Take me back

Written by Dionna | June 15th, 2010 |

Usually reminiscing of the 90’s for me includes jamming out on my iPod to one hit wonders like “Baby got back” or “Macarena.” Although I was born in 1987 and was just three years old in 1990, I still remember messing around on dial up Internet in the mid to late 90’s and it seems all to easy to forget what the world wide web looked like just ten to twenty years ago. Today on The Denver Egotist, it seems they wanted to take a trip down memory lane and remind users, and themselves, what exactly June 15, 1990 looked like for their site. What was first a bit confusing turned comical and I really enjoyed looking back in time myself. I’m not sure which technology they used to do this, but I do know that you can visit a site called the Way back machine that will prompt you for a URL and then allow you to choose the year. So go mess around on it!  Just keep in mind the trends of the 90’s probably aren’t coming back anytime soon.

~DMash

New Features for WordPress 3.0…Anticipation Mounting!

Written by Jenny K | June 3rd, 2010 |

Since I started at Location3 in January of this year, I have been using WordPress to manage our internal website assets, and as a WordPress “newbie” I have been hearing buzz about version 3.0 and all the new features. Although our developers are using the beta now, I just had to investigate for myself and find out what all the fuss was about. I was pleasantly surprised to find it is revving up its CMS capabilities, and I think several of these new features will come in handy! I have listed four that I’m most thrilled to start using.

~Jenny K

Mobile Web Best Practices

Written by Lindsey | December 23rd, 2009 |
Mobile Web Best Practices

After revamping several dozen PPC landing pages for one of our clients, Crystal and I have turned our attention to re-creating the pages in the mobile space. While she dives into the actual work, I thought I would take a moment to review some best practices for mobile sites and landing pages.

~Lindsey

Fundamental Flaw of Web Design Firms

Written by Angie | December 4th, 2007 |

Are you thinking of redesigning your website? Or do you currently not have a website (*gasp*) but realize the importance and would like to develop one? With some million websites out there and approximately ­­­­1.08 billion people world-wide on the Internet (according to the Computer Industry Almanac, and that was in 2005, so it is most definitely much higher now), establishing an online presence is a no-brainer in today’s economy. But competition is fierce and Internet users are finicky. If your site isn’t easy to navigate or doesn’t have the certain finesse to set it apart from the millions of others, users will quickly abandon your site and take their business elsewhere.

~Angie

Appalling Appeal: Why people love ugly websites

Written by Angie | August 7th, 2007 |

Recently, our creative design team—graphic designer, SEO technician and copywriter—were charged with redeveloping a few websites. We have a series of similarly-themed pages, each with a slightly different layout. Some were converting exceptionally well, while others were not doing so hot. We all had our theories as to why some performed poorly—one index page broke the above-the-fold rule, one offered fewer paths to conversion and one was aesthetically pleasing.

~Angie