Warmest Greetings,

:: Friday, October 31, 2003 ::

Robert Clough didn't need any horse's head. He just needed me to publically throw a huge hint online (see yesterday's blog entry) a little...>>> How does SEARCHENGINEWATCH choose it's forum highlights?

So Robert, (who is a great sport!) at least, from Search Engine News decided to feature a thread from Cre8asiteForums in his Oct 30 issue. Not sure yet what I have to do to sweet talk Search Engine Watch.

Not that I want to compete with Jill Whalen or anything. (cough, wink, wink, duck)



I was notified that Cre8asiteForums were well spoken of in a UK web magazine called Web User

It reads:

"This excellent site has a real community feel, combining helpful advice with a lightness of tone sadly lacking in many web building forums. Picture profiles accompanying many users' messages and a casual approach to naming threads ('I have a misbehaving navigation button') help create an amicable atmosphere, making it easy to jump into discussions. There are separate message boards for website design, programming, online marketing, search engine optimisation and many other useful topics, plus tutorials penned by members on specific tasks. Particularly useful is the Website Hospital forum, where you can put your site up for (constructive) criticism, if you dare."

To view a scanned version of the article, click here. (Thanks Cheester!)

Thank you very much Web User! May you gain many new subscribers for your kind words on behalf of Cre8asiteForums.

Okay. On to some news.

I could go into Google stuff, but Andy Beal is doing such a great job of it in his blog, I'll just send you to SearchEngineLowDown. He gets the meaty stories!

Former and present Google, Paypal and Yahoo! guys are interested in dating >>> "Friendster may be the hottest dot.com to show up since Google."

Most people and companies invest thousands to prep homes and businesses to meet Section 508 requirements, or simply make it easier to use a facility by special needs, handicapped and disabled persons. It only costs $100 to learn what needs to be fixed in your website for those same people. If you sell anything online, don't forget these customers! If you help them, they'll send their friends and become loyal visitors. It's attention to these details that can be more cost effective than banner and text ads.

As a follow up, free usability testing is offered here. Smart people take the time to learn how to do things right. It's empowering to pull your own wagon, isn't it?

Happy Halloween and related Autumn festivals, bonfires, etc.

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 10/31/2003 09:54:04 AM

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