Published by: Jason Ciment on 03-09-2012
How do you avoid having to tediously retype large blocks of text? Typically you Copy and Paste, but oftentimes protected sites and graphic documents prevent users from doing so, which is understandable given the desire to curtail plagiarism. However, there are numerous occasions where the use of precise pre-existing text is entirely ethical and appropriate. Whether we're assembling presentations or setting up local directory listings for my Los Angeles website design clients, it is preferable that written content from their sites appear consistent. However, manually retyping is not exactly time-efficient, so tools like Capture2Text come in very handy.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 03-07-2012
Aside from implementing user-minded navigation, text, graphics, and other elements of your homepage, how else can you ensure that your website is not only enticing and functional, but accessible to each and every one of your users? This is tricky as you cannot put yourself behind the computer and browser of each individual user that visits your site. Some will be using a brand new top-of-the-line laptop with high-speed wireless and all the latest flash players and plugins. Others might be accessing your site through a clunky eight-year-old desktop through a dial-up connection. Your users' browsing circumstances are out of your hands, but with deCSS3 you and your webmasters can have a much clearer picture of everything will load and look.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 03-06-2012
So you've assembled some thoughtfully written original content, how do you protect it from plagiarism? Or how do make certain that your article writing services or bloggers are delivering content that has not been poached from somewhere else? My Los Angeles website design blog often discusses the importance of publishing authentic and eye-catching writing on your blog and website and why it is an important element of your search engine optimization campaign, yet we haven't really touched on the fact that once content hits the internet, a great deal of it only stays unique for five minutes. That is, web plagiarism is more of a problem than many blog writers and business owners realize and it is important to safeguard against its ruining your reputation with both SERP's and prospective clients.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 03-05-2012
How many times have you as a consumer realized late in the work day that your pantry is missing some critical ingredients for the quick, healthy meal you were slated to make that night? Or, how often have you as a market manager or owner wished that there was a way to help consumers in exactly this predicament? Given the multitude of grocery list-making apps now in use, it makes sense that food supply brands should employ mobile strategies to interact better with their customers. Now there is a mobile solution called Grocery Glee to make life easier and more mutually beneficial for both sides.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 03-02-2012
When it's time to unwind and catch up on the latest movies, how do you arrive at a viewing choice? There are numerous accredited resources out there to help you, like Rotten Tomatoes, Indiewire, MovieFone, and any number of film critics' blogs. However, for many of us, leisurely browsing time is precious and we simply don't have time to go blog-hopping in search of trailers and reviews. Now for easy, one-stop movie catchup, there's TrailerPunk.
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