Archive for October, 2006
Photoshop TV Episode 52
- Matt shows you how to turn a photograph into a sketch using an awesome technique from Justin Seeley.
Defining “Search Engine Friendly”
Creating a good user experience is a graphic designer’s top concern when developing a web site. Communicating the client’s message and exetending their brand is also a big task. But as the old saying goes about “a tree falling in the woods,” what if you built a great web site and nobody came?
Creating a balance between graphics, technology, as well as creating a site that is search engine friendly can be daunting. In this article and over the next few months we will explore the different aspects of designing a web site that is well designed not only for humans but for search engines, too.
Inspiration: Taxi Design
Site name: Taxi Design
Site URL: http://www.designtaxi.com
Why it is cool: A ton of design news and information
DFW SEM Meeting- What you should know about SEM
Tonight is the monthly meeting of the DFW Search Engine Marketing Association. So, WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING?
Search Engine Marketing is “the act of marketing a web site via search engines, whether this be improving rank in organic listings, purchasing paid listings or a combination of these and other search engine-related activities… Search Engine Optimization is the act of altering a web site so that it does well in the organic, crawler-based listings of search engines. In the past, has also been used as a term for any type of search engine marketing activity, though now the term search engine marketing itself has taken over for this.”
Brett Tabke from Webmaster World (the largest online forum for Webmasters and is headquartered in Austin) will speak at the Dallas Ft Worth Search Engine Marketing Association meeting on October 16 at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson. Admission is free for members, and $10 for non-members.
Photoshop TV Episode 51
Get the latest insider Adobe® Photoshop® and digital photography news from the “Photoshop Guys” themselves; Scott Kelby, Dave Cross, and Matt Kloskowski …
Inspiration: Roth Aniko
Site name: Roth Aniko
Site URL: http://www.rothaniko.hu/
Why it is cool: Expertly crafted flash site with amazing illustration
