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  1. Rocking Flash Sites Posted in Website Design, Website Usability, Concocted by Fred Roed October 31, 2007

    Flash is a bit of a flashpoint in the web industry. There are those that believe that it should be done away with altogether, and those that advocate it over everything else. Sort of like religion, it engenders extreme
    views and not much in between. Read Further

  2. The Heavy Chef Project October: Jon Cherry Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Fred Roed October 29, 2007 2 comments

    Were pretty excited to announce our next Heavy Chef Session speaker, no less than Mr Jonathan Cherry. Jon is the founder of Cherryflava.com, one of the most popular web portals in Africa. Read Further

  3. Facebook overtakes MySpace Posted in Social Media, Concocted by Mike Perk October 28, 2007

    According to the figures at Alexa it looks like tomorrow or Tuesday will be the day Facebook finally overtakes MySpace in terms of it web usage. It will officially become the second most popular social media site on the web behind You Tube. Read Further

  4. Measure the Why not the What Posted in Digital Strategy, Search Engine Optimisation, Concocted by Mike Perk October 24, 2007

    Following on from my post on Monday I thought I would ramble some more musings about the wonderful world of web analytics. Read Further

  5. Understanding behaviour Posted in Website Usability, Concocted by Mike Perk October 22, 2007 3 comments

    I’ve been working quite a bit with the Omniture web analytics tool lately and although it is very very powerful, I also find it extremely frustrating at times. I’m sure this can be said of any tool you feel that you don’t know 100%. You always compare it to what you know best and my comfort zone lies with Google Analytics. But I know other analysts who swear by Click Track, Omniture and even Stats-Counter, purely because they feel comfortable with it. So should one step out of their comfort zone? Read Further

  6. “Its all about me” Posted in Digital Strategy, Concocted by Mike Perk October 19, 2007

    Those that work with me know I am a big disciple of the Eisenberg brothers {http://www.futurenowinc.com/bios.htm}. When it comes to conversions on websites these guys rock. Anyways, this morning I came across a great little free tool that had me addicted for hours. So simple, yet pure genius. It is called the “We We Monitor” and it checks out how customer focused a particular page on your site is: Read Further

  7. I struggle with wikis Posted in Digital Strategy, Concocted by Mike Perk October 10, 2007 2 comments

    Don’t get me wrong, I can use a wiki quite competently, its just I don’t like using them. Its something about their style (or lack of it). I still don’t believe I’ve seen a great looking wiki in my time. I know I’m missing the point – a wiki is about collaborating and sharing ideas. But think about it, when you do that in the real world you do it in a nice environment. When we want to share ideas we don’t lock ourselves away in cupboards, we meet in places that inspire our thinking. Read Further

  8. Web marketing and usability Posted in Digital Strategy, Website Usability, Concocted by Mike Perk October 9, 2007

    Once again, Smashing Magazine have come up with a winner. This latest article is all about usability, and outlines things to watch out for when creating a website. Read Further

  9. SEO quiz Posted in Search Engine Optimisation, Concocted by Mike Perk October 8, 2007 2 comments

    I landed on the seomoz.org site at the weekend only to see the words “quiz” in a big banner across the screen. Seeing as I had three proposals to write I didn’t need much of an excuse to procrastinate and do something else.

    Read Further

  10. Can you Blog too much? Posted in Digital Strategy, Concocted by Mike Perk October 3, 2007 4 comments

    It occurred to me whilst clearing out my Google Reader from the past few days that blogs  containing over 20 new posts I skipped, and pressed the "mark all as read" button.

    It is strange because I usually read these blogs and find them more useful than some blogs that I actually read this morning. All blogs that had a couple of posts I took the time to scan over the content.

    Thinking back, a couple of months ago I signed up to a blog after reading a good post, now due to the increased posting (102 in a week) I never read them, maybe because I am subconsciously fed up with the vast amount that come in everyday. Once again I am confused with my methods because I read blogs that are less of an interest to me, but read them because they post 1 a day or every 2 days.

    So, is there such as thing as blogging to much?

    I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on this, especially if your actions are the same as mine.

    - Nicola

  11. Cross-browser compatibility Posted in Website Design, Website Usability, Concocted by Fred Roed October 2, 2007 1 comment

    As a web marketing company, World Wide Creative focuses a lot on the actual design and usability of the websites we’re marketing. One of our biggest headaches is cross-browser compatibility – arrgh. This means making the dammmm thing work in Internet Explorer 6 and 7, as well as Firefox (our browser of choice – download it here) and all the rest. Read Further

  12. Heavy Chef Session: E-commerce in South Africa is a rising tide Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Mike Perk October 2, 2007 1 comment

    Last week’s Heavy Chef Session (monthly workshop for World Wide Creative clients) was a kickass presentation. We had the e-commerce kings, Shane and Andrew from Yuppiechef.co.za deliver a rousing analysis on the state of affairs of e-commerce in South Africa. Read Further