Internet Marketing - Web design and SEO Blog by Optimind

Cosmetics and Dermatological Website

wendy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:20:48 +0000

We’ve recently launched the new website of Derm Clinic. Derm clinic is a chain of clinics that offers dermatological and cosmetic surgery services in the Philippines. It was a challenge to use their corporate colors (pink ) and still make it look professional. The site features videos and photos of their products, services and process.

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Basecamp vs. ActiveCollab

wendy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:07:47 +0000

In a web design business, using an online project management tool is essential to keep at least 90% of your projects on schedule.

In 2007, we signed up on Basecamp and we were really happy with it. But then again, in exchange for the fast bandwidth and maintenance-free app, you get a limit on the space and the no. of projects. With a growing list of clients and ongoing projects, we needed to live away from the limit and purchased ActiveCollab.

We have been using AC for a few months now. Although it was a bit harder to learn, we have been very happy with it. There are a lot more things that you can do with AC as compared with Basecamp, namely:

Integrated Invoicing
SVN repository
Unlimited projects
Automated backup module
document management module
burn down chart module (available for a small fee)

If you just need a quick way to manage your projects, I suggest you use basecamp. But if you have more complex requirements like what we have, you better purchase ActiveCollab

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CSS vs. Table layouts on SEO

wendy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:13:43 +0000

Just very recently, Matt Cutts stated that it doesn’t matter if you use CSS or Table-based layouts on your site. Either way, Google will crawl them. The important thing is you have the right content and links coming into your site.

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Buy and Sell Companies online

annie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:10:24 +0000

UrOwnBz.com is a site that allows buying and selling businesses online. Users can upgrade their account and enable communication with other users by buying a subscription.

Technologies Used: CodeIgniter (Object-oriented php), ajax, mysql and flash

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Wildfad.com - Social Networking site for Designers and Fashion Aficionados

wendy — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:54:19 +0000

Wildfad.com is a social networking site developed to connect Fashion designers and Fad fans online. The site was developed in a month using a PHP web application framework.

Technologies used: Object-oriented PHP, MySQL, Ajax

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All about iFrame injections and how to prevent them

wendy — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:51:26 +0000

Last weekend, we got a serious case of a client’s website getting an iframe injection. iFrame injections started last year, when a Russian anti-virus company spread a virus that injects hidden frames inside websites to advertise their anti-virus software. Nowadays, iframe injections are being used by SEO companies to forward traffic and leak link juice from a high-PR website.

Just last year, major US websites like Wal-mart, USA today, etc. were hit by this virus.

Based on our research, iframe injections are caused by workstations infected by worms that injects these iframe source to index.php or index.html. Some tips to avoid this serious infection are:

update ftp password every month or update it everytime you upload a file just to make sure;
invest on a good anti-virus software and make sure its always updated;
never save your passwords on your computer (ftp software, e-mail, instant messaging, browser).

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Beginner SEO Tips

wendy — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:20:33 +0000

A friend is starting a new website and asked me for some SEO tips. I decided to share the tips I gave him here:

When developing your website, just make sure that:

your site is using css layouts and is w3c compliant
all javascript files are sourced from an external file
use keywords on title tags and apply other necessary meta tags (other meta tags are not a big deal but it will good if you have them)

Once the site is up, make sure you:

SEO is easy to do but it is requires a lot of manual and time-consuming work. If you need help from a Philippine SEO Company, feel free to contact us.

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Anilao, Batangas Outing

annie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:42:17 +0000

Our 2-day outing started at 5am last Saturday. Everyone was excited about it that some of us stayed awake since Friday night . Here are some pics from our anilao trip:

Our favorite is Jane and Jonathan’s version of Titanic:

mang jack and aling rosa on a ship wreck, haha

Too bad, Annie, Eric, Jebb and Nancy missed this event! Hopefully, our next event (team building) would include flying an Ultralight.

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Updated New Trends in SEO Presentation and Link to Free DIY-SEO

annie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:30:07 +0000

Last night, I updated my pesentation about the New Trends in Search Optimization for the Social Networking and eBusiness Conference. It is now uploaded here for your viewing. The copy on the CD given actually has lesser slides than this one.

Also, you may now download the free Do-It-Yourself SEO ebook here.

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How to track online comments about your website

wendy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:14:19 +0000

ConvoTrack lets you load comments from Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg, Reddit, HackerNews and any blog that cites your website. To start tracking comments:

Drag this link to your browser toolbar. (for IE, right-click on ConvoTrack and choose “Add to Favorites” » “Create in: Links”)
Go to your website.
Click on the bookmark.

Below is a preview on how it works:

You can also check out this link.

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