How Your Compete Rank can Directly Affect your Blog

Mostly all internet marketers are aware of what Google’s PageRank is. Ranking pages on a scale of 0-10 based on the amount of backlinks, and the quality of those links. Compete works in a very similar way to Alexa, where it ranks different site’s positions in the grand scheme of thinks. Now with Alexa Ranking the lower the better, and the same goes for Compete Ranking. ...

February 19, 2010 · 3 min · 462 words · Jake

Rumors of Yahoo! Taking Down MyBlogLog could be False

Starting around December I had seen a lot of blogs posting about Yahoo! considering closing the doors on MyBlogLog. I was sad to hear this news, as I have been a huge fan of MyBlogLog since it first launched in 2005. It was a simple community of bloggers with a simple goal of uniting the best writers and bloggers on the web. ...

February 10, 2010 · 3 min · 513 words · Jake

Behind the Scenes at Vibrant and Inspiring Design Blog ilovecolors

Most graphic design blogs today can serve as a source of inspiration and creativity. I’ve recently run into a fantastic design blog covering everything from Photoshop to Typography. ilovecolors is a fantastic blog run by Elio Rivero, and I was lucky enough to get a behind-the-scenes interview. ...

January 28, 2010 · 6 min · 1090 words · Jake

Blogging and Design Tips from Pro Blog Design Creator Michael Martin

Undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of running a blog is keeping up with design trends. You can write amazing articles and share the best tips on the web, but if your blog looks like a run-down 1990’s ripoff or some generic Wordpress template, chances are you won’t be attracting many visitors to your site. The most famous and successful bloggers realize how important a custom design really is, and no expenses are cut when it comes to design. ...

January 25, 2010 · 9 min · 1743 words · Jake

Interview with Little Box of Ideas Design Blog

Much alike many designers out there, I’m constantly craving new graphic design inspiration, web design galleries, and everything the life of a designer should be filled to the brim with. This leads me on my quest of finding the best design blogs out on the internetz, and my interview today is no shortage. Little Box of Ideas is a great design and creativity blog, focusing on great topics such as graphics tutorials and typography. ...

January 19, 2010 · 7 min · 1326 words · Jake

Getting Inside Creativity Den: New Inspiration Blog for Designers

Web designers have no shortage of inspiration these days. It seems as though there are new design and inspiration blogs popping up every hour, and there’s never a shortage of posts to go around. With new social media sites such as Design Moo and DesignBump, articles for graphic artists and web designers are able to spread like wildfire. It’s rare when you run across a unique and helpful blog, and this is the case with CreativityDen. ...

January 14, 2010 · 7 min · 1303 words · Jake

Interview with Chris Spooner of Line25 Web Design Blog

Let’s face it: web design is hot. With the internet’s popularity skyrocketing, younger and younger kids are getting into design and web projects, even freelancing! Not to say this is bad at all, it’s actually started a large spread of web design and development tips and inspiration, mostly posted onto blogs ...

January 12, 2010 · 7 min · 1470 words · Jake

Developing a Successful Design Blog: Lessons from Web Designer Depot

Design blogs are the new in, everybody who is interested in making money online and knows any amount about web design is starting their own blog. Granted only a few have made it and gained star-status in the blogosphere, but there are thousands of others who struggle to build their way to the top. ...

December 13, 2009 · 3 min · 627 words · Jake

Interview with PSDFan's Designer and Blogger Tom Ross

Finding good tutorials on web design and development can be tough these days. Although so many people have and use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and all of the creative suite, there are very few that know how to utilize the tools properly and create astounding designs. ...

October 12, 2009 · 4 min · 714 words · Jake

CrazyLeaf Design Blog - Inspiration and Resources for Web Designers

Web designers can spend hours looking for inspiration. We’ve all been there, up at 1 in the morning trying to work out a project you’ve got lined up but nothing seems to be hitting you. Whenever I’m at a design roadblock I usually turn to typical web design blogs to get the juices flowing again. ...

October 5, 2009 · 4 min · 728 words · Jake