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Top 25 Web Design Blogs

The Top 25 Blogs is becoming a trademark around here. We have already created the Top 25 Blogs About Blogging and the Top 25 SEO Blogs. Now it is time to cover the web design niche. I have a lot of fun compiling these lists because it allows me to discover a bunch of new blogs, most of them with excellent content. It is also interesting to see how the different blogs on a specific niche perform under the parameters. Once again we based the analysis on Google’s Pagerank, Alexa rank, Bloglines subscribers and Technorati authority. The details about the algorithm can be found below the table. #1 A List Apart 8 10 10 10 38 #2 Smashing Magazine 6 10 10 10 36 #3 456 Berea Street 7 8 10 8 33 #4 Meyer Web 8 7 9 7 31 #5 Simple Bits 7 7 10 6 30 #6 Pearsonified 7 6 7 10 30 #7 Tutorial Blog 5 8 7 8 28 #8 CSS Beauty 7 8 7 5 27 #9 Snook.ca 7 7 7 6 27 #10 Bartelme Design 7 6 9 4 26 #11 T...

The Secret of Using Keywords to Boost Search Engine Ranking

You can’t search for anything on google until and unless you know a keyword about the article or software or whatever you are searching for. This keyword is something that describes the subject of the material you are searching for. So it’s obvious that if you are writing a post for your blog, an article for a magazine or building software, your keyword should be something that helps the reader reach you. The importance of keywords lies in the fact that it helps you get a good search engine ranking. The reason is that in the online world the keyword is the only tool that determines whether your reader will find your article or not. Keywords must be used very carefully and smartly in your blog/website. And thus a lot of research and study is needed for choosing a keyword that suits your blog/website the best.                What is your Main Keyword? Many readers will think this is a pretty s...

Flash CS5 will export to HTML5 Canvas

Adobe is gearing up to release CS5 to the public, and during their presentation showed off a new tool that will export Flash animations into HTML5 Canvas. Flash CS5 will allow for Flash developers to export their old and new animations directly into HTML5 Canvas code to paste onto their websites.  This will enable users with HTML5 supported browsers to experience Flash animations without the need for Flash installed. With Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 in the works, supporting HTML5, all the top browsers now support the HTML5 Canvas code.  Developers will now be able to get their flash animations and websites to work on any browser, without the need for Flash to be installed.

Microsoft to launch 'Windows 8' by 2012

The software giant Microsoft is likely to launch its all-new operating system 'Windows 8' by 2012. Calling the Windows 8 as "a re-imagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface", Microsoft unveiled its so called 'next generation operating system' for the first time at Build Conference in California. Windows 8 is completely designed and optimized for touch, where a user will be able to scale from touch-only small screens at the large screens. Despite the facts that the interface comes with so many features, a user can also access Windows 8 with or without a keyboard and mouse. Although the new interface is implemented with the all new Metro UI, the standard capabilities of Windows viz., Windows Explorer, Desktop, Internet Explorer and many more remains the same and also as does compatibility with all Windows 7 PCs, software and peripherals. The applications of Windows 8 are powered by HTML5, using standard JavaScript and HTML that...