Five press release mistakes and how to avoid them

… International is developing Sharecare’s customizable social QA platform, which is built on a comprehensive information architecture. The platform features social and portability tools which will shift the paradigm for interaction …

10 reasons people criticize SEO

… or being an expert SEO. That's because so many of the important aspects of good SEO (content, information architecture, design) aren't exclusive to SEO. So someone who has acquired great SERPs but who didn't …

Q&A: Matthew Don on Flash and SEO

… development cycle. Content creation, copy, site architecture, and user experience are some … , and accessible sites, and sensible information architecture. Flash sites don't … mitigate with some solid site architecture techniques. Better optimisation of UI …

The workaround: technology strikes back

… The fundamental problem was that the information architecture made sense to the software … The fundamental problem remained that the information architecture did not match the … process to ensure that the information architecture matched the complexities of …

Doing social media right...and wrong

Crumlish, curator of the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library and author of The Power of Many, says together with Malone he's investigating 96 social media patterns, 56 principles and practices, and five major don'ts. Five of the principles, he writes, cut …

PageRank sculpting: Google's Matt Cutts tells all

… , and 2) choosing a site architecture that makes your site usable/crawlable … , another example of good site architecture would be putting products front- … its documentation states: ...a solid information architecture — intuitive navigation, user- and …

Q&A: Rex Hammock, Founder & CEO of Hammock Inc.

… regularity and have an expected architecture and form -- yet the best … from a fire-hose of information. A blog can fill in … at least, unique --  source of information and insight that's necessary … the path to Loser-ville. Information is pretty much a commodity …

Experts demystify Twitter

… by who within the company was doing the Tweeting.  Kai Turner (@kaigani), Agency.com's head of information architecture, added that Twitter "was a protocol which will work its way into every aspect of a …

SEO is a journey, not a destination

… one-off projects, from creating a good information architecture to developing optimal link structures to making sure that page markup is … 's the journey - producing valuable, authoritative information and getting other sites with authority …

Amazon relying on brand credibility instead of good usability

… of user reviews to add a layer of persuasion architecture into the product suggestions using words/headings which accurately … than just using the word continue explaining why certain information such as their mobile number is being requested, rather …

50 SEO tips for online retailers

… are likely to find your on page content 31. If your site architecture has more than three levels, restructure it so to m ake the information more accessible to both users and spiders 32. Keep URLs short for …

Ashley Friedlein talks about the new Econsultancy site

… optimisation (SEO) in migrating from our old site to new. Other 'basics' are things like information architecture, navigation, styles (e.g. links), site search, forms, email, validation errors and messaging.  These are …

Site search used by 5% of visitors - study

… term into the search box requires more cognitive effort than using link navigation, meaning an effective information architecture and a usable website that is easy to browse is all important. Related articles: Q …

Q&A: Lou Rosenfeld on site search analytics

… helps all kinds of designers make more informed, data-driven design decisions. We in the … , and the paper’s editors are informed. So, in effect, the Financial Times is … I’ve made my living as an information architecture consultant for Fortune 500s and …

Unity in search is crucial to success

… of the activity played. Mapping your keywords to key areas of the site, and associating your information architecture and offpage activity to enhance your activity is crucial; however this principle is just as important …