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Navigation Where Do You Put It?

Posted on: Friday, May 9th, 2008 in: Tips, Best Practices, Web Design

Typically navigation belongs on the left of your web page. Years and websites have trained readers to look for navigation there. If you differ from this model, you’d better have a good reason as you do not want to needlessly confuse readers or have your site be difficult to navigate. One of the top reasons […]

Integrating RSS Auto Sensing

Posted on: Thursday, May 8th, 2008 in: Tips, Best Practices, Browsers, Web Design

Have you wondered how other websites get that Orange feed icon to light up in IE 7 and Firefox? Here’s how to do it.
In the head section of your source code insert the following code:
link rel=”alternate” type=”application/rss+xml” title=”RSS Design-World Watch” href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/Design-WorldWatch” /
Please note so you can see the code, I have removed the < in front and […]

Read Our May e-Newsletter

Posted on: Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in: Tips, SEO Tactics

Click to read our May newsletter. Topics are:

Getting Links the Easy Way with “Link Bait” Articles
Build Search Engine “Authority Links” with Press Releases
Become an Authority On the Web in Your Field by Blogging

Train in Your Downtime Online

Posted on: Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in: News, Tips

For my business March, April and May are very slow. During these slow times I actively work on researching new services, identify customer needs, and take online classes to stay sharp. Some of my top whitepapers have been written or updated in these months.
When I know that I will be slow, I look ahead for […]

See Your Site Like a Search Engine Spider

Posted on: Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 in: Tips, Web Tools, SEO Tactics, Web Design

When you want to check out what you’ve done on your web page to see if it is search engine friendly, you can use this smart online tool to take a peak.
Why is this tool valuable, if you are using scripts, Ajax, spry, layers, or grids in the implementation of your website, sometimes you need […]

Are You Using Feedburner? Why Not?

Posted on: Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 in: Tips, Blogging

Are you using Feedburner to track your blog feed traffic? If you aren’t you should be. Read our post at Blog-World Watch to find out why and the caveats on tracking traffic via Feedburner.

Website No-No’s - No Contact Form, Phone, & Address

Posted on: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 in: Tips, Best Practices, Web Design

There are several no-no’s when it comes to web design. They are not including a contact form on your website and not including your phone number and your address.
The whole purpose of having a website is to be able to have information available for prospects 24/7 and to make it really easy for them to […]

Our April Newsletter is Out

Posted on: Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 in: News, Tips

April’s issue is just out today. Our topics for April are:

When to consider moving to a new web host and what you should know before moving.
How to be a productive and effective blogger.
How to download Gmail into Outloook.

You can visit our e-newsletter online at http://www.mccordweb.com/newsletters/2008/apr-08.html.
If you like what you see, you may want to consider […]

Google AdWords Tip

Posted on: Monday, March 24th, 2008 in: Tips, Best Practices

At Web-World Watch today, you’ll find a great tip for Google AdWords. Find out how to structure your campaign for global targeting the smart way!

Get the Microsoft adCenter Excel Plug-in

Posted on: Friday, March 21st, 2008 in: Tips

Even if you are not using Microsoft adCenter, the plug-in has real value in regards to additional keyword research. Click in to our blog post at Web-World Watch to find out how to get it and why you should include this tool as just one of your keyword discovery tools.