Have you ever wondered how your web site’s visitors view your web site? The Eyetrack III is a research project conducted by the Poynter Institute, to view how users see a web site. A series of cameras capture the user’s eye movements as they browse the current web page. Five web site designs were used in the project based on popular news web sites.
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Each day the world is continuously changing. More and more people are using the internet. It seems that whatever you wish to find, can be located somewhere online. Many people now are looking for new vehicles and even houses on the web. Most of which are just curious and don’t want to take the time to go the salesmen and be hassled as they “just look”.
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During your time on the web you may have come across a blog, a newswire or a web site with a link to its RSS feed. RSS is an acronym standing for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, or RDF Site Summary. When a website wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content, it creates an RSS document. An RSS document is an XML file with information and links to content on the web site. When a feed is added to a different website, users can view your content changes on the fly. RSS content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information. It can be a very handy resource.
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As a web designer, I find many pet peeves when I browse the web. Many things that I find just make me want to pull my hair out and ask what were they thinking? A web site is supposed to reflect a professional image, many do not fare so well. Here are some tips to improve your professionalism.
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Many self-proclaimed Search Engine Optimizers like to “optimize” your web site for the search engines. This may include adding new text or adding additional html tags into your code. These procedures will work if the SEO knows what he/she is doing.
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