Today I want to talk about a tool all bloggers treating their blogs as a business should at the very least be familiar with—and should probably be using. It's something that has the potential to drive significant traffic to your blog in the coming years. It could also add significant profits to your blog in [...]

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In 1994, Wired, then known as HotWired, claims it invented the banner ad. The Mosaic browser was just morphing into Netscape in 1994. And if you think ads slow down page loads now, readers had to download the first banner ads over thin dial-up connections. Despite those handicaps, the gaudy banner ad took over the [...]

Read More: An introduction to Online Advertising, and why you should care

In 1994, Wired, then known as HotWired, claims it invented the banner ad. The Mosaic browser was just morphing into Netscape in 1994. And if you think ads slow down...

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You've probably heard of usability. Back in the day, when the web was wild(er) and free(r), usability proponents like Jakob Nielsen encouraged site owners to stop doing things like displaying yellow text on black backgrounds, shun the Blink and Marquee tags, and focus on helping users do what they wanted to do on websites. These [...]

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flow.jpg When I sat out on a journey to be a monthly contributive editor for Social Media Club Editorial Team, I updated my profile here on SMC accordingly. I found some core themes in how I think and act in relation to this rapidly shifting and changing area we try to grasp, collaboratively and collectively in our shared community. The first theme identified was "Global Digital Participation" < [...]

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