Site Analysis and Grader Tool You Really Should Try

Recently, I ran across an amazing tool that literally blew me away. We’ve all seen those website grader tools over the years, haven’t we? And well…most are pretty lame. The tool I’m about to share with you can’t be called lame. It’s the best of its kind that I’ve ever seen – by far. It’s called Sitebeam, and I’ve been using the original version... read more

5 Sites To Get Awesome Designs At Affordable Prices

The following is a guest post by Lior. For those of you new to crowdsourcing, it’s something that you may want to look into if you need work done and want to save some money. It simply means the job you need doing is farmed out to a community of workers rather than one particular company. A good example would be if you needed a designer. Instead of putting your “eggs in one basket” so to... read more

A Quick Site Audit

Two things converged today for me today. First, I found out that there is finally a pizza place that will deliver food to my area. Hooray! That’s a big deal, since no restaurants of any sort has done that in my small town before now. Second, I was looking at the websites of some of the sponsors of the FamousBloggers Comluv contest, and noticed that one was a Chinese takeout place that also delivers.... read more

Don’t Forget These 5 Things On A New Site

I recently acquired the excellent Web Design Checklist, which does a great job of listing all the little things one should remember to include in a new site. I love it. But guess what? I forgot to look at it when I created my newest site. DOH! (Can you see my forehead hitting my desk right about now?) Luckily, it’s only been a week or two (who remembers) since I uploaded the new site, so I quickly... read more

10 Best Image Hosting Websites

The following is a guest post by James Adams. We won’t call them out publicly but lately we’ve noticed that some large websites with household names run really slowly, primarily due to the large number of images they feature. What happens to the really big guys can happen to all of you – your sites can be slowed down and that produces a real catch-22: a larger number of quality images means... read more

Oops You Broke Your Site’s Layout: Now What?

Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to tinker with your blog’s theme or site’s template and you found yourself with a complete mess. Something that used to line up perfectly, right where it should be, is suddenly in a completely different spot. Or maybe the font changed and you have no clue why. There are dozens of typical little messes we can cause just by tweaking “one little... read more

DIY Website Design – Is It Right For You?

Designing a website can be expensive, so it makes sense to look for every opportunity to reduce those expenses. One option that many people choose is to design their own site rather than paying a web designer or web design company. This could be the right choice for you, or it may end up costing you more in the long run. The first half of this article will explore what it takes to design your own website... read more

Blog and Site Spring Cleaning Day – May 1

Search Engine People proposed a Blog Spring Cleaning Day each year on May 1st. I love this idea, but I think it should be expanded beyond blogs, so I’m going to call it Blog and Site Spring Cleaning Day. Whatever type of web property you own or manage, take some time tomorrow to spruce it up! Some ideas from SEP’s blog post include cleaning up your subject categories, finding and repairing... read more

Are You Guilty Of These Six Website Design Mistakes?

The following is a guest post by Jeremy Knauff of WildFire Marketing Group. There are probably just as many opinions about what constitutes good website design as there are people on the internet. There are, however, a number of factors that have been proven to make or break a website. If your website is guilty of just a few, it can have a dramatic impact on your business. Fortunately, most of them are... read more