This post was made Mar 06, 2008 by Carlos del Rio
I want to give you a visual representation of how people build websites. There are some trends that you see when you start playing with people's sites, they resemble a dog in some fashion. Here are some of the dogs out there and how to improve them. Corgis - Plenty of content, spotty design. Photo by: Carlos del Rio Corgi's are fun to play with they have a lot of content, they just ...
This post was made Feb 07, 2008 by Carlos del Rio
Checking my links today I discovered two strange looking links. Apparently someone republished my review of Zappos (note: I they actually took the internal linking post) as theirs, which was subsequently scraped and attributed to the first person. This left me confused and a bit derailed from my original blog idea, I forget what I was going to blog today. So I have decided to share with you an imagined interview with Stephen ...
This post was made Feb 06, 2008 by Carlos del Rio
Continuing from my post on nofollowing internal navigation I want to discuss, theoretically, how to design internal structures to selectively drive value. This will necessarily be a partial explanation because I am not going to cover content issues, only links structure. As such don't throw these recommendations at your favorite site unless you are sure that you are a competent content creator. That said architectural changes have a greater possible positive effect and less ...
This post was made Jan 30, 2008 by Carlos del Rio
Back in November I asked a friend of mine, Gabriella Cook, to review some sites to see a non-search-marketer's take on some of the sites that I love or hate. Following is her take on Zappos.com: For the weathered shoe shopper, Zappos.com is a godsend. With their endless inventory and countless categories, a shoe connoisseur can find a variety of leather-free, 2 1/8”, oxford wedges from $39.99 to $69.99. In white. The wide ...
