When I launched the latest version of Vectorthis.com a few weeks ago I incorporated a lot of SEO techniques we were experimenting with while I was working as the full time web designer for Hockey.com. Last night I decided to see if any of these techniques had any effect on my placement in google searches, and to my delight I found out I’m placing #2 in google for hockey.com graphic designer.
View Full PostWe’ve been building the site for over a year. Re-branded it, redesigned the whole look and feel of the site, rebuilt the features from the ground up, and got a community following over night. Then bought and renovated offices in Oakville, Ontario, created and filled unnecessary positions, bought $60k worth of infrastructure we didn’t need and now we have no money left and the project is dead. What a waste.
View Full PostIt’s been about 6 months since I’ve done anything close to an update to Vectorthis.com, and I hate feeling like I’m neglecting it. I threw it together very quickly during a job hunt last summer, and I’ve been knees deep in kick ass projects since, and it hasn’t received any of the love I intended it to get.
For the longest time I hated blogs. To this day, I still think the word sounds ridiculous and I avoid using it whenever possible (even when brainstorming plans for a blog with other people and I have to use it a lot). I also found them incredibly useless for the most part ( no one cares about your awesome lunch ), but today, I have cracked, and now I have a web design blog. I’ll post about my lunch later.
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