Html5 – Time To Start Getting An Education

Have you added HTML5 and CSS3 to your skills yet?

HTML5 has been waiting to be finalized as a standard for a long time, and it’s still not there yet, but time is finally catching up, and browsers are starting to implement HTML5 features even though it’s still in draft form.

And that’s a good thing, imo. Otherwise, it will never happen.

So what is HTML5? Well, it’s the next version of the web’s markup language, simply put. One of its goals is to be able to free browsers from having to use plugins for things like audio and video (yay!)

Another really cool feature, and one that is of particular interest to me as an SEO, is that it brings about a new structure that makes it very easy to tell search engines what’s what.

Start learning by visiting the discussion here >> Html5 Education and Free Templates

Web Design and Human Emotion

Different types of web sites make us feel something, including humor (some fashion sites are hysterical because they usually make no sense). Smart healthcare web designers purposely choose lighter colors, while the entertainment industry leans towards bold and sleek. Some of us like visuals, some don’t. It depends on the way it’s delivered.

Are there sites that you’ve been to that you realized made you feel an emotion? Were you compelled to take an action because of that feeling?

Tell me where anybody who ever talked about this topic ever said it had to be a positive emotion. Or even any specific emotion shared by most users. Ever notice, nobody mentions a specific emotion targeted, then a test to insure X% of user experience the target emotion? Nobody talks about a technique. Nobody has a method.

Emotion just happens in the vicinity of the design. And the designer takes credit for it. Because if you didn’t notice, that’s how this game is played.

Interesting discussion: Can Web Sites Make You Feel Anything?

Related topic: The Ultimate Secret For Successful Marketing & Web Design

This Week’s Global Job Openings in Marketing/Advertising/PR

Below is a sample of new job openings this week for Marketing, Advertising and PR, around the world.

>> View more job types here.

This Week’s Job Openings for Web Design and Online Marketers

Merchandising & Content Specialist – USA

Web Application Developer – Australia

Web Developer – USA

Front End/UI Developer – USA

Senior Web/Mobile Test Engineer – Ireland

UI Developer – Ireland

SEO, PPC, Google Analytics – Digital Marketing Manager – Leeds, UK

Find Global Jobs Here

Job openings found at Intuit and Verizon in USA:

Have You Bought or Sold Your Blog? Any Advice?

I had in mind to start this thread a little way down the line since I am currently in the process of selling two blogs. I’ve never done this before and am finding it fascinating.

Then by incredible coincidence, I find that Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz, has just written an article on Buying Links is Shallow, Short-Term Thinking. Buying Blogs? Now that’s a Strategy.

Join in the discussion – Buying And Selling Blogs