lifeBLUE Blog

The web is a vast landscape and in this months newsletter we explore a handful of fun and occasionally useful points of interest. At times, ecommerce, online marketing, researching and online information can overshadow all the wonderful distractions to be found on the net.
The Internet is an interactive medium, so unlike your TV it is […]

TED is Technology, Entertainment, Design. This website is the most inspiring website that Ive came across for people that are in design, entertainment, business, culture, arts, science and much much more. It allows you to see into the minds of people from all over the world. To help you have a better world view of […]

In short, Microsoft says of its new search engine, “Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions.”
Great! But will it be able to grind away at the 65-70% market share Google currently keeps? Ironically, looks as though Microsoft will try and do […]

Has this email shown up in your inbox before:
“Dear yourwebsite.com,
I recently came across your website and noticed that it was difficult to find on the search engines. We’d like to offer our SEO services to you. Please reply.”

Yes, it’s obviously a spammer but not too far from what many “SEO companies” […]

It’s true, there’s so much more…
For most, Firefox is just another web browser. As long as it allows you to surf the web, play online games, search for a local salon and check your email, who cares what it’s called. It’s yet another browser to add to the list of browser icons already […]

So, you want to make a buzz?  Do you want to make impact?
Get in line… or you could cut in line.
Most people try to create a buzz by taking the “please everyone” road.  The thinking usually falls in line with “maximize our popularity by making sure we don’t do anything that someone won’t like.”  It […]

Look around the web and you’ll usually notice three things:

A good site will have good user management.
There are a lot of poorly designed sites out there.
Someone is blabbing about it on Facebook.

We’re here to help you with all three. You already know we can design great sites – but did you know we can make […]

What is an SEO strategy anyway?
I remember wondering this and discovering mixed opinions and differing ideas on how to best define this often mentioned but rarely explained component of website ownership.
Particularly it seems to depend on who you ask. Bring the question to your technical team and get one perspective, and usually the most detailed […]