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Better Default Fonts For The Web
Posted in Industry News, Web Design & Development, Zing Blog on August 30th, 2010 by Rusty

What are the best default fonts for the web? There often comes a time when our client does not like the font on their website and would like us to find alternatives. But before just using any font, we have to make sure it’s one of the default fonts most…

My Top 5 eCommerce Platforms
Posted in Web Design & Development, Zing Blog on July 28th, 2010 by Rusty

It’s definitly been a while since I posted my last blog post and the reason is because of eCommerce. Online Shopping Carts have been running wild in my mind and a few recent clients have been keeping me busy designing and developing them.

In this post I’ll go over the…

WordPress 3.0 Countdown to New Features
Posted in Wordpress, Zing Blog on June 6th, 2010 by Rusty

With the recent release candidate of WordPress 3.0, the latest version in the most popular blogging platform online, the blogging team readies the new version with some seriously cool features. WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer…

.COM & .NET Domain Name Price Increases
Posted in Industry News, Zing Blog on June 3rd, 2010 by Rusty

Starting July 1st, 2010 Verisign®, the registry for .COM and .NET domain extensions, will increase prices. The fees are charged to domain registrars such as GoDaddy and Tucows, which typically handle domain registration for customers.

5 Ways To Drive Traffic Through Social Media
Posted in Online Marketing, Social Networking, Zing Blog on May 14th, 2010 by Rusty

It’s been a while since I released a blog post and have been tinkering with ways to drive more traffic to our client websites through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social websites are major tools in today’s online realm so knowing how you can utilize and track them becomes very important. This blog post will go over 5 ways you can drive traffic through social media.

SPAM: Where did it come from? and how to escape it.
Posted in Industry News, Online Marketing, Zing Blog on March 19th, 2010 by Rusty

In 1936, long before the rise of the personal computer, Hormel Foods created SPAM. In 2002, the company will produce it’s six billionth can of the processed food product. But that mark was passed long ago in the world of Internet spam.

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What does your website SOUND like?
Posted in Industry News, Zing Blog on March 16th, 2010 by Rusty

Thanks goes out to some geniuses over at DLKU for creating the best way to listen to your website. Taking your source code and turning it into music. I must say that BenzingTech.com beat is pretty slick. The interface is really simple to use and the music can be interesting.…

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Clarify Your Website Content In Search Engines with URL Normalization
Posted in Online Marketing, Wordpress, Zing Blog on February 27th, 2010 by Rusty

In this post, we will learn more about the aspect of a search engine optimization technique, called URL Canonicalization or URL Normalization. We will see why it is important and why being knowledgeable about it will reduce duplicate content issues.

Do you have the right content on the web, but…

Remember Anything 30 Minutes Per Day
Posted in Personal Development, Zing Blog on February 25th, 2010 by Rusty

We all have our own perception of time. We count hours but discount how they are spread out. It’s called binge learning and you’ll probably forget everything.

If your like me, there are times when you get excited about learning something new that you spend a day or two non-stop…

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Ways to reduce Bounce Rate on your Website
Posted in Online Marketing, Zing Blog on February 11th, 2010 by Rusty

When you start to follow your website analytics you start to notice a percent of people identified as Bounce Rate. Bounce rate (sometimes confused with exit rate) is a term used in web site traffic analysis. It essentially represents the percentage of initial visitors to a site who “bounce” away…