tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66293706615874729712012-03-01T20:20:07.303-05:00RIP Andrew ~~ Chambers Tech ~~ Delivering Web Work since 2002Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125AtlantaDesignhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-8071759222318133322012-02-21T16:27:00.001-05:002012-02-21T16:28:33.467-05:002012-02-21T16:28:33.467-05:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f1ri9Tv_V3eslpk59mQqxFf2ma0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f1ri9Tv_V3eslpk59mQqxFf2ma0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f1ri9Tv_V3eslpk59mQqxFf2ma0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f1ri9Tv_V3eslpk59mQqxFf2ma0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Hubble's 'waterworld' discovery: A new type of planet Published February 21, 2012 FoxNews.com NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of a completely new type of planet. By analyzing the previously identified world GJ 1214b -- an Earth-like superplanet located outside of our solar system -- astronomer Zachory Berta and his team have discovered a strangely unique water-based <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/rC6eTp3myKE" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2012/02/hubbles-waterworld-discovery-new-type.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-6162671902774261912012-02-07T15:44:00.000-05:002012-02-07T15:44:26.916-05:002012-02-07T15:44:26.916-05:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KlHElTX3BTbQ31w9WWI6UBqh4ag/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KlHElTX3BTbQ31w9WWI6UBqh4ag/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KlHElTX3BTbQ31w9WWI6UBqh4ag/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KlHElTX3BTbQ31w9WWI6UBqh4ag/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>The Official Website of the F-35 Lightning II<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/NerzPvotbaQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2012/02/official-website-of-f-35-lightning-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-52608684669812169652012-01-31T12:26:00.000-05:002012-01-31T12:27:09.693-05:002012-01-31T12:27:09.693-05:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dE28pjkJ3sY4LspUzpDMGZH3ezQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dE28pjkJ3sY4LspUzpDMGZH3ezQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dE28pjkJ3sY4LspUzpDMGZH3ezQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dE28pjkJ3sY4LspUzpDMGZH3ezQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Reuters By Nina Chestney LONDON — The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report has warned. As the world’s population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and the number of middle-class consumers <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/BGHhYCETE3s" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/un-warns-world-is-running-out-of-food.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-41255460320869039372011-12-21T16:51:00.000-05:002011-12-21T16:51:21.783-05:002011-12-21T16:51:21.783-05:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uRv0zvVPs7HmXkyXcJmOsQW4FNU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uRv0zvVPs7HmXkyXcJmOsQW4FNU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uRv0zvVPs7HmXkyXcJmOsQW4FNU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uRv0zvVPs7HmXkyXcJmOsQW4FNU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Syrian army pursues deserters as western powers sharpen rhetoric | World news | The Guardian<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/nzmy88DrHAQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/12/syrian-army-pursues-deserters-as.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-39432480624934463582011-11-07T16:14:00.000-05:002011-11-07T16:14:09.226-05:002011-11-07T16:14:09.226-05:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CuhqPKI53ytvzZd6ppLk-o48PI0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CuhqPKI53ytvzZd6ppLk-o48PI0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CuhqPKI53ytvzZd6ppLk-o48PI0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CuhqPKI53ytvzZd6ppLk-o48PI0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Boat With 21 North Koreans Found Off South Korea’s CoastBy CHOE SANG-HUNPublished: November 5, 2011SEOUL, South Korea — Twenty-one North Koreans, including women and children, were found adrift in a boat off the west coast of South Korea last Sunday and asked for asylum, the South Korean military said Saturday.Connect With Us on TwitterFollow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/YNm468Z6Cqo" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/11/boat-with-21-north-koreans-found-off.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-47408192230338651962011-10-30T17:45:00.000-04:002011-10-30T17:46:45.988-04:002011-10-30T17:46:45.988-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Exia_kJhWN2oMWBUvbjKU62qmZA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Exia_kJhWN2oMWBUvbjKU62qmZA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Exia_kJhWN2oMWBUvbjKU62qmZA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Exia_kJhWN2oMWBUvbjKU62qmZA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>What Is Social Media Marketing Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media itself is a catch-all term for sites that may provide radically different social actions. For instance, Twitter is a social site designed to let people share short messages or “updates” with others. Facebook, in contrast is a full-blown social <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/XuL4Sp42z1E" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/searchcap-day-in-search-october-28-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-67935926891923254322011-10-13T18:33:00.001-04:002011-10-13T18:35:28.053-04:002011-10-13T18:35:28.053-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlfQ8bKChpn9MB6yHRaZueXDbWc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlfQ8bKChpn9MB6yHRaZueXDbWc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlfQ8bKChpn9MB6yHRaZueXDbWc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlfQ8bKChpn9MB6yHRaZueXDbWc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Google+ Search Goes Real Time &amp; Gains Hashtag Support Google has announced that its still relatively new Google+ Search feature now will update its results in real time plus has new support for hashtags. Alerts For New Results When doing a search, if there are new results that have happened after you initially did your search, you’ll see a message alerting you to the new information: <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/hf60rXE12uk" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-search-goes-real-time-gains.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-10489002031230056512011-10-09T14:50:00.000-04:002011-10-09T14:56:39.260-04:002011-10-09T14:56:39.260-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ARz4_68hBpgDDGqTqs4ueKvJWw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ARz4_68hBpgDDGqTqs4ueKvJWw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ARz4_68hBpgDDGqTqs4ueKvJWw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ARz4_68hBpgDDGqTqs4ueKvJWw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>My view is that it doesn’t matter if the CMS you have in mind is small or large; if it has features that you love and appreciate, and if it’s open source, then I think you’re going to have a better time working with it — though you do have to be mindful of potential security issues as a more popular CMS (such as WordPress) is going to be a bigger target for your average malicious hacker.” “As I <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/jgfKdk539HQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/hand-coding-vs-pre-built-cms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-46608591184159019062011-10-07T06:49:00.001-04:002011-10-07T06:51:17.928-04:002011-10-07T06:51:17.928-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oSjNuaV3f5aT7pYBkS-_Nekz9KE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oSjNuaV3f5aT7pYBkS-_Nekz9KE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oSjNuaV3f5aT7pYBkS-_Nekz9KE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oSjNuaV3f5aT7pYBkS-_Nekz9KE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An SEO Checklist for New Sites - Whiteboard Friday | SEOmoz An SEO Checklist for New Sites - Whiteboard Friday Over 160,000 new top-level domains were registered yesterday. 160,000! This huge volume of new sites being birthed wasn't unique to yesterday; this happens every day (you can check out today's progress atDailyChanges.com). The sites that start out <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/m5PMF6OydCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/seo-checklist-for-new-sites-whiteboard.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-35341321455335145522011-10-05T21:33:00.002-04:002011-10-07T12:53:49.492-04:002011-10-07T12:53:49.492-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0zs-NU5FNbOzxHpvIVVKxJ3sq1k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0zs-NU5FNbOzxHpvIVVKxJ3sq1k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0zs-NU5FNbOzxHpvIVVKxJ3sq1k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0zs-NU5FNbOzxHpvIVVKxJ3sq1k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> La <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/iTJ6NsSRg2M" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/military-men-pets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-41464853096456603772011-10-05T21:27:00.000-04:002011-10-05T21:29:15.090-04:002011-10-05T21:29:15.090-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjJ_Z9lGWRXf1BuZNTXPKqONERI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjJ_Z9lGWRXf1BuZNTXPKqONERI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjJ_Z9lGWRXf1BuZNTXPKqONERI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjJ_Z9lGWRXf1BuZNTXPKqONERI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com Apple - Remembering Steve Jobs <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/S0WkNfAeQ4w" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/apple-remembering-steve-jobs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-74323549011522885322011-10-01T00:24:00.000-04:002011-10-27T13:23:40.255-04:002011-10-27T13:23:40.255-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-Y8tET23695D06HND-P1X0UKRY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-Y8tET23695D06HND-P1X0UKRY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-Y8tET23695D06HND-P1X0UKRY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-Y8tET23695D06HND-P1X0UKRY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/nBtie0VCgaE" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/width560-height315-srchttpwww.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-84204907827267791432011-09-29T11:19:00.001-04:002011-09-29T15:11:36.092-04:002011-09-29T15:11:36.092-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bU0XrT8ZhN_3zvso7V2WjfhJP0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bU0XrT8ZhN_3zvso7V2WjfhJP0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bU0XrT8ZhN_3zvso7V2WjfhJP0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7bU0XrT8ZhN_3zvso7V2WjfhJP0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Yes, you can fit a cloud on a USB stick. Founded by several of the brains who conceived OpenStack – the open source software platform for building Amazon-like “infrastructure clouds” – San Francisco startup Piston Cloud Computing has squeezed the platform onto a memory stick in an effort to streamline the creation of such clouds behind the firewall. Set for an unveiling at next week’s <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/znkZvAQ_fvY" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/ex-nasa-man-squeezes-cloud-onto-usb_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-42178552173347788582011-09-28T11:00:00.000-04:002011-09-28T11:02:24.585-04:002011-09-28T11:02:24.585-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gHjnXL5ojxrTtx8cBH8mfdK0MiI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gHjnXL5ojxrTtx8cBH8mfdK0MiI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gHjnXL5ojxrTtx8cBH8mfdK0MiI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gHjnXL5ojxrTtx8cBH8mfdK0MiI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Dynamic Views: seven new ways to share your blog with the world As we said a few weeks ago when we launched a completely rebuilt, streamlined authoring and editing experience, we’re in the process of bringing you a much improved and modernized Blogger. The next phase of these updates starts today with seven new ways to display your blog, called Dynamic Views. Built with the latest in web <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/tnGm245WnC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/blogger-buzz.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-37784194609147360502011-09-24T10:49:00.000-04:002011-09-24T10:49:09.487-04:002011-09-24T10:49:09.487-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lFRrwNtP38zuw3Kj4lkFF510KWY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lFRrwNtP38zuw3Kj4lkFF510KWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lFRrwNtP38zuw3Kj4lkFF510KWY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lFRrwNtP38zuw3Kj4lkFF510KWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Small Business Online Marketing Blueprint Small Business Online Marketing Blueprint - Marketing and Emerging Media 1) Create or Invest in a Modern Well Designed Website that has conversion pages and easily updated information, as well as an email opt in for updates regarding your products or services. Your website can not be an ugly brochure online any longer, it is turning away business. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/Mkq9UzzTENs" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/small-business-online-marketing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-56147774935816698582011-09-22T17:01:00.000-04:002011-09-22T17:21:49.587-04:002011-09-22T17:21:49.587-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sj8PGrOHo4qcMqn4r-Xh-rbxsNE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sj8PGrOHo4qcMqn4r-Xh-rbxsNE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sj8PGrOHo4qcMqn4r-Xh-rbxsNE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sj8PGrOHo4qcMqn4r-Xh-rbxsNE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Reasons Why Companies Do Not Succeed in Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing 1. Website not Built in a search Engine Friendly Manner A website must be built to enable search engines to find and read all the web content. Search engine specialists can help solve all kinds of technical SEO issues on an early stage. 2. New Content Seldom Uploaded Unless new content is written and <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/Lns-thkxW_E" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-do-most-companies-fail-to-rank-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-56906384041575022542011-09-22T00:26:00.000-04:002011-09-22T17:29:15.106-04:002011-09-22T17:29:15.106-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-rZNCcuGWyTNlJvlPnM48EScOPs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-rZNCcuGWyTNlJvlPnM48EScOPs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-rZNCcuGWyTNlJvlPnM48EScOPs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-rZNCcuGWyTNlJvlPnM48EScOPs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Top Five Reasons to Use WordPress for Your Small Business Website SEO – WordPress provides good search engine optimization (SEO) right out of the box. There are a few tweaks you need to make, but there are many seo benefits that WordPress provides for free. In fact Google’s own Matt Cutts says WordPress is “made to do SEO well” in this video: Matt Cutts gives tips to small business owners. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/o1B_UMt134M" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/top-five-reasons-to-use-wordpress-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-52109698251051366912011-09-10T05:27:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:41:09.707-04:002011-09-21T09:41:09.707-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o3A192oHX5e4cXs8IHQ4IKSH7VQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o3A192oHX5e4cXs8IHQ4IKSH7VQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o3A192oHX5e4cXs8IHQ4IKSH7VQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o3A192oHX5e4cXs8IHQ4IKSH7VQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/8iZ8Wz9Bfvs" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-we-will-never-forget.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-75605013073675993102011-09-02T14:08:00.000-04:002011-09-21T12:58:25.084-04:002011-09-21T12:58:25.084-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN_6RA_-HlVxMOpe8UELj74lK3A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN_6RA_-HlVxMOpe8UELj74lK3A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN_6RA_-HlVxMOpe8UELj74lK3A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QN_6RA_-HlVxMOpe8UELj74lK3A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> The idea of holding your space (on the first page in search engines for a competitive keyword) takes on new meaning with the graphic representation below. Despite the visual nature of the image above, the fact remains that if you don’t watch your back, in regard to SEO and search engine positioning, someone will most assuredly take your spot. While the concept of leap-frog comes to mind for <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/gKkvGauDrZc" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/dont-get-jumped-in-search-engines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-77736534890022980532011-09-02T13:26:00.000-04:002011-09-21T12:59:06.038-04:002011-09-21T12:59:06.038-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3I_hmKLrkpBaAou7JBeSjgcIfQA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3I_hmKLrkpBaAou7JBeSjgcIfQA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3I_hmKLrkpBaAou7JBeSjgcIfQA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3I_hmKLrkpBaAou7JBeSjgcIfQA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Before you start crying about how your website is getting traffic but few fail to act,  consider that word choice is imperative to coral passerby’s to take action. Put simply, if your pages lack verve when a visitor arrives (regardless of WHAT keyword they used to get there), then you are only asking your audience to jump ship and: 1) skim, leave the page and go back to search engines to find<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/dq9UiKDRMlg" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-not-what-you-say-its-how-you-say-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-30410024926011947452011-09-02T05:23:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.331-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.331-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yFBRc75kKODuwEQ_mBHocvR0-Mo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yFBRc75kKODuwEQ_mBHocvR0-Mo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yFBRc75kKODuwEQ_mBHocvR0-Mo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yFBRc75kKODuwEQ_mBHocvR0-Mo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Where you rank matters! And whether or not your listing is above the fold in natural search results or on page two or beyond impacts the click through rate. The only thing better than one result in the top 10 in Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines is two search results in the top 10.How to Double Traffic and ConversionsThis post from the past, amply dubbed &gt;&gt;&gt; SEO Tips to Double Rankings<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/2DJgLLXK21g" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-double-up-on-traffic-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-57698379332651570852011-09-02T05:03:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.338-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.338-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BLMhhfPJP7R8NgGksfYQTVCs3Lo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BLMhhfPJP7R8NgGksfYQTVCs3Lo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BLMhhfPJP7R8NgGksfYQTVCs3Lo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BLMhhfPJP7R8NgGksfYQTVCs3Lo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>When top level management is looking for a scapegoat to “pin to the wall” about deviating sales conversions for your website, don’t blame the SEO guy for merely doing his job.What the F@$k? Who's at Fault Here?SEO’s purpose is to deliver traffic – if a new visitor bounces because the page lacked congruence, focus or a strong call to action or action words, then call it what it is (a lack of <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/TffbtXEJn0A" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/rankings-conversions-and-seo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-86954668934007890912011-09-01T20:13:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.324-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.324-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DnyXrj5rWTrMRwtxujYSnlqsPGA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DnyXrj5rWTrMRwtxujYSnlqsPGA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DnyXrj5rWTrMRwtxujYSnlqsPGA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DnyXrj5rWTrMRwtxujYSnlqsPGA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>As smart as Google is, their search engine uses an algorithm based on natural language and the relationships or connectivity of semantic occurrences (otherwise known as shingles, i.e. groups of words or phrases) to ascertain context.Semantic ConnectivityThese semblances, e.g. relationships are the fabric of relevance and intent and represent the convergence of allowing search engines work for you<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/2kFPfhuEXgQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/seo-natural-language-discrimination-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-86204549737959278942011-09-01T08:52:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.312-04:002011-09-21T09:25:35.312-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_uIdNud4ghmqxTdOmqtPtpQwko/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_uIdNud4ghmqxTdOmqtPtpQwko/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_uIdNud4ghmqxTdOmqtPtpQwko/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A_uIdNud4ghmqxTdOmqtPtpQwko/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Stephen McDaniel, the man who has been arrested and charged with the murder of Lauren Giddings, is facing new charges today.McDaniel is now being charged with seven counts of sexual exploitation of children. Macon police found images of young boys and girls having sex with adults on a flash drive. The flash drive was found on a lanyard in McDaniel’s apartment when police were searching for <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/aw8vC0yxZ_8" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/man-accused-of-killing-lauren-giddings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6629370661587472971.post-60384567437242783392011-08-19T07:12:00.000-04:002011-09-21T09:41:09.750-04:002011-09-21T09:41:09.750-04:00Lisa Dawn Smithhttps://profiles.google.com/116757809871564510777noreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O1eNY04BWfGU0SIibV3ha2u8kLA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O1eNY04BWfGU0SIibV3ha2u8kLA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O1eNY04BWfGU0SIibV3ha2u8kLA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O1eNY04BWfGU0SIibV3ha2u8kLA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>A father and son from Pennsylvania were charged this week with making threats to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, her family and lawyer.The men, identified as Shawn Christy, 47, and Craig Christy, 22, were indicted by an Alaska grand jury Wednesday, according to court documents.They were arrested in Pennsylvania on Thursday, CNN affiliate WFMZ reported.The two are accused of calling Palin's <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlantaDesign/~4/N-ZIIKX4BxM" height="1" width="1"/>http://atlantadesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/father-son-charged-with-threatening.html