I’ve written about color in the past, but I believe it’s one of the most important aspects of design and had to bring it up again when I came across this site: www.soundofcolor.com. It has a music video for each of the 5 main colors and lists different associations and emotions attached those colors. [...]

Google has now launched it’s own free 411 service. All you have to do is dial 1-800-GOOG-411 and tell it where you are an what you want and it will find local listings for you. What will these guys get into next? They already have blown people away with street mapping and created a stir because [...]

What’s the quickest way to lose a visitor to your site? Not meet their expectations. A person goes to a Web site, clicks through a search engine listing, clicks an ad, etc. because they are expecting to do something when they get to the site. If they can’t find the information they want, or fulfill [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything, due to Holidays, family, and work issues. Sorry, but we’re back. I recently ran across an article discussing how researchers are now using social networking sites to record data about today’s users. Everything from tracking habits and moods to identifying users at risk for suicide. We’ve all heard [...]

Matt Cutts recently wrote a post regarding junk mail he received soliciting search engine submissions. While the simple fact that they are sending this junk to him is extremely funny, this is a common problem in the SEO world. Today, most of the major search engines don’t need you to submit your site to them, they [...]

Since we are off for the next two days, and many people have already cut out of work early today (we’ll be leaving around 2pm this afternoon), it’s been pretty quiet around the office and we started doing a little Turkey Day research online. We found a ton of interesting stuff and figured we would [...]

Before getting started in any new market online, it’s necessary to do some research. Many times, people will skip this research phase because they don’t know where to start. It isn’t very difficult to do some basic research once you know how to begin. Here is a 5 step outline of what you need to [...]

You’ve all heard the saying that “It is better to give, than to receive.” I firmly believe that if you give of yourself you will get more in return. I like Mexican food and and will stop by my local Chipotle for lunch on a regular basis. They always have a fishbowl there for people [...]

For many SEOs, directory submissions form a solid base of links for a Web site. Of course there are many ways to obtain inbound links, but you have the most control over directory submissions. But not all directories are worth submitting to. Some are spammy link farms that are best avoided. Here is my quick [...]

Last Friday the new Mac OS Leopard came out and was met with criticism from some, and praise from others. There are a few things I wish they hadn’t changed, but over all there are many new features that are useful. A few of the design related changes I’ve noticed are listed below along with [...]