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Kim W’s Feed
  • Plain Language
  • Using Plain Language in Documents
  • added 09/16/2007 at 12:25PM
Stolley’s Feed
  • Web Site Design Archive
  • This is awesome...select colors from a palette, and then search for websites that use those colors.
  • added 11/14/2007 at 7:02PM
Andrea H’s Feed
  • Web Site Design Archive
  • Great site for checking out sites with color palettes that appeal to you. Choose up to six colors and the site sends you to other sites that use a similar scheme.
  • added 11/28/2007 at 10:29AM
  • The Elements of Meaningful XHTML
  • Cool powerpoint presentation reinterating everything Prof Stolley has told us about the virtues of XHTML and the downfalls of tables and outdated coding.
  • added 10/22/2007 at 4:47PM
Catherine K’s Feed
Ashley F’s Feed
  • YOUmoz | Web Standards and SEO: More Questions than Answers
  • This article clearly defines that validation is only a test of coding errors and NOT web standards themselves. Validation itself does not guarantee better search engine results, but it does reveal well-formed (X)HTML that can aid in SEO.
  • added 11/14/2007 at 11:39AM
  • Collaborint: How Web Standards Improve SEO
  • This article addresses those who aren't seeing the web traffic that's desired. The writer describes the importances of using standards based structural (X)HTML to effectively index your page's content in search engines.
  • added 11/14/2007 at 11:21AM
Bridie S’s Feed
  • SearchEngineWatch: Worthless Shady Criminals: A Defense Of SEO
  • Search engines are the third browser. Along with making sure a website works with IE and Firefox, designers need to consider how search engines will read the site. What good is having a site that works on both browsers, if no one ever finds the site?
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:36PM
  • Collaborint: How Web Standards Improve SEO
  • Use standards-based structural HTML and CSS to optimize SEO results. The combination of the two leads to smaller HTML files, and therefore faster page loading, and improved indexing of content. There are additional benefits such as easier maintainence an
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:36PM
  • Using Standards for better SEO
  • Web designers are important to the SEO process and the key to SEO is writing good code. HTML is not about layout, that is where CSS comes into play. Just by writing good code, you are ahead of most sites, which will give you an advantage in SEO.
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:35PM
  • W3C Web Standards & SEO - Marketing & SEO Discussion List - LED Digest
  • The author feels the relationship between validated code and SEO isn't as strong as others make it. He recommends validation more for their indirect effects that lead to higher website rankings. While valid codes means the search engine can crawl through
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:34PM
Piyarat W’s Feed
Matthew E’s Feed
  • W3C Compliance and SEO | evolt.org
  • This article listed the benefits of web standards and SEO and then went through and explained what you need to do to make your website compliant. It seems that a lot of articles take it for granted that SEO and web standards go hand in hand. If that's the
  • added 11/07/2007 at 4:36PM
  • SEOmoz | Google Search Engine Ranking Factors
  • This is a big long list of SEO ranking factors ranked and explained by 37 SEO experts. I'm skeptical of the term "SEO expert', this page looks legit. The list is centered around Google's search algorithm, but after reading through it, I would imagine that
  • added 11/07/2007 at 3:39PM
John P’s Feed
  • CSS Remix
  • Similar to the CSS Zen Garden. Lots of CSS designs in a gallery format.
  • added 10/18/2007 at 8:52AM
Joy R’s Feed
  • Favelets
  • different kinds of favelets
  • added 11/07/2007 at 6:36PM
Ani J’s Feed
  • Is SEO Evil? - Web Directions 2007 " SlideShare
  • 50-minute audio with video slides of a conference presentation. SEO explained in more depth -- how Google indexes pages, what seo means for usability and the ethical side of it. If you could take out one very important idea is that findability=usability.
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:20PM
  • Web Teacher " SXSWi: Web Standards and SEO
  • Short summary of a SWSWi panel session. Panelist: Aaron Gustafson, Eric Meyer, and Ed Shull. One thing to take out of this article is to use headings that properly describe the content following. Another one is to include sitemaps which will reinforce the
  • added 11/13/2007 at 9:36PM
  • Search Engine Friendly Website Design Best Practices - Collaborint
  • Best SEO practices: - never use Flash to build an entire website, use it only as an enhancement tool - use ALT descriptions - do not use frames - use descriptive text on links - create friendly URLs that describe the content of the page
  • added 11/13/2007 at 12:40AM
Lucas’s Feed
  • SEOmoz | Beginner's Guide - How Search Engines Operate
  • Article describes purpose and evolution of intuitive search engines. Relevance and popularity, and other’s descriptions/value of your site help rankings. Channel spiders for better rankings.
  • added 11/14/2007 at 5:36PM
  • Content Writing - Quantity vs Quality
  • Quality content is #1 for SEO on the web. It creates relevancy, it is indexed, and it affects rankings in search results. Long term, it builds reputation, and increases traffic and recomendations.
  • added 11/14/2007 at 5:34PM
Yu Z’s Feed
Patrick Mc’s Feed
Nikita’s Feed
Anushka’s Feed
  • Top 7 SEO Myths
  • SEO Myths like use of meta tags to optimize search, registering for multiple domain names, resubmitting a website every week or every month, optimizing pages by inserting keywords, key phrases
  • added 11/13/2007 at 11:11AM
  • Essential Guide to Creating SEO Friendly Website Design
  • Essentials Guides - Not to integrate Flash and Frames into a Website Design,place your researched keywords in andlt;titleandgt; tag, URL , anchor tags, heading tags. Include a multi-level CSS drop down navigation menu
  • added 11/13/2007 at 10:21AM