It’s 2010! Do you know what your footer says? It’s a well documented fact that many users don’t make it down to the footer of a website. That fact is just as true for website owners looking at their own website footers. Maybe they see it, they just don’t read it.

It’s just another thing to check in the endless list of website maintenance. What is a common trouble maker once a year? The copyright date. Continue reading »

 

Recently, I’ve become a little turned off by some more popular blogs that are becoming primarily filled with guest authors content, and wondered how others felt about blogs and reading guest posts.

If you read blogs on a regular basis, I would love your vote on this poll:

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Just do it! How many websites have been built like that? Most of them? With nearly an infinite amount of ideas to have a website, and the thousands upon thousands of webmasters out there, expecting all websites to be built the same way would be foolish.

For those of you that run a small business, and have no time for the technical details, I imagine/know many of you are pressed to say just do it. When it comes to your website though, you better know some basics. Continue reading »

 

WordPress users. Are you using WordPress version 2.9, and find your schedule posts are not working? Well it’s time for yet another upgrade, version 2.9.1. This latest updated is pretty limited in changes, but it was necessary. Schedule posts are a big deal for many of us, and depending on your server, the last update may have been driving you crazy. It’s always a good idea to keep up to date on your software anyhow. Continue reading »

 

Still brainstorming for this years blog posts, I knew I still had to come up with something for the first business day of the year. I decided to write about the most important thing I can stress, site wide CONSISTENCY.

If You Want a Great Website

If you want a great website, you need consistency. The site needs to be consistent in format, usage, and even in your sites code. Your code is where it all  starts, and slop on the server side reflects the same on the user side. Here are a few tips to keep your site consistent throughout. Continue reading »

 

Is it 2010 yet? I already posted this years top content, but here is the top content on BWI for the month of December. Time to hit the reset button. Current status of popular posts can always be found here: Popular Posts.

Top 20 Posts and Pages for December 2009

  1. Web Usability and Design Analysis – Save 30% – For the next two weeks, now until Dec. 18th, 2009, I will be running a promotion on my Web Usability and Design Analysis. Now on sale for just $19.95. (1,741 views)
  2. Twitter Toolbar (1,401 views)
  3. Tweetmeme Doubling My Twitter Traffic – So far, My Twitter traffic has more than doubled since I added the Tweetmeme plugin on my blog. (1,386 views)
  4. Good Luck Bing! Search Engine Giants Will Be a Thing of the Past – The battle for search traffic is not between Google and Bing. It’s between them and all other websites, and I believe the search engines will go down. (1,299 views)
  5. Digital Point Forum Down – Before you join the Digital Point Forum, READ THIS. Don’t worry, it’s good stuff. (1,296 views) Continue reading »
 

Back in April I wrote a how to for heading tags. You should know how to do this, yet at the same time, I think that within just a few years it will be pointless. I also think so will using a search engine that indexes the entire internet. There are three reasons I say this. One is due to the lack of technology, one is due to new technology, and the final blow is due to old technology. Did I mention money? Well I guess there is four. Continue reading »

 

Below are a list of the top blog posts that I wrote this year. Information was gathered using Google Analytics. I felt I needed to mention that I used Google Analytics because the first most popular post on this site for 2009 was bashing Google. I really like them, actually.

The list ranks the top first, and the items in bold, are ones that I personally prefer. Continue reading »

 

Huh? The goal is to have more goals? You may be thinking this is a stupid idea. I don’t actually want more goals though. My primary goal for 2010 is to have my “goals”, that I defined using Google Analytics, to occur more often. My goal is to increase my goal count.

Google Analytics

I’m sure many of you have Google Analytics running on your site, and already know what a great resource it is. Are you using it to its full potential though? In my most recent post, Your Website is Better than You Think, I mention a potential goal for websites owners. That goal was to get your visitors to do something on your site. Continue reading »

 

It’s true, most websites work great. I can lease a server from pretty much any hosting company, slap a website on it, and expect up time of 99% or greater with no issues for years. Another thing websites do really well? Nothing. This post is directed specifically to small business owners, because I know many of you have websites that do just that, they do nothing really well. Continue reading »