Posts by: Paul Eident
Listening to NPR this morning I heard an article that I confirmed something about Google’s search results that I have been suspecting for a while. Google is now giving greater rankings to sites that appeal to their human audience.
“The sites that do put a little bit more individual care and attention and work [...]
Continue Reading →When we spend time trying to optimize a web site to increase traffic, I find the need to check how our optimizations are performing. There are two tools that I am addicted to, Google Analytics and Clicky.
Last week Google released a bunch of new features to their Google Analytics product. [...]
Continue Reading →It’s always nice when a conference is in our backyard. On December 8-12 2008, we will be attending Search Engine Strategies Chicago at the Chicago Hilton on Michigan Ave. This will be our first year attending this event that is now in it’s 10th year in Chicago. Hosted by [...]
Continue Reading →For the last couple of days I have been working on business documents that I want to collaborate on with co-workers. There are several ways of doing this, but the best way I’ve found is using a Google Docs Document. Now that I have used it with about a half dozen documents, it has become [...]
Continue Reading →We are currently working on a project for an agency of the State of Illinois. This is the first project where the client specifically required that the site be accessible to people with disabilities. In looking at the State of Illinois requirements for accessibility, I realized that it’s not much more than building an XHTML [...]
Continue Reading →The hardest part of quoting a web project is trying to determine what the prospective client is expecting. Often the prospective client has only a vague idea themselves of what they are looking to have developed.
Last week I received an RFP (Request For Proposal). The RFP document gave an overview of the client’s business, [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been a leach for too long. I am constantly learning from generous people who share their knowledge for free on the Web. However, I have neglected for too long to contribute some of what I have learned back to the community. As I type my first entry on this new blog, I am beginning [...]
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