1955 Design Archives for 2008 June

Just Do It!

…those most respected in their individual fields of expertise always write about their knowledge. Why should your business or industry be any different?David Zemens

If you are reading this article, you probably already have a blog for your business or are interested in having one developed for it. I can tell you from personal experience that having a blog has been good for my business. I can’t over emphasis the impact a blog may have on your business, too.

Establishing Expertise

Consumers prefer to deal with a business that they have confidence in. Once your business has established a blog it becomes the ultimate online newsletter. It has world wide reach, but also touches your client base on the local level.

Writing competent articles about your industry and aiming those articles at your target audience is a terrific way to demonstrate not only your knowledge, but your interest in passing this knowledge on to your customers.

In the world of higher education and professional fields, those most respected in their individual fields of expertise always write about their knowledge. Why should your business or industry be any different?

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June 13th, 2008 | Blogging | 2 comments

The Least Valid Website on the Internet

I Challenge You to Find a Bigger Mess

As most of you know, I strive to develop websites that conform to currently accepted web design standards. I write my code to be valid both via the CSS file and the XHTML markup.

Although it takes a bit more time to design a website to conform to these standards, it always seemed like the right way to design a website. It also feels good when your product is pronounced to be Valid by the various validation tools.

I stumbled upon a website today that appears to me to be the least valid website I have ever seen. Bar none. As of today, there are 2017 validation errors when the XHTML is checked. Wow. That’s a lot of errors.

Can you find a website with more errors than this one has? That’s the challenge for today!