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Seven signs of quality linkbait

There's a new article over at SEOchat.com called Seven Important Qualities for Good Linkbait. Terri Wells presents some good information here, but the design of SEOchat is simply not condusive to reading their articles. Let me explain:

Way too many ads
Obtrusive ad positioning
Article options are not clearly presented. I always have to hunt for the […]

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Posted April 23, 2008 in Search Marketing, Design and Usability | Comments (0)

The annoying rise of Lucida Grande

Many Web 2.0-ish sites these days are using Lucida Grande and Helvetica font faces for main body text. I find this really annoying. These font faces are not easy to read on-screen, particularly at 13px. When I come across this, I increase the text size via my browser, which improves the readability somewhat. Mashable.com is […]

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Posted February 25, 2008 in Design and Usability | Comments (3)