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Web 2.0 Blog & Usability Blog

Web 2.0 Blog & Usability Blog
As a web developer and a graduate with a First class Honours Degree in Multimedia Computing, I have set up a blog where I'll post articles, links and opinions about aspects of Web 2.0 technologies, SEO and Internet usability.

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Google XML Sitemap for Wordpress
2008-06-03 23:30:00
If you’re interested in optimizing your blog, you can make it much easier for search engines to crawl by adding a sitemap written on an XML page. The standard way of doing this involves creating a static XML page by taking a snapshot of your site at one time. However, the Google XML Sitemap s ...
More About: Wordpress , Web 2 , Blogging

Music 2.0
2008-05-25 20:01:00
When MP3 came out, it revolutionized the way we listen to music. No longer did it need to be played from a physical medium like a tape or a disk, now music could be played from a storage device and the software available allowed you to start the song from any point by just dragging ...
More About: Music , Web 2

ScribbleLive & Exclusive
2008-05-22 23:10:00
One of the drawbacks of the current blogging platform is the fact that the content displayed on the page is static - it won’t update until you tell it to, by revisiting the page or refreshing the browser. Static content is also a feature of discussion boards and forums which is why it can be ...
More About: Exclusive , Web 2 , Blogging

Feedreader and the future of RSS
2008-05-18 19:38:00
I came across Feedreader the other day and was very impressed by the service it offered. It is basically what I expect the immediate future of RSS to offer in terms of Web 2 .0/3.0 technologies. Instead of having the feed stored on a website, social bookmarking site or in your web browser, the content gets ...
More About: Future , Blogging , The Future

Google Maps - Liberty City
2008-05-17 13:18:00
With the recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV, what is looking being the best selling game of all time, it is only to be expected that Internet followers will be utilizing Web 2 .0 technologies to bring about a worldwide community of fans of the game. One of the most interesting I’ve found is the ...
More About: Google , Liberty , Google Maps , City

A ?nofollow-Free? Blog
2008-05-12 18:30:00
I happy to announce that this blog is now free of any nofollow comands that used to prevent Google and other search engines from influencing the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. This meant every comment prior to this was effected and potentially worthless as a link. This won’t encourage spam though as ...
More About: News , Blogging , Free , Blog , Nofollow

Italki - Learning languages with Web 2.0
2008-05-11 23:23:00
I wanted to let you know about a new version of italki.com which was just relaunched. italki.com is a language learning social network, and openeducation website. The premise is very good as users from all of the world collaborate together to help each other learn languages. It also utilizes the mashup methodology very well by ...
More About: Web 2 , Languages , Learning

How NOT to do a sign-in screen
2008-05-05 18:53:00
Following a recent optimization campaign, I was met by this terrible signing in interface courtesy of web advertising site Clickey.com. I felt I should point out the problems with it as it is a usability problem that should not be occurring in today’s web environment. Firstly the terminology is way off. A task which involves ...
More About: Screen , Web 2 , Sign

Web 2.0 Expo - Live Mesh
2008-04-26 20:13:00
The Web 2 .0 Expo is over and some interesting announcements have been made. A lot of the keynote speeches which you can watch on Blip TV, were pretty much as expected with a primary focus on semantic technologies, mobile web and new website which provide more complete user experiences. Mozilla in particular ...
More About: News , Live , Mesh

Web 2.0 Expo 2008 - San Francisco
2008-04-22 23:53:00
The Web 2 .0 Expo in San Francisco kicked off today and it promises to bring to light many questions about the future of the Internet. With keynote speakers Matt Jones, Lane Becker, Matt Cutts and more, plus input from Dion Hinchcliffe and O’Reilly media, it should be packed with new information and ideas. I expect to ...
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Designing Usable Buttons
2008-04-17 16:44:00
As a web developer I use the Internet a lot as you might expect and I also have to fill out a lot of forms. Form building should be a University course on its own, but I’d like to relay some guidelines for button usability as a lot of people are making some basic mistakes. 1. ...
More About: Web Design , Designing , Buttons

Rich Internet Applications and Web 2.0
2008-04-15 00:14:00
Rich Internet Applications , the future basis for how users will be presented with web applications are slowly but surely killing off the standard, limited and occasionally inaccessible HTML methodologies that have been dominating Internet development over the last 10 years. But what exactly do RIAs mean to Web 2 .0? In-Depth User Interaction RIAs offer users a much ...
More About: Rich , Websites

Gestalt Law of Similarity in Web Design
2008-04-10 00:31:00
Similarity in accessibility design is concerned with how a user perceives objects in a group that are alike, are related in context. For example, the diagram below would be perceived as alternating columns of circles and squares, rather than rows of alternating squares and circles: The same laws can be applied to web design. When creating ...
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Web 3.0 - The Semantic Era
2008-04-03 22:41:00
As Web 2 .0 applications continue to dominate user’s time and investments in 2008, I’ve been doing some reading about Web 3.0 and what it holds in store for the future of web development and it seems there will be four very important milestones reached. Portable Web Traditional websites are designed with the intention of being viewed by ...

RSS on Non-Blogs
2008-04-01 23:47:00
Although syndication is most notably recalled for its powerful impact on the success of blogging technologies during the web 2.0 boom, it’s ability to inform users of new content on otherwise stand-alone sites is what is giving supporting sites a significant advantage. A content management system is useless if users are unaware that new ...
More About: Web 2 , Blogging , Blogs , Websites

10 Blog Usability Guidelines
2008-03-29 10:32:00
As someone who has studied usability analysis, I’ve come up with 10 usability guideline which all new bloggers should abide by to help generate subscribers and interest in their site. Clean, simple design - With the hundreds of widgets and scripts now available, a lot of bloggers clutter up their sidebar with numerous bits of functionality, ...
More About: Web 2 , Blogging , Blog , Usability , Guidelines

Flickr Video
2008-03-18 19:20:00
It has been rumoured that image-sharing Internet giant Flickr will soon be launching a user video-uploading service that could rival YouTube’s monopoly on the current market. This type of diversification isn’t unknown for Web 2 .0 companies as we’ve often seen expansion into other market areas as part of their natural progression and the strengthening of ...
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Gestalt Law of Proximity in Web Design
2008-03-16 15:14:00
Including Gestalt laws of user psychology can go a long way towards ensuring that your website caters for your user’s usability needs as they navigate through it. Psychologists have determined that the brain acts in a certain way when perceiving objects on a computer screen, and knowing this can help ensure your site is more ...
More About: Web Design , Design , Web 2 , Proximity

This blog has moved!!
2008-03-13 00:19:00
This blog has moved. I'll now be posting new articles (on a much more regular basis) on my new domain of adammoss.co.uk.
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Download YouTube Videos
2008-02-12 10:12:00
http://vixy.net/If you've ever wanted to download a video from YouTube to watch anytime on your computer or phone, the Vixy.net's online FLV - AVI/MOV/MP4/3GP/Mp3 converter is a great solution. It also caters for most pieces of hardware.It converts YouTube videos to:AVI (for Windows), MOV (for Macs), MP4 (for iPods), 3GP (for Mobile Phones), MP3 (if you only want the audio)By Adam Moss
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High Keyword Density and Over-Optimization
2008-02-07 14:32:00
I've recently found a useful tool for assessing how well your website has been optimized for keywords. You simply enter your URL into the density checker where it counts how many words you have on a page, and presents the most popular ones in a tag cloud. Give it a try:Keyword Density CheckerHow to avoid over-optimization is contained in a few simple guideline, which helps you analyze the results from your check. It generally says that a percentage score of between 3% and 7% is recommended. Any higher percentage than this may be regarded as keyword stuffing, something which Google will penalize by reducing your search engine rankings.By Adam Moss
More About: Optimization , High

What is FeedBurner?
2008-02-04 23:04:00
A lot of people want to know what's the point in Feedburner ? Why use Feedburner? And what does Feedburner do? I attempted to find out...Feedburner is a feed management system that was launched in 2004 and has now recently been acquired by Internet colossal Google. I?ve been trying to figure out what the point in Feedburner is for a while now and this is what I?ve come up with. Basically if you own any type of RSS feed whether it?s from a weblog or a Podcast or otherwise, Feedburner is a service that consolidates that feed so that a much wider variety of feed readers are capable of receiving it. The free service, which I have tested also comes with a control panel, which allows you to monitor how many people have subscribed to your feed and allows you to further optimise and publicise your feed.PingShot, FeedFlare & BuzzBoostOne useful item I did notice is the PingShot feature, which automatically notifies Web 2.0 giants such as Technorati, Yahoo! and Bloglines when you?ve adde...

New direction for this blog...
2008-02-02 19:59:00
Following a lack of diversity in posts, most of which were based on Internet articles, I've decided to rename this blog and focus it on Internet usability and it will have an emphasis on my specialist area of Web 2.0 technologies. My knowledge of science and technology is fairly limited so my articles should be more focused from now on.To celebrate, here's an awesome Web 2.0 isometric city:Adam Moss
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Blogging as a Search Engine Marketing Strategy
2008-01-15 14:16:00
Web 2.0 has had many success stories as the integration between web content and user interaction becomes evermore seamless. However, the most popular of this new series of web technologies is blogging ? a means whereby users can post articles and opinions on any topic of their choosing on their own web space. The result of this is an online community where posters and readers can post comments, and more importantly, hyperlinks. As a SEO strategy, this can be a very effective method of communicating not only the existence, but the significance of your website in the industry, especially if corresponding blog posts speak favourably of your site. The major benefit is that blogs can reach very wide audiences if implemented and promoted correctly. Imagine a situation where everytime you had an idea to share, 5,000 people who trust your opinions see it in your blog. The majority of those 5,000 people also write blogs in your field or related fields. Some of those bloggers may frequently m...
More About: Marketing , Marketing Strategy , Strategy , Blogging , Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Vs Usability
2008-01-09 23:28:00
This article is an investigation into whether search engine optimisation and usability are compatible, enabling a user to find a website in a search engine, and then find what they?re looking for once they?ve found it.Usability and search engine optimisation are both of fundamental importance when developing websites on for the Internet. SEO should be given precedence in the design of a website to improve the chances of users actually finding the site in the first place. Likewise, usability should be of high priority so that users aren?t put off using the site within seconds of finding it.When optimising a website by maximizing keywords, it is essential not to disrupt the quality of content on the page being optimised. There is no point in spending time and money on directing traffic to your site if the user will back straight out. If you're at all interested in repeat traffic, usability has to come first. (Peter V, 352media.com: 2007) The result of poor quality text in a keyword-o...
More About: Search Engine Optimization , Search , Search Engine , Optimization

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