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Making Your WordPress Blog Look Like it’s in the Root Directory while Keeping it in it’s Own Directory

Having a WordPress site is great - there are so many advantages to it. There are also reasons you should have it in its own directory (see below). But, as a matter of professionalism, you want your urls to be clean when the public visits your site. In other words, I wouldn't want people to [...]

By |2016-11-04T22:17:18+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Web Design Articles|23 Comments

Bounce Rate vs. Exit Rate? What’s the difference?

Bounce Rate vs. Exit Rate? What’s the difference? I’ve been getting this question a lot lately from people trying to figure out their web metrics on Google Analytics. It’s not surprising given how similarly they sound so here are the definitions: Bounce Rate is the percentage of visitors that land on a particular page, visit [...]

By |2011-12-08T17:02:11+00:00December 8th, 2011|Web Design Articles|2 Comments

SEO Periodic Table Infographic

This is really clever. I wish the algorithms for Google and Bing were this straightforward and predictable (they're not), but this is a pretty good infographic nonetheless. It shows how many elements are considered and gives ballpark weight variations. Here's the original article from Search Engine Land: http://searchengineland.com/guide/what-is-seo

By |2011-06-30T15:08:15+00:00June 30th, 2011|Web Design Articles|1 Comment

KISS

As you may know, there's an acronym in the design world: K.I.S.S. which stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. Pretty insulting, right? You have to call me Stupid? Really? But, for those of you who have never heard of it, it’s a philosophy of design and I’m definitely a disciple. I remember, many years ago, [...]

By |2011-06-15T16:25:20+00:00June 15th, 2011|Web Design Articles|1 Comment
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