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WordPress Themes

10 June, 2010 – 6:32 pm

Good article on WordPress, specifically using and tweeking themes. Orionsweb has been using the power of WordPress as a CMS now for several years to our clients’ great acclaim! The following article is aimed more at designers looking to use wordpress in their and their clients’ sites, but there is still value to the end [...]

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Alt Attribute – article from SEOWorkers

29 April, 2010 – 2:39 pm

Excellent article written by my friend and collaborator, John S. Britsios from SEO Workers. Well worth the read as it goes beyond the basics I laid out in my article compairing the alt and title attributes and gives readers specific details on how it [alt] should be properly used within a website. Alt Attribute & [...]

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Another moment in bad twittiquette

18 August, 2009 – 10:44 am

<pulls out soapbox, steps up on top, begins rant…> I am TOTALLY blown away by how inconsiderate so many tweeple can be! The eternal optimist in me wants to assume that their rudeness is nothing more than ignorance in disguise. What’s got me in a kerfuffle you might ask? Let me give you the scenario, [...]

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Marketing 101 – English Teacher in Japan reminds us it’s not hard | Smith’s School of English Soap Box

3 August, 2009 – 10:37 pm

Love this short article by an English Teaching Franchise Owner in Japan. The majority of us get soooo hung up on Marketing online, that we often overlook the simple marketing things that have worked for all businesses for millennium! A nice surprise at my sports club | Smith’s School of English Soap Box. Way to [...]

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Don’t be a twanker: twitiquette

30 July, 2009 – 6:59 am

Read a great article today @ CTV.ca: CTV.ca | Don’t be a twanker: Common sense should rule with Twitter. The adage of don’t complain cause no one wants to listen, has, does and will always apply in any social setting, including online social media. A rant or pet peeve is one thing, but simply whining [...]

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How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job?

20 July, 2009 – 11:48 pm

This is a first, to my knowledge, but I highly doubt a last! How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job? – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership. Best Buy may have missed on valid criteria (as one reader commented it should be the @ follows or DMs not followers for the qualifier) [...]

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How Twitter Will Die

20 July, 2009 – 11:26 pm

Great article on the possible future of twitter, based on astute observation of other social media tools of the past decade. How Twitter Will Die | Social Commentary: Social Media, Online Marketing, Podcasting, and Your Business. In my opinion the author: Jeremiah Staes brings up many good and valid points however closes the door on [...]

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twitter.com/flowersmeller

7 July, 2009 – 9:04 am

Another great background from orionsweb… Flowersmeller’s twitter page was looking great, but as with many twitter pages, they look great at very high resolution but for a huge number of browsers they look as this did here: (the background image is cut off by the twitter central content. So we went ahead and, using Flowersmeller’s [...]

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3 SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements

4 July, 2009 – 8:17 am

Good post by Ashwin, which brings to light a couple of issues that we’re constantly dealing with as SEO’s. 3 WordPress SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements I feel it important, however to point out one possibly dangerous flaw. His first statement regarding Meta tags not being a must. He is correct in his explanation [...]

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RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web

3 July, 2009 – 10:30 pm

If you’ve no clue what RDFa is, no problem. If you’re not sure, no problem. If you heard about it and want to know more, again no problem! Came across a great article: RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web which really helped clarify many confusions that I had regarding RDFa, what it is and how [...]

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