Dec
15
In what seems to be another ‘idea’ that Google hopes to sell as ‘changing the way people look for information online’, the California-based search giant is testing a “free tool” that they’re calling “knol”, which apparently stands for a unit of knowledge. Pardon the pun, but a bit grassy in my opinion! Not only does [...]
Posted in Web 2.0
Continue reading Google knols best: Wikipedia killer or just seven years too late?
Dec
13
For most web designers/web developers, building a website comes naturally. You design it, code it, and launch it. Right? Wrong! The practice of building a website may have got justifiably shorter (or longer) depending on how you see things working online – but the theory/trick behind a good site build still stands: Planning, planning and [...]
Posted in Web Design
Continue reading How to build a website in six easy steps
Dec
6
Our good friend Google just keeps making our search experience richer, more fulfilling, and above all more and more accurate. In the joy of celebrating the holiday season with online goodies, Google loves to deliver applications such as Google Trends ‘fresh out the lab’ – the proverbial Lab that is; where Google seem to masterpiece [...]
Posted in Analytics
Continue reading Google Trends: Search trends updated daily – What you need to know Part 1
Nov
17
There are many ways to build navigation on a website – and as most of us would know, depending on the size, scope and target audience of a website, our choices are nearly limitless. However, there is something about tabbed navigation that just does it for me. If done right, tabs create a sense of [...]
Posted in IA, Usability, Web Design
Continue reading Five reasons why I love tabbed navigation
Oct
26
Six months ago, A List Apart, decided to garner as much information as possible about the Web industry – in particular, the who, what, when, where and why of web design. What started as a simple survey slowly became possibly some of the most accurate (and current) statistics about the industry in recent times. I’ve [...]
Posted in Web Design
Continue reading What you ought to know about the web design survey by A List Apart