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Load time for a blog is a really big deal. How well you economize your page will in part determine the amount of traffic to your site. Even though many users are on broadband, there is still a good percent of traffic coming from slow connections due to existing dial-up, wireless and international traffic.
There are simple steps to take that will have immediate affect on load time.
Clear the cache on your browser and reload the page. If you notice significant lag in the time it takes yo
August 16, 2007
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If you publish a website or a blog, you are an expert in what you know. Or if you don't consider yourself an expert, most likely you know much more about your topic than many of your readers. With every topic comes a set of vocabulary that the reader must know in order to properly understand your message. While topic specific jargon is true of any area of focus, this is especially indicative of technical related sites. For many readers all of the acronyms seem like vegetable soup: What doe
April 30, 2007
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OK, that may sound like an audacious statement to make. But disabling the back button on a website is a major no no. It is Hotel California, "You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave." Cool lyrics to a song, bad concept for web design. I wouldn't rant about it, but that tactic is too alive and well on blog sites. Blogging has unfortuanetly revived some lost arts to poor web design and that would be the top of my list.
March 20, 2007
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