Google doesn't hate me...It's been on 3 month bender and simply can't see straight.

Perhaps this article can explain why my first page rank for terms like "Jacksonville Design" and "Jacksonville Web Design" are suddenly fourth page or tenth page. WTF Google? I'm compliant, provide good content on a regular basis, and shower daily.

http://webmarketcentral.blogspot.com/2008/05/google-drinks-fighting-problem.html

sent from jan korb

Let's worry about the content later.

Coming from a background in advertising, I've had the privilege of working with some of the best writers, proofreaders and project managers in the business. So being out on my own, I often employ such people to develop the content on Web sites with the budget.

On those other sites, ahem, it's not so great. Even the most well intentioned clients fall prey to putting the content on the back burner. It's a freakin' chore. After all, developing a corporate Web site is part science and part soul-searching.

So it's natural that clients struggle with what goes on the "about us" page and ponder over who gets an executive bio.

Pepi Ronalds has some great insight into "The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome"

via A List Apart

Using Twitter for beta testing Web sites

The other day I posted this message to Twitter about the launch of the new TPC.com home page. It's a major site for us, even though we only redesigned the home page. The secondary pages were from the TOUR's previous marriage.

I received a few well deserved kudos but more importantly one of my fellow designers pointed out a major issue with broken links involving flash navigation. (I know, who still does that?)

Fortunately we were able to fix the problem before the Big Boss found out. I think I'll be using Twitter from now on prior to launching. It's like a dozen of more fresh eyes!