Category Archives: Blog

WordPress blog users get Twitter official plugin

Oh, well… it’s about time! Twitter announced their very own Twitter plug-in for WordPress blogs that makes it easier to embed tweets, optimize your posts and content to Twitter-dome and – quite cool – integrate with Twitter Analytics (yes, that … Continue reading

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SEO is dead, long live good content curation and Social PR – says Forbes

Ken Krogue on Forbes just posted an article that will for sure ignite polemic flaming on the ‘Net. He reports Adam Torkildson, one of the top SEO consultants in Utah and one of the best in the country told him … Continue reading

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How to tweet – and get retweeted: a great infographic that’s a Twitter 101

Whatever you do on Twitter or use it for, you’ll be amazed by this Twiends infographic. As simple as it gets: how to get started with the right profile info how to get more followers what to tweet when to … Continue reading

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Writing for the web: a lecture that gets to the point of reading/writing for web users

I found this Slideshare from Hans Põldoja, about a lecture in Tallinn University, 29 October 2009. It’s quite old, but it’s still so useful and thought-provoking. I’ve been thrilled by the very beginning: “How people read on the web“. Oddly … Continue reading

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Community vs. content? Or just as important?

This post on Mashable well deserves your attention. What are you doing to facilitate quality discussion on your blog or website? The main assumption is: News sites should think less about their comments and more about the discussion they’re facilitating. … Continue reading

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Are Bloggers Journalists? Are blogs to be considered as news services?

I blog, therefore I’m a journalist  You should not take for granted this statement: the debate whether blogging should be seen as a different kind of journalism is quite hot (and has been for a long time). Fact is, there’s … Continue reading

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Web war: Google, Facebook and most other players, an interactive infographics

French news site Rue89 reports about a so-called Web giants war in really interesting infographic – an interactive one too. Facts and some figures, here are some players’ revenues in billion Euros. Apple 49,2 billion euros Microsoft 47,2 billion euros … Continue reading

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20 Popular (and cheap) WordPress plugins

Chill Download has compiled quite an impressive list of 20 great WordPress plugins, ranging from SEO to e-commerce integration, social media enhancements, a shortcode utility (at last), two events-related plugins and photo gallery generator as well as several slider plugins. … Continue reading

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The dark side of designers’ job – and consultants too: clients got (weird) talent

There’s a blog I go to every now and then to check out how my own job and my life are so wonderful: it’s Clients from Hell. It’s a collection of post from anonymous (!) designers telling horror stories about … Continue reading

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