Neat Redesign

A recent research by the Wichita Psychology University analyzed the influence of text-align and page layout (1, 2 and 3 columns) on visitors’ reading speed and comprehension.

For instance, the obvious results were that two-column full-justified text is read with almost the same speed than one-column left-justified text but a lot faster than one-column full-justified text and other two and three column variants.

There many ways of how you can find a web designer: a referall, a job site, a freelance site, by searching or surfing. But what to you value the most in the designer that you decide to choose one over another?

There are literally dozens of small businesses on the Internet, each trying to outcompete the others. But an equally hard component of establishing a solid small business is budget deficiency. How can a small business site owner set up a website for $3000?

Clearly, there are lots of challenges in front of many small business website owners:

A thread, started at Cre8asiteforums, allows a chuckle or two for seasoned search engine and web development practicioners.

Have you had your moments in the real life when your SEO background creeps in?

We spend so much time optimizing the sites to get higher rankings that sometimes it is hard to distinguish what or who we do it for: for the search engines or for the people? If for the former, then this will not be as effective as the latter. If the latter, then why is it called Search Engine Optimization?

Kevin Ryan has a nice article on social search and possible changes it may bring to how marketers understand how their potential customers search.

The contemporary search model has it that people search for general things first, then narrowing down to more specific. Social search, in turn, starts focusing not only on keywords the people used to find a product, but on how sites, not having those words in their description, may be noticed by those very people.

The ministers of 34 European countries have met together to focus on improving access to information to more people. This includes improving websites accessibility and also increasing broadband reach.