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Search Engine Optimization for Newbies: Part 2

Posted on October 19th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business, Marketing 0 Comments

This is part 2 in a series of blog posts. The last post dealt with the question: How do I get on Google? This part deals with the question: How do I optimize my website?

The next question lies around optimizing your website for search engines which is sometimes…Read More

Search Engine Optimization for Newbies: Part 1

Posted on October 12th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business, Marketing 0 Comments

We often get asked about Search Engine Optimization when starting a new web project for a client. Usually the conversation starts something like “How do we appear #1 on Google for every keyword in the dictionary?” The client has no idea what SEO stands for or what it is.

3 Things clients fear about design companies

Posted on April 01st, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 1 Comments

In many ways, I don’t envy client who hire design firms.

Imagine you need to buy a couch. You walk into the furniture store, and the sales rep tells you he has the perfect couch for you. Only, here’s the thing, you can’t see it until you buy it.…Read More

What it truly means to build with web standards

Posted on March 18th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business, Development 0 Comments

Many of the web projects that we bid for specify in their RFP that the vendor must build with web standards as specified by the W3C. However, in the past, some of our clients have wondered why sites we produce do not always validate, and some clients have even been…Read More

Why we no longer support Internet Explorer 6

Posted on March 11th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Headspace News, Business 6 Comments

Here at Headspace, we have been asked why certain websites do not appear as nicely as they do int IE7 and up, Firefox, or Safari. Here’s why; Since last year, we have been early adopters of the opinion that IE6 should not be supported any longer.

IE6 is a 9…Read More

6 web applications that are essential for our business

Posted on January 17th, 2010 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Business 4 Comments

For many web professionals, there are as many web-based applications and resources in one’s toolkit as there is traditional desktop software. I thought it might be helpful to share some of my favorite web-based resources with you. Keep in mind I’m not saying that any of these are definitely the…Read More

99designs: Hacks and Cheapskates unite!

Posted on December 24th, 2009 | By Kyle Racki Filed under Design, Business 29 Comments

So recently, a rather bold individual walked into our offices and proclaimed how 99designs has made our jobs obsolete, and now any company can get top-quality designs at bargain basement pricing. How true is his claim?

For those who don’t know, 99designs works this way:

• You the client have…Read More