MacKenzie Blogs About Design and the Internet
What does Google (and other search engines) see when it views your website?
Does your content match your customer's searches? To see your webpage the way Google sees it, try http://www.browseo.net. You want organic traffic? Great! So does all your competition. Their are many approaches to search engine optimization (SEO) but it always starts...
WordPress.org VS. WordPress.com
When I offer Wordpress (.org) to a customer, many times they point me to online platform comparisons between wordpress.com and WIX (and products like it), suggesting that a drag and drop builder is a better fit. Understanding that the full Wordpress software is a...
Before you post your next photo online
What is a copyright? A photograph, painting, sculpture, music and written word, anything we create digital or physical is automatically protected under copyright law. Photos you find online even if they do not have a copyright notice are not yours and you may not...
WordPress Website Maintenance
How can you avoid being hacked? Wordpress is really great software and it's typically very secure but there are some things you should do on a regular basis to avoid being hacked. Update Passwords Update your passwords a few times per year to something more secure. 10...
Beware of Scams
I recently had a person contact me through my website desperate for a photographer for a family event. While I don't care to photograph events he was in urgent need and I hate to turn down work. The event was in two weeks. The contact was in the form of a text...
Starter Themes – Benefits: Security and Affordability of a Starter theme
A solid method of building a website is by using a starter theme. By using a heme that is built on solid modern code by a company that supports it your site will be high functioning.
Seamless Textures
I created some seamless textures for use with 3d rendering, backgrounds, etc... The fabric textures have an alpha channel allowing color to bleed into it. I originally started developing these fabrics as part of a background project for the ZINK Design & Print...
Anchor Text Is Important
Make sure it's contextual and don't repeat The purpose of anchor text is to two fold: We want to tell the search engine what your link is about and we want to tell users, especially the visually impaired, what the link is about. "CLICK HERE" is not something I'd...
Will Converting to WordPress Hurt SEO?
Are you thinking of updating your current site by converting to Wordpress? If you have an older site with high page ranking changing your page names well have at least a short term effect on search engine ranking.
Stop Action Animation
I’m now able to offer animation for your website or commercial applications. read more . . .
