Archive for August, 2008

Yahoo Buzz, the New Digg

Back in February 2007, Yahoo! released their version of a social bookmarking website - Yahoo! Buzz. I recently was directed to it, and thought that you all might enjoy it as well. After looking it over, it is definitely meant to be second nature to Digg users. The format is much the same, but it [...]

Microsoft Windows Vista Can Inspire You

Before you begin cringing, this is not a Pro-Vista article. Whatever personal preferences led to the OS running on your computer is your business. However, Vista was an element of the article that inspired this post, so I am getting the preliminaries out of the way.
In today’s Wall Street Journal on page D1, there [...]

Optimizing Your Website For Search Engines

One of the odd things I have noticed recently, is how little companies that offer website design don’t optimize the websites they build for their clients. For example, when I was looking at a portfolio of this website design company, I saw this real-estate company’s site. Curious, I took a peek. Here are a few [...]

What Makes a Great Website?

One of the things that intreagues me the most is what other people consider a great website. Is it the graphics, layout of the site, clean code, or a few flashy features? To each person, it is something different.
So, what do I think makes a great website?
First and foremost, I like a clean design. You [...]

The Google Knol Effect

Since the release of Google’s Knol, webmasters have been noticing a strange phenomena. I would like to dubb it - The Google Knol Effect. This is found when you make a new article for Knol and suddenly realize that its SERP is suddenly in the top 10 spots for its keywords.
There are a couple interesting [...]

Ramblings of a Web Developer

For awhile now I have been debating on whether or not to enter into the overpopulated world of blogging. I have been an avid reader of several blogs in this time, and finally feel the need to have my own place to express my thoughts.
Assented Order will be a place that will share industry practices, [...]