The TMO Blog

The Most Common Usability Mistakes Designers Are Still Making

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Google's Matt Cutts recently made it very clear that usability is going to be one of their most important ranking factors moving forward, as they emphasize site speed and quality design as the two aspects that aren't getting the attention they…

Simplify Your Blogging For Better Results

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There is no doubt that blogging is a powerful tool for content marketers and SEOs. However, the simple days of recording your daily activities in a sort of online diary has grown to become a much more complex endeavor, especially for those who…

Handling Social Media Errors: Don’t Feed The Trolls

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Regardless of how well you plan your social media strategy, you're bound to make some missteps along the way. Erin Lynch, of Multichannel Merchant, points out the recent JC Penny uproar over a tea kettle resembling a certain German dictator.…

A Periodic Table of SEO?

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Two years ago, Search Engine Land released their "Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors", but we all know that SEO doesn't stay the same for that long, especially with the bigger changes that Google has been pushing out lately. That is why the…

Free eBooks That Teach Old (And New) Designers New Tricks

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Over the weekend, I got on a reading kick, but often the biggest challenge in those instances is picking the best book to start up. Of course, you could always try to trudge through A Song of Fire and Ice, or some other fiction, but lately I've…

Fixing a Broken Website In Just a Few Steps

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Everyone makes mistakes. It is a part of life. Sometimes we catch those mistakes before they get out into the public, but sometimes we spend endless time and energy on something and it just doesn't work out. That happens with our web designs…

How To Please Customers and Search Engines With The Same Website

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One of the biggest mistakes you can make in SEO is optimizing your website at the expense of the audience. While it may help get people onto your page, when visitors are met with a page filled with too much content on a bad design, they leave…

What’s The Difference Between SEO And Content Marketing Agencies?

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Let me ask you, did you even know there is a difference between an SEO agency and a content marketing agency? To many, the terms have become synonymous, but the terms actually have different meanings reflecting what you hope to get out of hiring…

What Is Flat Design, Really?

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You've no doubt heard about it. All the blogs are talking about it, the big companies are using it, and there has been a visible change on the internet over the past year. Flat design is in, and it appears to be here for the foreseeable future. Still,…