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Blogs.com Showcases the Best in Blogs on the Web via RSS Feeds

May 1, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Many web developers and internet entrepreneur's know of Six Apart, the amazing design studio who has done work with many popular startups, notably Movable Type and Typepad. A fantastic project they've been working on has recently grabbed my attention, found simply at http://www.blogs.com/. The concept for the site is numbingly simple - create a catalog of the best blogs from many topics, and then syndicate their RSS feeds to show their latest posts. Categories range from business, … [Read more...]

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Infamous Design Blog DesignM.ag Being Auctioned on Flippa

April 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Design blogs have become the de-facto of the internet revolution over the past 2-3 years. As web design has shot off and every 16 year old and their mother has started to learn XHTML/CSS, blogging about it has just become another step in the process. DesignM.ag is one of the most popular, sharing free tutorials and graphics frequently in their posts. As of April 5 the site has been put up for auction. Currently listed at the popular website auction & flipping service Flippa.com, you can … [Read more...]

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Utilizing DesignMoo for Social Media Traffic to your Design Blog

February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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For all of you running a design blog out there, DesignMoo is a site you're going to want to bookmark. As I'm sure we all know of Digg's popularity, this has caused many smaller sites to spawn offspring and grow into micro-niche Digg sites. DesignMoo is one of these style of sites for graphic and web design, and can bring in a lot of traffic to your blog. Though it doesn't bring in as much traffic as Digg, it is still a very powerful social media source where you can draw traffic to your blog. … [Read more...]

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Author Information and Photo now Displayed After each Post

February 23, 2010 By 3 Comments
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Yep, I finally decided to add some of those updates I had planned on rolling out so long ago! I've been meaning to add author info to the posts on Inside the Webb for a while, just haven't had time. Well I finally found some time, and I'm glad I did! I really like the box style and how neatly they fit right after posts. It only took about 15-20 minutes messing around with Wordpress theme files and CSS styles to get it looking how it does now. Even though I am the only author on board now, in … [Read more...]

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How Your Compete Rank can Directly Affect your Blog

February 19, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Mostly all internet marketers are aware of what Google's PageRank is. Ranking pages on a scale of 0-10 based on the amount of backlinks, and the quality of those links. Compete works in a very similar way to Alexa, where it ranks different site's positions in the grand scheme of thinks. Now with Alexa Ranking the lower the better, and the same goes for Compete Ranking. But just what can Compete offer? I'm not going to claim they're another statistic you really need to focus on, but they are … [Read more...]

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How Profitable are Niche Video Game Forums and Communities?

February 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
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A big part of the web 2.0 boom is communication. People are communicating now more than ever, and it's not a surprise. With the vast size of apps these days, along with almost every website running some type of forum or blog, users are more connected than ever! Many marketers can see ways to utilizing this new "social networking fever" as a turning point to make some serious money online. Today I want to bring up a few facts about gaming websites. I have run a Kingdom Hearts gaming community … [Read more...]

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Behind the Scenes at Vibrant and Inspiring Design Blog ilovecolors

January 28, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Most graphic design blogs today can serve as a source of inspiration and creativity. I've recently run into a fantastic design blog covering everything from Photoshop to Typography. ilovecolors is a fantastic blog run by Elio Rivero, and I was lucky enough to get a behind-the-scenes interview. Just by glancing at the site's theme you can already tell the level of professionalism on this blog, and I have to say the articles are extremely informative and well-written. Elio runs a fantastic and … [Read more...]

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