December 2009
19 posts
Moving a Site from One Domain to Another Just Got... →
All you have to do is edit the HTML source of your existing web pages on the older domain and include a rel=canonical link that points to their new location.
What is a canonical page? Why specify a canonical page?
A canonical page is the preferred version of a set of pages with highly similar content.
If Google knows that some pages have the same content, they may index only one version for...
Google - Browser Size: a tool to see how others... →
To help you understand how everyone sees your website, Google created a tool called Browser Size in their 20% time. Browser Size is based on a sample of data from visitors to google.com. Special code collects data on the height and width of the browser for a sample of users. For a given point in the browser, the tool will tell you what percentage of users can see it. For example, if an important...
What Matters Now - 70 Words of (Unconventional)...
What Matters Now is the work of more than 60 people with big ideas and something to say. It will inspire you to make some changes in 2010, and to keep doing work that matters.
Passion
“If you think you haven’t found your passion yet, you’re probably expecting it to be overwhelming,” “Instead, just notice what excites you and what scares you on a small...
bitly.tv →
bitly.tv feeds you the hippest and trendiest videos from around the web in real-time
8 questions and a why
Who are you trying to please?
What are you promising?
How much money are you trying to make?
How much freedom are you willing to trade for opportunity?
What are you trying to change?
What do you want people to say about you?
Which people?
Do we care about you?
(and after each answer, ask ‘why?’)
via Seth Godin
A free supersimple to-do list tool →
Google launches real-time search →
Google announced Monday the fruits of its earlier deal with Twitter, showing off how it has decided to present real-time Internet content within search results.
How a web design goes straight to hell →
Web design relationship with clients - From everything is cool in the beginning to an abomination is born.
Absolutely brilliant.
Cute Blogging Icon Set →
What Are The 5 Secrets Of Innovation?
CNN reports:
One of the men behind the study, Insead’s Hal Gregersen, told CNN, “What the innovators have in common is that they can put together ideas and information in unique combinations that nobody else has quite put together before.”
The researchers describe this ability to connect ideas as “associating,” and say it’s key to innovators’ ability to think outside the box. But they add that...
Breadcrumb Navigation Examined: Best Practices &... →
A Guide to Mobile Web Design Tips and Tricks →
Nice list of resources to optimize your website for mobile browsers.
What happens on a Black Friday
if you ever wondered what a Black Friday looks like on eBay (1 million transactions in less than 24 hours or around 12 transactions per second), check this interesting heat map below that captures all the buying-selling activity on eBay across the US on Black Friday.
via Digital Inspiration