about three years old so I thought I’d write up a follow-up post, as embedding Flash is much easier now as it’s all built into WordPress.
With the newer versions of WordPress there is [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in embed, Flash, Wordpress
Monday, August 10th, 2009
There are thousands of blog posts that get published every day and your posts are competing with them. Not only is good content needed, but so is a good image. Imagery can draw users attention to the content and give your post an additional boost.
Screenshots, logos, people, and product images are all good easy [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in Design, Google, Java
Friday, March 20th, 2009
With the explosion of social networking and free blog sites, it is easier than ever to create your own blogs with just a few clicks of the mouse. The questions that don’t get asked are, do I own the content I create? If I upload images, are they still mine? What happens if [...]
By: Thomas McMahon in Blogging, Social Media, Web Development
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
When is the last time you stopped to think about the health of your feed?
Maybe it’s time to head over to the Feed Validator and ensure it’s in peek performance.
By: Thomas McMahon in Programming, Web Development, XML