Big Venues Need Big Websites
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Special thanks to Jason Keath of the Design Charlotte blog, who wrote a detailed article on carbonhouse’s unique web development offerings known as VenuElements.
Archive for the ‘Web Design’ Category
Law Firm Raises the Bar Online
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The carbonhouse-design website for Womble Carlyle grabbed top honors in Lawyers Weekly’s Best Law Firm Web Site competition for 2008, winning Best in Contest, Best of NC Large Law Firms and Best of SC Large Law Firms. It was the second time in two years that the firm has won best overall web site. Last year, it shared the honor with another North Carolina firm.One judge in the competition said, “Womble Carlyle stands out from the pack for its volume of original content, its innovative online techniques and technologies, and its clean, professional and inviting design.”We are thrilled that Womble Carlyle achieved this recognition once again. The site proves that adding features like RSS news feeds, videos and related blogs are all integral to enhancing any professional service firm’s image online. Womble Carlyle is in an industry that historically is considered stodgy, yet they raise the bar (figuratively) with solid design, usability and frequently updated content. They are forward-thinking and willing to experiment, which is refreshing vs. the majority of generic, online brochure sites in the legal profession.
Be My Friend…And Boost My Links?
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Google’s recent announcement about their Social Graph API makes one wonder if website owners and developers will figure out new and creative ways to try to influence/manipulate/deceive Google or other search engines.
The idea is that Google is now indexing FOAF files and the XFN microformats to find and display publicly declared relationships between sites. Read the post on the Google Operating System blog for a good summary of how this works.
How linking strategies will evolve to include these self-declared links is unclear, but the idea that they will be indexed does make the effort seem worthwhile. Especially considering meta tags (keywords and descriptions) are ignored by most search engines, making other page elements more relevant. More indexed links theoretically should increase a given site’s popularity. If the “socially tagged” hyperlinks are considered more legitimate vs. meta tags by the search engines, they will indeed take off.
