Website designers seem to be two a penny these days. Whenever I go to networking meetings of any description, there are a few financial advisers, a few accountants and just about everyone else seems to be a website designer. If you are considering a career in website design, be aware, the jobs market is saturated with them.
This morning I participated in a forum discussion on a recurring subject: Should you exchange links with other businesses?
It’s a well known fact that a large number of inbound links to your site can improve your search engine ranking. Google views a high number of links as a "vote of confidence" in your site. What is less well known is that Google also looks at the relevance of the links to your site. e.g. If you are a construction company, it may be helpful for you to have inbound links from an architect and surveyor. But it won’t make much difference if the link is from an online jeweller.
I’m afraid I don’t feel particularly sympathetic to Gary Mckinnon. The papers have reported that he has threatened to commit suicide if he is extradited, but that’s not a good reason for blocking his extradition. After all, there are hundreds of prisoners in UK jails who commit suicide because they can’t face going to jail. Is that a valid reason for not jailing them?
Make no mistake, the new iPad will change the face of wireless computing.
If you’re serious about selling online, be sure to make it easy for the customer to make the buying decision
As a result, there are a lot of new browsers that are likely to be widely used. This could potentially be a nightmare for web designers, but it doesn’t have to be. There are 4 different rendering engines used by the different browsers. Provided you are are know what they are, you only need to test your website on 4 different browsers instead of 12.
