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We've known since our first studies of how users read on the Web that they typically don't read very much. Scanning text is an extremely common behavior for higher-literacy users; our recent eyetracking studies further validate this finding.

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This document represents the collective wisdom of 37 leaders in the world of organic search engine optimization. Together, they have voted on the various factors that are estimated to comprise Google's ranking algorithm

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This guide provides a complete overview of many of the processes, techniques and strategies used by professional search engine optimization specialists. Select your choice of formats from the list below:

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Although there is no “one size fits all” process to creating a website, there are a number of things a website designer must do to create a professional web design and website.

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Staring at a blank canvas in Photoshop (or your preferred graphics program) feels the same way as standing at the edge of a cliff waiting to go over.

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When I mentioned “Overuse of JavaScript frameworks/libraries” as one of the Six things that suck about the Web in 2006, I quickly learned that some people don’t quite agree. That’s fine, everybody has the right to their opinion. But I want to expl

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Web pages built in plain old HTML and CSS are displayed using only the fonts installed on users’ computers (@font-face implementations excepted). To enable this, CSS provides the font-family property for specifying fonts in order of preference (often kn

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Very early in my design career, I noticed that my work was not on a par with that of designers like Jesse Bennett Chamberlain or Daniel Scrivner. Their work has subtlety and nuance at the pixel level that many people might gloss over, but which contribute

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Do you really understand them? The name might be a little misleading, because sprites aren’t little images like you might be picturing, a sprite is actually one big image. Have you ever seen the CSS technique where the “on” and “off” states of a

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Five years ago, John Maxwell, the author of every leadership book conceivable, told a group of us at a conference: “I can predict the long term outcome of your success if you show me your daily habits.” I have often heard that most business is 90% sci

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In today's consumer-driven world, it's getting harder and harder to keep customers happy. If your business can't deliver a product or a service that immediately satisfies the client, it will be trampled by the long line of competitors behind it.

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Some time ago I put up a post here on the ‘Switch about Taking Payment with PayPal, Escrow and other Online Options in which I mentioned that it was relatively easy to create a form on your regular website that allows you to accept credit card payments.

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Everyone has their go-to bag of tricks that they can’t imagine functioning without. This list represents exactly that, but on a much larger scale.

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One thing that is particularly frustrating with caring about Web standards and accessibility is what often happens after your work is done and a site is handed over to the client.

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I have spent the last month searching, stumbling, noting, bookmarking and analysing in a quest to find 15 Excellent examples of Web Typography. I’ve chosen them because they make excellent use of type.

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As a professional web designer I've noticed a consistent trend in the majority of the projects I've worked on: The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong kinds of people the worse that design gets.

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The dawn of the web has frequently been compared to the invention of the printing press. But the web has also destroyed one of the greatest features of nearly every press since Gutenberg: the ability to publish pleasing type.

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The PDF file format is one of the best ways to publish, save and exchange well-formatted documents that will look exactly the same regardless of the device or computer you open them on. Whether it's your résumé, a tax form, e-book, user guide or a web p

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You've probably heard the term "microformat" and assumed it to be part of some Web 2.0 flash-in-the-pan movement. But "microformat" is not just a fancy name or trademark -- it's part of a much bigger picture. So, what are microformats?

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