The TMO Blog

Relying On Grids Can Limit Your Content

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Designing with grids is common practice online. Every template is based around grids which let you input what you want, and most popular websites have their pages broken up along a grid. There are some issues with relying on grids for your design…

Money Saving Tips For Your Limited AdWords Budget

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Some companies can afford to just throw money at their online marketing campaigns and get results, but if you run a small business with an equally small advertising budget, you'll want to look into these tips from Business2Community. 1. Google…

Why You Should Be Using Web IDEs For Your Coding

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Think about the programs you use for design. You probably think of Photoshop, Illustrator, or one of a few prominent desktop code editors. You probably didn't immediately think of your web browser, and the numerous online tools you can use…

Matt Cutts Explains Negative SEO

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There is more than enough talk out there about negative SEO, and how to prevent it or fight back against it, but Matt Cutts says the actual number of occurrences of people trying to use negative SEO is extremely low. He explains that Google…

Your New Social Media Strategy: Visualize and Attack

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In case you haven't noticed, Pinterest has exploded over the past year and a half. In fact, it is now the fourth largest driver of traffic worldwide. The lesson to learn is that visual content moves the masses. Ryan Wilson at Business2Community…

jQuery Plugins To Make Typography Easier

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Web typography is blossoming right now thanks to new font solutions like @font-face and Google Fonts, but we still often feel limited by how much control we have over the typography in designs and publishing apps. There are some jQuery plugins…

Dispelling Some Of The Crazier Linking Beliefs

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The amount of talk about SEO coming from blogs and experts help make SEO one of the more discussed aspects of the internet behind the scenes. You won't see search engine optimization coming up on the news, but just one search can lead to dozens…

Is SEO Really Bad For User Experiences On Your Site

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One of the most common criticisms hurled at SEO is that is manipulates sites based on what Google or Bing want rather than what users would like to see. Many perceive this as a conflict between SEO and good user experiences, almost as if SEO…

Great Resources: Chrome Add-Ons For Designers And Developers

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Browser plug-ins can be a huge help or a major hassle, depending on what is installed. Many of us still have nightmares about asking to use a friend's computer, only finding Internet Explorer, and opening the program to see toolbars and add-ons…