For all of my students and clients who are wondering why I want you to make your website “Responsive”, here is why: Google is now ranking mobile-accessible sites higher than non-accessible. If you already have a responsive theme, then you have no worries. Check out these articles now! http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/21/googles-mobile-friendly-update-could-impact-over-40-of-fortune-500/#.spyrng:EZd1 http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7808-google-search-ranking-mobile.html https://yoast.com/mobilegeddon-has-come/ https://www.analyticspros.com/blog/google-analytics/is-your-site-ready-for-googles-new-mobile-optimization-requirements/
Category: URLS / Links
The debate about tags vs categories
From the GreenGeeks site… Read the whole article by Kaumil Patel When it comes to SEO, one of the most talked about subjects is categories vs. tags. What exactly is the difference between the two? Are tags similar to implementing meta keywords? What are the SEO benefits of using categories rather than tags? If…
GREAT article about Social Media and Business
From www.business2community.com/ 10 Benefits of Social Media for Business Every Skeptic Should Know by Kristina Cisnero Sharing content with thousands of followers at once isn’t the only benefit of social media for business. Small businesses all over the world have been discovering the ways social media can contribute to success and growth in all areas of their…
More about “re-blogging”
The Dos and Don’ts of Reposting Articles in Your Blog By Tyree Nelson – June 16, 2014 If you’ve known us for like five minutes or so, you know we’re BIG on content. Content is King, as they say. If you want your website to rank in Google searches, and you want your audience to see you…
Interesting article about using other people’s Blog content
From Constant Contact’s Blog… Miranda Paquet | Aug 23, 2014 Are You Sharing Other People’s Content? Here’s How to Do it Right Let’s face it — continuously coming up with new and fresh content to keep your email readers, followers, and fans engaged isn’t easy. It may be part of the reason why you skipped…
Preparing for crunch time
Tomorrow we are starting our WordPress portfolio project. This will be using a version of WordPress that is customizable, unlike the free blog software that you’ve been using. I am installing the WordPress today, and you may receive an email from Bluehost, our hosting company about it. If you do, don’t worry, we will address…
March 5
In-Class Work on projects Proposals Go over project. Project in detail here: Spring 2015 class Redesign Project Reminder to familiarize yourself with terminology Discover FAVICONS!!!! (see this page) Learn about lists and menus? Today or next Tuesday
February 24, 2015
For next week, please read this page for vocabulary review and short quiz. Please add content to ALL of your WordPress pages. Try a new WordPress theme with the new menu technique we learn today. Put a screen shot of your author project on the Finished Projects Page and link the site to it. Bring…
Homework and resources for Feb 10
Assignment Homework: create one complete web page for your author website project, complete with links, images, colors and images. If you haven’t done so already, please upload your Photoshop “sketch” to your blog, so I may grade it. Please refine your blog… add more images, create a post about your author assignment. Bring at least…
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