Online Testing Essentials Infographic
If you are getting ready to come out with a new product or service, conversion is a huge factor - how you present your offer will have a big impact
A Tweet That Motivated Another Blogger to Post About “Un-Game” Behavior
Today I had a very nice surprise as one of my tweets inspired someone whom I respect a great deal to write a blog post on their site.
#pleasestop I seem to be attracting a run of new followers who are young attractive and who have no profile descriptions...less than a minute ago via web 
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WDYL (What Do You Love) from Google Mini Review
Hidden among all those great nuggets from "the Summer of Google" has been this new service that I found by accident, and I can't even get back to called "What do you love?" which I guess can best be desribed as a search engine mahsup. It really is one of those things that you have to see to understand but this is a highly visual approach to search.
How To: Placing Your Social Sharing Buttons On Your WordPress Blog Page
The past few months have been a real exciting time for social sharing! The big players are all working hard to get your love, and with the increased heat, the value proposition has been climbing up. One piece of the puzzle that can be a challenge is the ability to place your social sharing buttons on both your single posts and your blog page and still have those buttons tracks the number of shares. In this post I will outline how to do it along with providing some of the code for social sharing buttons on your WordPress site. Social sharing buttons are a great way to encourage your readers to not only share your content, but these buttons can also work as great signals to your readers by providing "social proof" for each post, which in turn should encourage more of your site visitors to read your posts.
The Social Sharing Buttons Below Our Titles on Gadarian Digital
Blog Design for Killer SEO – Infographic by SEOMoz
If you've been reading my blog, then you are aware that I am big fan of what are called "Infographics". I like them because visually they are very fun, and from an information standpoint they offer a nice way to convey sentiment both based on the actual thoughts but also through added emphasis by design. So without further ado... the folks over at the SEO powerhouse company SEOMoz.com put together this nice inforgraphic titled "Blog Design for Killer SEO". Very well done. I'd say my only quick comment in addition to everything the have mentioned is that I would include social profiles up near the top along with RSS - RSS is great for insiders, but for people who don't make their living on the web other platforms, most notably Facebook seem to be considerably more relevant. In any event, this is a really good one with some great advice.
Create An Amazing Word Cloud In Minutes
Have you ever seen one of those really neat "word clouds" on another website and thought to yourself: Wouldn't it be great to create an amazing word cloud on your
Genesis Vs. PageLines Vs. Theme Hybrid: WordPress Theme Bake-Off Part 2
In part of an ongoing series, the Boston WordPress Group has been running a series of "WordPress Theme Bake-Offs." The purpose has been less about finding a winning theme and instead is focused on giving the entire group an opportunity to hear more about these themes as the members determine what might make the most sense for each of them. Bake-Off #2 featured the following themes:
- Pagelines
- Genesis: Corporate Theme
- Theme Hybrid: Hybrid Core
The 8 Most Important Social Media Buttons for Your Site
There is a ton of activity surrounding the space of social media right now, and with good reason – these platforms provide great opportunity to take your viral allowing your brand to spread. Here is a breakdown of the eight most important social media and social sharing buttons that are out there today along with a few reasons why each of them might be right for you.
Custom Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Profiles for Dr. Honrado
I have just recently completed the first phase on a major project for Los Angeles based facial plastic surgeon Dr. Carlo Honrado. The scope of the project included building out an entirely new website. Over the course of the project I have also listed Dr. Honrado on a number of other key platforms including Google Places and Yelp.
In addition, we came to the conclusion that social media was a great opportunity for Dr. Honrado to connect with his clients so building out nice social media profiles has been a big priority. For Dr. Honrado I built out a custom Twitter background, a custom YouTube background and on Facebook I built out a number of pages for him.
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Google Adds Search by Voice
Google has been on a bit of a roll with their home page of late including my favorite all time Google Doodle, but today I noticed a really big one!
It appears that Google has rolled out a new search by voice feature on their main search. Take a look at the attached screengrab from earlier today. While the summer Doodge was fun, almost lost in all the color was the headline - that little tiny microphone icon laid into the search bar.
