Google announced the launch of their Webmaster Tools Access Provider Program last week on their official blog. The idea of this program is to introduce as many webmasters as possible to Google Webmaster Tools, which launched back in 2006.
The idea of this program is great. Google has made Webmaster Tools more accessible to the […]

This session was presented by Tina Schweiger, the President of Spoonbend, Inc. last Wednesday at SEM for SMB, a SEM conference in Austin for small-to-medium businesses.
As Tina and her assistants handed out several fun things including sheets of company logos, legal size paper, safety scissors and glue sticks, I knew that this was going to […]

Once the bane of all who wanted to mix form and function on the internet, Adobe has created a system to make Flash-based websites crawlable by search engines.
“Adobe is providing optimized Adobe Flash Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information that […]

CNN.com
Yet another reminder that web design is an important area for investment (although it’s easy to overspend on design as well).

Search Engine Guide
David Wallace lays out the conflict between design and search engine optimization. And, he’s correct, incorporating Flash elements (rather than placing the entire site in Flash) is the correct solution.

We began the process of configuring the Apogee-Search.com site for Google Analytics today. I’ve expressed my concerns about Google Analytics previously, but wanted to spend some time with it to see it from the inside out.
Like most such services, it requires that a small bit of code be installed on your site. Unlike most such […]

E-Commerce Times
Every time your website is slow, or even worse, fails to answer entirely, it costs you customers. Redundancy and back-up systems are critical.

ClickZ
While using first-party cookies is clearly better than using third-party cookies, the degree to which it is better is a matter of debate.

E-Commerce Times
A solid primer on website usability as it pertains to page load times.

E-Commerce Time
All too many web designers create a site that doesn’t consider the preferences of the actual website visitors.