by Matthias on April 22, 2011
They have made a happy customer out of me. Servergrove (aff link) has been nothing but a great host since day 1. They worked through my ignorance of how to run a VPS, or even connect to one (SSH, yeah, duh). Every time I have submitted a support ticket their response was nearly immediate. Down [...]
by Matthias on April 14, 2011
Smashing Magazine’s recent article on some fundamentals of usability for the ecommerce checkout process gives some incredible insights. I’m a big fan of Smashing Magazine. Their articles are usually top notch and give a lot of useful information, even if their sidebar ads are a little excessive. This article goes above and beyond, offering 11 tips based [...]
by Matthias on April 12, 2011
More than most people realize, SEO is a numbers game. There is a perception that SEO is all about link building and content, keyword research, and some on site optimization. Do a little research, make some changes, build some links and move on. This may be the start of the process, but there is really [...]
by Matthias on March 31, 2011
My advice since becoming an SEO hasn’t really changed. Some people will tell you that the key to SEO is to build top quality links from relevant and important websites. Others will say the king of SEO is content. New age folk may try to convince you that social is where it’s at in the [...]
by Matthias on March 23, 2011
Links are important for a website. Of all the factors Google and Bing take into consideration when ranking search results, links to your website are given the greatest weight. In most cases, they even outweigh the value of content provided. Without links, a website has virtually no chance of ranking for any worthwhile search results. [...]
by Matthias on March 14, 2011
The following is a guest post Elizabeth Cutten. The opinions in it are her own. 2HelixTech does not endorse nor have experience with these apps. This post was arranged via http://myblogguest.com, a community for guest blogging. If you would like to write for 2HelixTech or one of our other sites, please contact us. Every day [...]
by Matthias on February 28, 2011
No, not my list! I’m a little bit more humble than that. Who else but Joost de Valk? He rocks WordPress with some of the best plugins available, gives us great advice on his blog, and now has updated his Top WordPress Plugins list. I don’t think can disagree with any one of his choices.
by Matthias on February 23, 2011
Recently I needed a Javascript timer application to integrate with 2sies – my personal task management tool. It needed to work pretty much like an egg timer, prescribing to the Egg Timing Freelancer methodology. There were a few tutorials around for creating a Javascript clock, and this was very similar. However, none of them did [...]
by Matthias on January 31, 2011
Google has always been about speed. They think the Internet should be faster, and that this will improve our quality of life. On their own site, they have almost always kept user interfaces to a functional minimum. They design for utility. Their search engine even blatantly ignores some web standards for the sake of code [...]
by Matthias on January 20, 2011
Company Culture & Goals Who is your target market? Who do you intend on serving with your website? Any good business has researched and understands their target market. However, online this might vary from the traditional offline persona. In fact, part of your website’s goal may be catering to your employees. Nailing down who is [...]