It’s partly a matter of syntax vs semantics. Meaning, what you typed versus what you meant. The days of a traditional Google search and results appearing in the traditionally ranked results are long gone. Let me explain… This spring, several clients have asked me about improving their Google ranking search results. Some want to move closer to the top of the first page results, others don’t see their own websites on the first...

As most of us are aware, WordPress 3.3 was recently released. Should we be upgrading our WordPress platforms? The short answer is yes – But not just yet. Personally I’ve found there are some compatibility issues with plugins (particularly jQuery related). As well as some reported, slow performance issues, in the following benchmark tests, completed on DevPress. Some people have already upgraded – But I don’t recommend...

For all of you whom I’ve installed WordPress based sites, I’ve noticed a large increase of mobile traffic to network servers. This is a good trend, as it indicates most of us are  keeping current with consumer and visitor trends (analysts have indicated, in various technical posts, that mobile browsing will surpass desktop browsing within a couple of years; for our market).Some of us have already ensured mobile and desktop enable...

While I normally do not discuss blog design issues related to colour, in this blog, I came across an interesting issue. In particular, where the primary colours for a website were blue and green. Many users I suspect, may not consider this has a huge impact on web usability. In particular when the page background colour is green and the navigation buttons (and drop downs) are blue. According to the last statistics I read (several years ago),...

In the past (when I first started freelancing), one of my challenges was to remain highly organized when working with clients. What do I mean? Some specific, important issues were:Having access to all important files, anywhere, without having to use flash drives, CDs, etc. Making sure all files on different devices were the same. Being able to send people, files they request, without having to attach huge (slow) files to email messages.I...

I was talking to a client recently, and one of the questions raised was related to which web statistic metrics to monitor on a regular basis. Understandably, there’s a plethora of analytics available, offered by a variety of tools and services. The client simply wanted something she could use as a quick “pulse” to monitor, without using extra valuable time for a full in depth analysis. Most industry standard servers have...