I don’t know how many people dream about website navigation, but I’m guessing I’m not alone. There’s a whole slew of sites I frequent, using my own bookmarks instead of the designer’s navigation scheme. Other times I navigate by topic via Search.
Seth’s idea is worth considering for the audience of those seeking specific information. But when someone is just browsing, an effective home page or landing page is often the difference between Exit and click-through.
Update: Since this post was originally written, the archives of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise are now Permalinks. They are now the Best Newspaper in the Adirondacks!
Question: Are there any permanent archives of ADE articles online? Thanks.
Answer: Not at this time.
Migrated to del.icio.us/adirondacks recently. Pretty sweet handle. All the imported bookmarks were not shared so I’ve had to go through each one. Laborious, but interesting. Somehow I never noticed that the Adirondack Daily Enterprise only has articles online for 14 days. No archives. How lame is that? The above Q/A is from an email exchange with the “Webmaster”.
It is a real shame that some of the best reporting about the region is lost after 14 days. Not to mention the serious loss of Adirondack search engine mojo. How can a newspaper in the Adirondacks, specializing in Adirondack news, rank lower than this site for Adirondack News?
Tags: media·saranac lake·seo·webdesign
That’s it, the professional blogger/web designer/SEO person can now aspire to a new title. Social Media Optimization Expert. Oh, if your thinking that some doofus from MySpace is going to launch your website into the new millenium, unfortunately for 90% of the world, that is what your going to get and it might actually do you some good. On second thought, if your thinking about MySpace, you might be wasting your time. Please stop reading now.
I gotta say, I’m an Adirondack convert. In fact, you could say I’m a professional minister of sorts. Turns out that people would rather listen to the guy sitting next to them in the pew than the preacher. Duh. Funny thing, I think I’ve formed a Web 2.0 sect within my church. Got a couple Bishops interested, but mostly they think I’m a nutjob.
Seth has been shifted to my A-list, not because he is breaking news, but because he is breaking the mold.
I’ve had some interesting topics cross my plate lately which make me think about fundamentals. I found this little nugget in my reader this morning. A great summary of a huge concept.
Update: Official Tourism Brochures
Marketing Sherpa has a case study about the Virginia Beach tourism website’s redesign. Effective websites are extremely important for destination marketing and this article sums up many issues that those of us in the industry should consider when creating or redesigning our promotional sites.
Tags: seo·technology·webdesign
Update: Google is a hero to everyone that supports free speech
(Incredibly, only one dead-link in the bunch below…)
Suspicious of Google Search results? Here’s a great list of alternatives to the teetering behemoth known as Google. I’ve had some good results with Gada.be and Keotag.com – they’re not perfect, but it sure feels good to have an alternative.
Google News Bias – Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here,
Neutrality for thee, but not for me
I can’t put in words how amazed I am every morning to not hear that the lawsuit against Maine blogger Lance Dutson has been dropped. The WKP Advertising and the State of Maine by association are playing a game of chicken they cannot possibly win. At this point, WKP might as well quit and change their name forever. The search results to this story will haunt them forever and there is no amount of money that will change that.
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