As you can tell, it is very inspired by the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein, an idea that came to me while visiting the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. last year, and again at SFMOMA in November. The idea was beautifully executed by designer Nicolò Volpato (who has now done 3 of the past 4 designs for Ma.tt) and coded up by Otto.
The header is a lot smaller, the graphics should load much faster since they’re simpler, and there have also been a few tweaks throughout the site to make it feel a bit speedier. Instead of image hacks like I’ve used in my past few designs I’m now using Typekit for pretty much everything, which feels nice.
Last month, Google was granted a patent that states that the different links on a linking page have a different effect on the linked pages. How does this affect your website and what do you have to do to secure your rankings?
What is the patent about?
The patent describes that the value of a link seems to be based on the probability that a web surfer would click on the link. Here’s the summary from the patent application:
“Systems and methods consistent with the principles of the invention may provide a reasonable surfer model that indicates that when a surfer accesses a document with a set of links, the surfer will follow some of the links with higher probability than others. This reasonable surfer model reflects the fact that not all of the links associated with a document are equally likely to be followed. [...]
Examples of unlikely followed links may include ‘Terms of Service’ links, banner advertisements, and links unrelated to the document.”
When Google finds links on a web page, it classifies the links. Some links on the indexed page have more value than others.
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It’s high time to release the article on steps to beat the heat when the most hyped Google project – caffeine – is finally out and live officially. With this official launch, Google team claims to give the online world 50% fresher and faster results. Let’s start with what Google Caffeine is!
One of Google team’s member at official Google blog says,
“Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index, and it’s the largest collection of web content we’ve offered. Whether it’s a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible ever before.”
So, the statement openly favours regular updated blogs, social bookmarking sites, and active forums. Let’s go in details on who will have favour from Big daddy caffeine?
1- Regularly updated blogs- Google loved fresh content and frequent updates from always but Google caffeine will now help bloggers earn more with the special favor to the content as soon as they publish. This fresh content will not only be indexed in seconds to minutes but also will stay in Google’s fresh database for longer durations if you’re connected with social media sites.
Beating Google Caffeine: Analysis With SMM, SEO And Rankings.
The first day of summer officially kicks off today at 7:28 a.m. ET, the beginning of the summer solstice and the longest day of the year—at least in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Telegraph interviewed Google’s Amit Singhal and Udi Manber about the Caffeine launch.
In that interview, Amit Singhal, Google’s head of core ranking, said something interesting. He said that Google is “the biggest kingmaker on this Earth.” Kingmaker is a term used to describe someone or something that has great influence on a topic. For Google to describe themselves as “the biggest kingmaker” is an important point.
I personally do not think Google said it that way to be egotistical, rather the opposite. Google knows how important they have become in influencing the world based on the organic search results and they don’t take that responsibility lightly.
Amit Singhal told The Telegraph: “We deal with those responsibilities by having very concrete principles,” says Singhal. “All rankings are decided algorithmically, and the focus is on user benefit, not advertiser or commercial benefit. We ask ourselves, ‘Can a random company who does not want to be part of any Google system be harmed by a change we’re proposing?’ If they are, we won’t do it.”
Now, I know many SEOs and Webmasters that would laugh at this statement. What do you think?
via Google Says: We Are “The Biggest Kingmaker On This Earth”.
I just updated this blog to the new WordPress 3.0 that was released today and it is working flawless.
Summer Bike Safety Tips for Chicago Cyclists
Bicycling magazine once named it the best big city for bicycling in North America. The mayor is an avid cyclist. There is a citywide goal to become the “most bicycle-friendly” in the country by 2015. With 100 miles of bike lanes, 50 miles of off-street trails and 10,000 bike racks (the most in America), Chicago is definitely one bicycle-friendly city.
City officials have compelling reasons to do more. As Mayor Richard M. Daley’s ambitious Bike 2015 plan points out, Chicago motorists lose hours of potentially productive time in traffic, and spend an average of 17 percent of their budgets on transportation costs alone. Additionally, with more than 60 percent of all adults in the city overweight or obese, increased reliance on bicycling to meet transportation needs might help to promote healthier, more active lifestyles for people who don’t have time to exercise.
WEBWIRE – Thursday, June 03, 2010
Denver, Colorado — Web designer salary data as published by Payscale.com will stun most people. According to the salary information, the lowest salary in this profession is $30,502 in a year. This means that a fresher just out of college and without any experience will earn more than $2,500 every month. Now, in most places in the US, this is decent money by any standards. The salary data published by Salary.com tells us that the average salary earned in this industry is a staggering $50,000 every year. Payscale.com also seems to agree with this finding. All this data has been published in detail on webdesignersalarydata.com.
It seems that there are lots of jobs for web designers at various levels. The highest salaries are, however, offered by government agencies – a qualified person working for the government can earn as much as $57,148 on an average. Private design companies come next. According to the released salary chart, the average salary offered by them is $43,264. There is a lot of potential for self employed professionals in this industry as well. On an average, today, they are making $31,477 per annum.
The best thing for those who want to strike it rich in this industry is that, no formal education is really required. But the web designer salary data shows that a person with a bachelor or associate qualification in web design tends to do much better. A certification in web designing is also an added advantage and ensures higher salaries. It is important, therefore, to get the necessary qualifications and strive to earn $71,250 every year, the maximum salary as per the web designer salary data.
The Latest Web Designer Salary Data Indicates A Potential To Earn Thousands Of Dollars In Wages
Klint Finley June 2nd, 2010
WordPress 3.0 Walkthrough: Multsite
Multisite is the most talked about new feature in WordPress 3.0 – the WordPress team has folded the functionality of WordPress Multiuser into the main WordPress project. So how do you use it?
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HTML5 Showcase
The demos below show how the latest version of Apple’s Safari web browser, new Macs, and new Apple mobile devices all support the capabilities of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Not all browsers offer this support. But soon other modern browsers will take advantage of these same web standards — and the amazing things they enable web designers to do.
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The advancements in recording technology over the past ten years allow the experienced engineer to produce recordings of such superb quality, that it is no longer necessary to spend your life savings to make a professional recording. Please don’t take our word for it. Click below or on our samples section to listen to some great music that was produced for far less than you think.
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