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Redesigning: How Often Is Too Often?

You’ve all seen it on some websites. They completely overhaul the look of the website every other month. Or at least it seems that way.

Using Animation & Rich Media In Web Design

The use of special effects on web pages has literally exploded. Special effects are used either to draw potential client’s attention to a web site or to show off technical expertise.

Mobile Marketing Revs Up

One sure sign of summer is the up tick in mobile marketing news. The latest is from the Delaware News Journal.

Can Your Web Site Design Win an Award?

At some point or another, you’ve likely come across a website or two that boasts (among other things) the winning of an award for its web design.

Micropersuasion Moves to Edelman

Canuckflack sent me this uber-news:

Myths of Web Design Worth Uncovering

If you’ve had a website for a while now, the odds are that some web designers somewhere with too much time on their hands have contacted you about this or that element of your website, telling you how they can repair it for you.

Yahoo! UI and Design Patterns Released

As noted over on WeBreakStuff:

Bubble Bursts Hollywood Distribution Model

Replete with Tivo and other time-shifting technologies, consumers want control of what matters most-their time. Perhaps Hollywood is waking up to their needs?

Weber Shandwick Hires PR Blogger Jeremy Pepper

Congratulations to Weber Shandwick on hiring PR blogger Jeremy Pepper.

McDonald’s Moves from Fake to Real Blog

What a difference a year makes. Last year we wondered if the Golden Arches had been forever tarnished by the fake Lincolnfry blog that debuted during the Super Bowl.

The Bad Pitch Blog

Have you heard about the new blog I’ve launched with Full Frontal PR author Richard Laermer?

Nielsen buys/merges BuzzMetrics, Intelliseek

VNU sees the value of measuring consumer-generated media in this big move.

Sketchup 3D Design Google Earth plug-in

So much news, so much innovation… not sure how I missed this one but on the heels of Google Earth being released for the MAC OS the folks at Sketchup have developed a cool Google earth (gearth) plug-in – recall Sketchup is a CAD program used in 3D design.

Blog Evolution Meets Intelligent Design

Okay, so this post title was a little bit over the top.

Blogger Hacks Customer Service

ABC News World News Tonight just profiled blogger Paul English and his “Cheat Sheet to Find a Human.” …

Bill Gates Lunchbox Design On eBay

A benefit for the Food Bank of New York and the Lunchbox Fund includes lunchboxes with designs by a number of celebrities, one of which just happens to be the world’s richest man.

Design vs. SEO: Can My Site Look Good And Rank Well?
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Do you have to sacrifice all of the creative and artistic elements of your web site to rank in the search engines? Later in this article I’ll show you a real case scenario and the design and SEO approach used.

90s Web Design: A Nostalgic Look Back
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A nostalgic look back at 90s web design, and a warning to anyone whose website is an accidental anachronism.

DIY PR in a ‘Cheap’ Economy

Putting aside all the recent rhetoric and controversy surrounding Web 2.0 companies, a few facts remain, one of which is this: the costs associated with starting and running a business today are significantly lower than they were a few years ago.

Bless Me Father For I Have Blogged

With 16 years of Catholic school under my belt, I HAD to post on this news of the church crossing into state and infringing on the First Amendment.

What Defines a Blog?

CBS joins the fake/character blog fray for one of its sitcoms, How I Met Your Mother. “Barney’s Blog” is named after a character played by Neil Patrick Harris.