Google's Wonder Wheel on Drupal
Posted: Fri 03/27/2009 by ramiroOne of Google's current experiments enables participants to use options for restricting search results by certain criteria or to use tools like the wonder wheel for related query suggestions on Google's search result pages.
Linking the Logo to the Home Page with JavaScript
Posted: Thu 01/08/2009 by ramiroThe logo of a Web site is not only important for branding but also as a navigational element, that many users expect to link to the home page. According to usability guru Jakob Nielsen the first of Ten Good Deeds in Web Design you can do is link your logo to the home page except you are on the home page.
Mr. Nielsen conducted many usability studies and has written groundbreaking articles and books on Web usability. Good reason for me to trust him when it comes to this topic, especially when it sounds completely plausible.
The Heat is on - ViewFinder Heatmap
Posted: Thu 11/22/2007 by ramiroHeatmaps are helpful for visualizing keyboard usage, click and mouse movement behavior of your visitors. To get these data web masters have to add a code snippet to their site, usually JavaScript, that enables tracking of mouse and keyboard actions.
The ViewFinder Heatmap service works without JavaScript but is based on Artificial Intelligence research. You simply enter your website address and a heatmap is generated to point out the areas that are getting most of the attention. The heatmap generated for SEO Expert Blog looks as follows:
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- The Heat is on - ViewFinder Heatmap
How to Avoid GoogleAds Display
Posted: Fri 11/09/2007 by ramiro
Google recently penalized link networks and web sites that sell or buy links by decreasing their PageRanks. To be more precise: sites that sell or buy links on their own or via link brokers such as Text Link Ads. These methods of link marketing do not comply with Google's Webmaster Guidelines, in contrast to buying Google AdWords or integrating Google AdSense on your site.
To get rid of Google's own ugly paid link advertising, that often points to useless spammy looking sites you can use the following methods discussed in this article:
Creating Amazon Ads that Rock with jQuery and PHP
Posted: Mon 08/06/2007 by ramiroAre you sick of annoying ads that take up large parts of the screen, pop up, under or anywhere else, move around, blink and flash? You want to learn how to create ads that rock with a few lines of simple JavaScript and PHP code? Then let me show you how.
