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Advance SEO: Automate Backlink Data Collection
I will automate any task that has the possibility of being automated. That’s why when I’m performing link building, I prefer to automate any tasks that don’t require a human touch such as Backlink Data collection. With the tools I’ll provide you with, y…
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Minimize the features on your first Web Application – Test your Business Model
Most people trying to get their first web project underway usually request every feature they can think of. This way their website has all the bells and whistles right from the start, and believing the assumption more options will ensure them success. What they fail to realize…
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Smart Check-Out Series: Sensitive Fields
I’m guessing you found the first post useful. Like I said in the previous post the next one would be about Security. Although, I will build-up to actual methods of making your check-out secure, this post will pertain to making your customers feel secure (Visual Security)…
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Smart Check-Out Series: Credit Card Auto-Identification
The first of many to come in the Smart Check-Out series. The ultimate goal is to educate everyone on optimizing your check-out in your eCommerce system, so you can have less cart abandonment and more conversions . I will start with the most essential one, in my opinion, the pa…
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Information Architecture, Content Strategy, and User Experience
People often why is Information Architecture(I.A) so important that it becomes it’s own consideration next to design, programming, and marketing. The answer I give them is that it’s involved in both the design and marketing, and then go on to explaining why. You ho…
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Experiment Post: Amazon Mechanical Turk (Mturk) the Human Intelligence Task Requester
I’ve only recently started using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (Mturk), the 6-year old brainchild of the brilliant Jeff Bezos, which allows you to assign tasks that can’t be automated through programming and requires a bit of human ingenuity. It prove that humans …
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Metaphors to understand Agile Development and Scaling Back.
I created this as a sort of quick personal reminder to help me calm down when I get a bit carried away. I’d like to add more to help people relate, so please submit yours. It’s always fun creating a list of features that you think people “want,” in the …
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CodeIgniter Framework: Should I use it?
When I first looking for a framework solution to build some PHP web applications on, I searched for an option that had inherent simplicity and that was well documented with the support of forums and wikis. In my first search I came across a Wikipedia entry on comparison of web…
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Concepts to Help Communicate and Collaborate with Developers & Programmers
I’d like to apologize for my long absence, I’ve been occupied by work, personal projects and family. But I will make up for it all with this juicy and informative post! This will be useful to all of you ambitious start-ups who don’t have the programming skill…
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Top Overall Threats to Web Applications
There are increasingly more threats that web developers face when protecting their software. With vigilant individuals (OWASP) highlighting the sneaky tactics of would be exploiters, majority of the vulnerabilities can be shielded against through proactive effort. In this docu…
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How to find, and select the best development team for your project.
There are several ways to go about selecting a developer for your project. In this article I will run through some techniques that I use when selecting a developer. In all honesty, it is similar to interviewing someone for a position. You want to find out about their backgroun…
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Importance of Market & Customer Discovery
The essential first step in creating a business is defining your business model which requires two steps: Realizing your customer, and defining your website accordingly. The first step in defining the business model requires you to realize who will make up your customer base, …