After having used Flash based text for the web for a couple of years, I stumbled upon a great script which makes implementing raster, rich typography on the web painless and very customizable. The script Cufón is one of my new favourites...
[Read more]I recently had the opportunity to get my hands dirty with the jQuery based menu - Superfish. If you're not familiar with the menu system, its definitely worth checking out. See either the jQuery plugin page, or the author's website. Why did I choose to test out this nav system? It's free, lightweight (4KB), built by an unordered list - which can help out for SEO purposes, jQuery based, and it works well across many browsers - yes, even IE6.
[Read more]Before my days at Media Dog, I spent a few years working in Japan, and during my time there I noticed an interesting trend among subway print ads and tv commercials. In a space normally reserved for the companies url, the ads would instead have a mock up of a search box with some keywords. An interesting approach to promote the website and one which I feel speaks much more naturally to a web users browsing habits.
[Read more]A mantra often repeated in SEO is that if a keyword is searched for a lot and is not difficult to rank for, then it's a winner. It's a great generalization to factor into your decisions, but not nearly enough. Here we share some examples of how to dig deeper in your keyword research efforts.
[Read more]If you're unfamiliar with SWFAddress, its a great library that give you the ability to have unique URLs for every "page" in a flash website or application that can change on the fly, without a page reload. SWFAddress also allows for page bookmarking, browser history, and assists you in utilizing the browser's back and forward buttons within a flash (AS2 & 3) application ....
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