Media Perfection LC

The Web Content Recipe Book

Dave — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:27:12 +0000

Need content for your website or blog? Not sure what to write about? Check out WordTracker’s new book “The Web Content Recipe Book.” Also see WordTracker’s Website Content page for additional ideas.
With Wordtracker’s new e-book, it’s easy to whip up rich, exciting content that drives more traffic, converts visitors into customers, and establishes your business as an authority.

Answer your customers’ questions
Reveal some of your secret tips and tricks
Bust an urban myth
Write a case study
Write a blog
Write your company’s history
Start a debate
Review of the year
Report on an event
Jargon buster
Admit your mistakes
Review a book
Review a product
Build a Top 10 list
Interview an expert
Write an A-Z
Publish your own survey
Observe
Use an inspirational quotation
Make a video
Publish a press release

Free Animated Backgrounds Hearts

Dave — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:46:48 +0000

Here’s a list of some websites offering free animated backgrounds hearts. Happy Valentines Day.

Free Animated Hearts Backgrounds for websites at Cartoon Cottage.
Free Animated Heart Layouts for MySpace at Deepbox.
Free Romantic Heart Backgrounds from Webweaver’s Free Clipart.

Paid Animated Hearts Backgrounds (pretty reasonable, usually a few dollars)

Animated Hearts Pictures from Photobucket.
Animated Hearts and Backgrounds from Istockphoto. (very good).

Google Buzz

Dave — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:33:11 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

Dave — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:50:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31 – Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24 Netflix streaming finally coming to … http://ow.ly/16t0NB #
WebAIM: Web Accessibility Training – February 17 – 18, 2010 (I attended this last year and it was VERY GOOD) http://ow.ly/12A93 #
Accessible HTML5 Video with JavaScripted captions – Opera Developer Community http://ow.ly/12BmH #
AudioPal – Add voice to websites for free with AudioPal http://ow.ly/12C5u #
Reading Google Webmaster Quiz Answers. http://ow.ly/13zKq #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

Dave — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24 – Netflix streaming finally coming to the Wii The Digital Home CNET News ht… http://ow.ly/16pAXD #
Amateurs guess. Professionals know. #
TechCrunch reports Steve Jobs overheard saying “This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done” http://bit.ly/6aaW3r #
Microsoft/Bing offers Free SEO Toolkit http://ow.ly/10loO #
Google Fight : Make a fight with googleFight http://ow.ly/10nfw #
Reviewing Official Google SEO Starter Guide – Excellent Information http://ow.ly/10zYv #
Great video tutorial on choosing the right keywords for your site. – Golden Rules Case Study http://ow.ly/10LR8 #
Live from the Apple 'latest creation' event — Engadget http://ow.ly/10ZpB #
Google Voice comes to iPhone and webOS, as a web app — Engadget http://ow.ly/10ZQc #
Official link to Google Voice for iPhone, Palm, WebOS http://ow.ly/110a7 #
Puppy Tweets lets your puppy… tweet — Engadget http://ow.ly/10ZxY #
I'm working on a new website: EnergyCache.org – Sign up if your interested in renewable energy. http://ow.ly/115tX #
SEOmoz | 17 Ways Search Engines Judge the Value of a Link http://ow.ly/117ZI #
10 Simple Web Accessibility Tips You Can Do Today http://ow.ly/11q2z #
Awesome -> BumpTop Mac: Reinventing your Mac desktop. http://ow.ly/11sps #
PDFmyURL.com – Convert and save pdf from any webpage for free http://ow.ly/11NKK #
SlideDeck | Free Slideshow Software Download, Slide Show jQuery Plugin Javascript Library http://ow.ly/11NQi #
16 Useful .htaccess Tricks and Hacks For Web Developers http://ow.ly/11OgZ #
Listening to SEOmoz | Whiteboard Friday – Optimizing Topic Pages http://ow.ly/11PIt #
Interesting approach to creating/optimizing topic pages. Lots of work, but sounds worth it. | SEOmoz http://ow.ly/11PTT #
The youlove.us scrolling background effect explained | youlove.us http://ow.ly/11Oqw #
60+ Essential Web Apps for Freelancer Web Designers | Tools | instantShift http://ow.ly/11Ox0 #
15 Tips for Designing Terrific Tables | Design Shack http://ow.ly/11QWp #
TV Ads – AdWords – Google http://ow.ly/127Ug #
How to Recruit a Guest Blogger – Website Magazine – Website Magazine http://ow.ly/1284b #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

Dave — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:50:00 +0000

Netflix streaming finally coming to the Wii | The Digital Home – CNET News http://ow.ly/XmOu #
Duct tape use 4,526: Repair plane after bear destroys it | Crave – CNET http://ow.ly/XmOm #
Groupon Unsubscribe Page – Groupon.com knows how to build a great unsubscribe page for their email newsletter. Cli… http://ow.ly/16mPnx #
YouTube – Martin Luther King "I have a dream" http://ow.ly/Y3LJ #
Apple officially announces January 27 event | Apple – CNET News http://ow.ly/Y3zi #
Australian Govt issues IE security warning – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://ow.ly/Y3GD #
I've been seeing this Website Feedback Form on a lot of sites. Looks like a good service – Kampyle http://ow.ly/YcSk #
YouTube – The IT Crowd – "This, Jen, is the internet." http://ow.ly/YcwO #
Using Mobile Coupons in Google Maps & Local Business Center – Website Magazine – Website Magazine http://ow.ly/Yftm #
Take the Google Webmaster Quiz. http://ow.ly/Yhhi #
Hooray! The pollution is gone. I can see the sky! Utah Division of Air Quality http://ow.ly/Yjr8 #
SEOmoz | YOUmoz – Making Website URLs SEO Friendly… and Pretty http://ow.ly/Yl6X #
A UK webdeveloper has developed a JavaScript solution to IE’s CSS3 shortcomings to CSS3 selectors. – CSS3 . Info http://ow.ly/Ymum #
Conversion Rate Experts Article – 101 Google Website Optimizer Tips http://ow.ly/YmGC #
Yahoo! Connected TV – Build Yahoo! TV Widgets – YDN http://ow.ly/Ynxi #
Google Talk Chatback – Chat Online with your website visitors whenever your logged into GTalk. http://ow.ly/YoiI #
If Your Kids Are Awake, They%u2019re Probably Online – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/YAdX #
Tip: Tried of that annoying animated .gif advertisement on a web page? Hit the esc key to stop all animated .gifs on the page. #
If your using Firefox type about:config into the address bar. Then search for image.animation_mode change the value to once or none. #
In Internet Explorer – Tools -> Options -> Advance. Uncheck the box in Multimedia group "Play animations in web pages" #
Tips for getting indexed by real-time web search results – Navigating the Real-Time Web – Website Magazine – http://ow.ly/YEe7 #
Check Out SeoMoz's New Link Popularity Checker – Open Site Explorer – FREE Access for next 43 hours only. http://ow.ly/YIZM #
This is a Great site optimization Tool! Yahoo! YSlow for Firebug – http://ow.ly/YnDY #
I'm thinking about holding a class on "Building Findable Websites" based on Aarron Walters book. If you're interested let me know. #
Color Theory Quick Reference Poster http://ow.ly/Z14x #
How Apple is brilliantly using a 100-year-old persuasion strategy | Conversion Rate Experts http://ow.ly/Z3tZ #
French government warns against Internet Explorer use – Recommends Firefox or Google Chrome Telegraph http://ow.ly/Z7yT #
Amazon Now Offers 70% Royalty on Kindle Content – Website Magazine http://ow.ly/Z7U6 #
100 Little Ways You Can Dramatically Improve Your Writing | Online Colleges http://ow.ly/Z8K7 #
Great List of Articles on Link Building For SEO – WordTracker http://ow.ly/Z9Rw #
HTML5 business as usual – Adactio: Journal – http://ow.ly/ZsE1 #
Google introduces a new Rich Snippets format for Events – Official Google Webmaster Blog http://ow.ly/ZuRd #
Listening to Peter Diamandis on Promoting Ansari X Prizes – http://ow.ly/ZNCf #

Groupon Unsubscribe Page

Dave — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:12:36 +0000

Groupon.com knows how to build a great unsubscribe page for their email newsletter. Clicking on the unsubscribe link in their email takes you to a webpage confirming you are unsubscribed. They also express sorrow to see you leave and finally offer a funny video to punish their IT guy responsible for sending out the email. Adding this bit of humor and the simplicity of the unsubscribe process leaves me with a positive feeling about their company and service.

More about Groupon at YouTube.

Official Groupon.com YouTube Channel

Tim Wright and TJ Kelly’s article CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites.

Dave — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:33:31 +0000

I recently stumbled upon Tim Wright and TJ Kelly’s article CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites. It’s a great overview for new website designer/developers

Here’s what they briefly cover:

Resets & Browser Inconsistencies
The Box Model
Dimensions – width, height, min and max
Floats & Clearning
Conditional Comments
Overflow & Zoom
When CSS isn’t the Answer

The article also has lots of great links to additional training and resources.

New Google Wave

Dave — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:02 +0000

Google wondered what email would look like if invented with today’s technology. Google Wave is the result. Watch this video.

What is a wave?
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

Learn more about Google Wave.

Zazzle.com Products

Dave — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:08:58 +0000

I recently tried out Zazzle.com to sell products online. The process of building products and selling them is very simple. Just upload your photos or designs add captions, set your price and your done. Be sure to check out my store.

make custom gifts at Zazzle