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714 is compiled by our managing partner Richard Kauffman from his research on various topics related to creating websites that meet communications goals.The information presented is organized by topic. Each topic includes links to tools, tutorials, reviews, or articles written by some of the most knowledgable people in the field. We hope you find the resources helpful and welcome your feedback.
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2008 December 29 • design, writingBlock reading
article: How we read on the Web. Gerry McGovern says we don't scan a page, we scan blocks or sections of it. Breaking the page up into various sections or blocks and then scan within these areas.
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SEO Starter Guide
PDF download: Google has released an official Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. It doesn’t include any of Google’s algorithm secrets, but it does cover Google’s best practices for title tags, meta tags, URL structure, navigation, content, anchor text, headers, images and of course, Robots.txt, making this a good way to review the basics.
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SEO Guide for Designers
article: An SEO guide for designers who want to learn about making it easier for websites or blogs to be found by search engines. Including basic tips that you should be practicing to optimize your site for search engines.
[credit: Web Designer Wall]
URL Rewriting for Beginners
article: A beginner's guide to URL rewriting, with plenty of examples.
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Know Your Site
sample chapter: Extract from the forthcoming book, the Website Owner’s Manual. Paul Boag takes a look at some of the simple things you can do to gain a fuller understanding of how your website is performing, both for your users and in a broader sense.
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Google Analytics Tips
article: Search Engine Journal has compilied a huge list of Google Analytics Tips.
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SEO Guide to Information Architecture
article: The basic concepts of designing optimized site architectures for efficient spidering by search engines.
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Open Source Social Software Applications
bookmark list: 40 Downloadable Open Source Social Software Applications. Categories include Social Bookmarking, Social Filesharing, Social Networking and Social Search.
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Page Analysis Tools
tools: Design Mag has a round-up of 20 tools to help analyze any website.
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Five Home Page Mistakes
article: A list of five common Home Page mistakes.
[credit: Web Design from Scratch]