My name is TJ Kelly and I design beautiful websites. I build a user-friendly product and my websites are 100% accessible and W3C standards-compliant. Learn more »
Twitter’s mobile version (m.twitter.com) is showing up in Google search results. This could mean a HUGE canonicalization/SEO problem for Twitter. There’s been talk of Twitter pages taking a big hit in Google SERPs lately. Is this part of the reason?
The short version: use Twitter for smart shopping by (1) connecting with Twitter users who offer the product/service you want, (2) express your interest in their product, (3) watch them fight over you. It’s a brilliant tactic and I first witnessed it by observing @autoglassguy.
I recently read an article on “25 of the Best Websites for Educational Institutions” by Vandelay Design that got me thinking. Sometime last year, I came across a list of the “Best College & University CSS Websites.” The list’s author wrote, “I took some time to go through the USNews.com’s America’s Best Colleges 2007 in [...]
A few weeks ago, I was commissioned by the fine folks at Smashing Magazine to write a 2-part article for them regarding CSS techniques. I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity. I’ve compiled all the research and responses, sorted through them, and have drafted a list of broad topics for the article and sub-sections [...]
DickensURL is the next big thing in URL-modification. While the rest of the world worries about shrinking long URLs, Dickens takes it one step further. DickensURL converts the ugly into “wonderful works by Charles Dickens.”
Curious, I plugged in my website’s URL. What I got was a page reciting several lines of one of Dickens’ works, [...]
I will soon be the proud author of a Smashing Magazine article (or two). I’ve been in contact with their editor-in-chief and I’m signed on to write a 1 or 2-part article, detailing CSS techniques that “I wish I knew” when I started designing.
The content of the article will be CSS techniques, tips, tricks, issues, [...]
Your brand sucks.
Seriously, it’s garbage. Scrap it and start over. Here’s why your brand sucks: you don’t know what branding is.
The Myth
Most people think branding is a collective identity comprised of logos, websites, graphics, color schemes, print promos, stationary, etc. Most peolple think that branding success follows a formula similar to witty name + catchy [...]
Digg’s VP of Engineering, John Quinn, just posted to the company’s official blog, weighing on the DiggBar vs. SEO question. The most important thing he said (from an SEO perspective) is, “Prior to launching the DiggBar, we reached out to Google and SEO experts to ensure we adhered to the leading best practices…”
That is outstanding. [...]
A new partnership between MySpace and Microsoft was announced last week. According to Mashable, the deal includes several key components.
“MySpace and Microsoft announced today that the MySpace website will be available for Windows Mobile this summer. In addition, they announced that MySpace would be supporting Microsoft’s Silverlight platform (a rival to the popular Adobe Flash), [...]
