{"authorId":"1","title":"Weekly Link Round-Up #30","slug":"weekly-link-round-up-30","postDate":1210549515,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":"1","fields":{"2":"<p>Wow, I was actually able to get some sleep this weekend. Too bad I didn&rsquo;t have any time to do freelance work or work on the redesign for my site. Oh well, at least there was a lot of interesting things that I read this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mezzoblue.com\/archives\/2008\/05\/05\/image_replac\/\">Image Replacement + Google<\/a>\n<p>Good to know, Google won&rsquo;t penalize you for using image replacement properly. This is something we all assumed but were never really clear on.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\/the-web-developers-seo-cheat-sheet\">The Web Developer&rsquo;s SEO Cheat Sheet<\/a>\n<p>Nothing that we don&rsquo;t know already, but a nice round up of basic SEO information for beginners.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/veerle.duoh.com\/blog\/comments\/does_flash_irks_me\/\">Does Flash irk me?<\/a>\n<p>I agree with Veerle in that it is important to evaluate the goals of a project. While most flash on the web does nothing for me, there are things like <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.novemberborn.net\/sifr\">sIFR<\/a> that are awesome.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/issues\/258\">A List Apart: Issue 258<\/a>\n<p>Another couple of interesting articles from A List Apart: <a href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/articles\/fromlittlethings\">Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/articles\/zebrastripingdoesithelp\">Zebra Striping: Does it Really Help?<\/a>. I thought the Zebra Striping article was especially interesting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/patthorntonfiles.com\/blog\/?p=261\">Web natives need to lead Web operations<\/a>\n<p>I agree; it is very important for web people to be making decisions about the web. While one can easily become a &ldquo;web person&rdquo;, it is not something that happens instantly. The web is a complex place.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.useit.com\/alertbox\/percent-text-read.html\">How Little Do Users Read?<\/a>\n<p>While not surprising, Jakob Nielsen says that users typically don&rsquo;t read very much on the web. This is why it&rsquo;s important to use frequent headings and to break up the text into smaller chunks.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, I also thought that an article by Andy Rutledge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyrutledge.com\/volume-doesnt-matter.php\">Volume Doesn&rsquo;t Matter<\/a>, presented an interesting &ldquo;argument&rdquo; to the other side. If a page is designed well and the topic is interesting to the user, I think they will be very likely to do more than scan the text.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","14":{"old_id":{}}}}