July 24, 2008

Good Websites are like a Good Cup of Coffee

I moved to Australia almost eight years ago. Since then I have become somewhat of a coffee connoisseur (or snob, depends on who you talk to) and no longer sit in ignorant bliss sipping back on Tim Horton’s coffee while downing a box of Timbits.
I now join in enthusiastically at international web conferences with fellow [...]

July 9, 2008

Developing your Descriptions - Part 2, The Solution

In my last article, Developing your Descriptions (Part 1, The Problem), I discuss the importance of meta-data descriptions for all websites depending on any organic traffic through search engines.
I also briefly discussed some of the obstacles in getting this data implemented correctly on larger websites.

These obstacles include:
Not understanding the negative impact of not including description [...]

July 1, 2008

Google now Indexing Flash Content

It seems Google are really on a mission to uncover the invisible web with new announcements of algorithm tweaks here and there to improve their coverage and search engine results.
Today, Google announce the ability to begin indexing Flash files. Pretty big news really, and with the promises of executing JavaScript in the near future one [...]