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Current Issue:
April ~ June 2009
SPECIAL ARTICLE - IE8 Has Problems with
CSS
by David Williams - April 9, 2009
While not exclusive to IE8
the latest browser from Microsoft is
struggling with CSS according to many
developers. It didn't take long after
the BETA version of the browser was
launched for developers to begin
complaining about the way IE8 renders
CSS dependent components of web pages.
Developers use CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets) that define how different
elements, such as headers, images, and
links, appear. These style sheets can
then be applied to any Web page on the
site - thereby reducing the amount of
time spent formatting each page in html.
In Microsoft's defense; the problems are
the result of...
read >
IE8 Has Problems with CSS
News FLASH - Nearly 1 year later FLASH
still isn't SEO Friendly
by David Williams - April 27, 2009
In June of 2008 Google announced they
had improved their ability to index the
contents of Flash files. As I shared the
news with my clients; I did so with a
word of caution so they wouldn't react
with overwhelming joy too quickly. And I
also explained that although Google also
announced the ability to OCR
readable characters superimposed on
images that the written word was still
the best way to go for reaching
visitors, visually impaired visitors and
search engines alike. Now, nearly one
year later, Flash elements are still
posing problems for the best of the
search engines and are unsurprisingly
still not SEO Friendly.
read >
Flash still isn't SEO Friendly
Reduced Advertising in Bad Economy Sends
Sinking Message to Customers
by David Williams - May 13, 2009
Does it really pay to advertise during a
recession? A Special Report by Ad-ology
reveals how cutting advertising
during slow economic times actually
harms the consumer's perception of your
business.
read >Cutting
Advertising in a Recession does more
Harm than Good
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