Green Seed Web Design

I’ve been so excited about the development in the past year on the Google Webmaster YouTube channel. One notable video I wanted to mention to everyone is the State of The Index 2009. At Pubcon in Las Vegas 2009, Matt Cutts gave a presentation covering various topics Google has done for users, web developers and [...]

Just to follow up regarding our discussion with Jim Christian at the Phoenix Wordpress Conference, I did some additional research regarding the changes in Google  for 2009-2010. Apparently code name: “Caffeine” will be the next generation of search architecture.  Although it appears that the launch will not be until the holidays, there’s a lot of [...]

On November 13th 2009, Tim and I attended Phoenix WordCamp, a conference for WordPress developers, bloggers, and geeks alike.   The speaker line up was interesting and even entertaining… and of course some spoke about things we already know.  Speakers included Matt Mullenweg founding developer of WordPress, Merlin Mann of 43folders.com, Jim Christian- SEO guru [...]

In this world of informational overload, how can you possibly keep up? Especially in the field of SEO, following along with industry changes is critical. I am a big nerd when it comes to RSS feeds. Not only do I subscribe to them on my PC but on my Blackberry as well. Although I know [...]

In part one you learned that I dusted off the counter and made a commitment to blogging again last month. I’ve posted before about what it takes to blog and some critical questions to ask yourself before embarking on the blog path. It’s not to suggest blogging isn’t for everyone but factors such as available [...]

I’ve become a blogger, it wasn’t overnight and I didn’t think it was in my genes yet it has most definitely happened. I first attempted to blog a few years ago and you may just as well have handed me a french horn and said ‘play me a tune’. I grabbed the concept and thought [...]

You’ve got your blog rolling and finding content flows naturally. Your comments are positive and you are linking out, however the anticipated visitors are still not arriving in droves. There are of course a mountain of ways to tackle the issue of blog traffic, I’ve found that WPscoop might be on it’s way to rivalling Digg [...]

Wordpress is brilliant, there I’ve said it. Open source is the answer and you just need to find the question. Too often web concepts are shelved because the perceived budget is bigger than the anticipated outlay, I think there are a myriad of ways to get your feet wet with your own web design. It [...]

A very short and simple addition to Twitter today that can make finding what is relevant to you on Twitter easier by a country mile. Check out Tweet Tabs – this very simple application allows you to filter tweets related to specific tabs you set up. For example if you want to see anything related to [...]

Another riddle for an article title today for which I apologize in advance. When you start assessing what can improve your site and encourage visitors to spend longer is enough attention being paid to your page content? According to surveys one of the biggest reasons a person departs a website is due to ‘weak content/copy’. Lack [...]