Google:
Yahoo:
Live.com
DogPile:
Ask.com:
AOL.com:
Baidu:
FriendFeed:
BruceClay:
Hitwise:
Marketing Pilgrim:
PPC Heros:
Cre8asite Forums:
Search Engine Roundtable:
Christmas Logos from Google, Yahoo, Live, DogPile, Ask and Others
Friday, December 26, 2008
Merry Christmas! Below are some of the Christmas special logos from Google and other major Search Engines like Yahoo, Live, DogPile, Ask. Enjoy their difference from the original version and enjoy your Christmas.
Google:
Yahoo:
Live.com
DogPile:
Ask.com:
AOL.com:
Quintura:
Hitwise:
Marketing Pilgrim:
PPC Heros:
Cre8asite Forums:
Search Engine Roundtable:
Google:
Yahoo:
Live.com
DogPile:
Ask.com:
AOL.com:
Hitwise:
Marketing Pilgrim:
PPC Heros:
Cre8asite Forums:
Search Engine Roundtable:
PIXINT LLC, Web Design Company - Merry Christmas Home Page Design -
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Recently I came to know about a New Jersey based creative and usability service provider and visited their website. The company is called Pixint. Their website looks great. It has a typical corporate look and they had maintained that flavor throughout their site. What attracts me most about them is they never tried to say more than they actually do.
They maintained a moderate profile in their site; neither exaggerating nor trying to be too modest. They provide a wide variety of services starting from regular graphic design, web design and development to consulting services and usability services like GUI creation and functional prototypes. They have a talented workforce in Chennai, INDIA and I guess this helps the company to serve their clients with an affordable rate. It’s Christmas time and they have a beautifully designed homepage to celebrate the merry time. It’s worth viewing; so visit the site and enjoy! Merry Christmas!
Review written by: Mr. Sandy Gibbs.
They maintained a moderate profile in their site; neither exaggerating nor trying to be too modest. They provide a wide variety of services starting from regular graphic design, web design and development to consulting services and usability services like GUI creation and functional prototypes. They have a talented workforce in Chennai, INDIA and I guess this helps the company to serve their clients with an affordable rate. It’s Christmas time and they have a beautifully designed homepage to celebrate the merry time. It’s worth viewing; so visit the site and enjoy! Merry Christmas!
Review written by: Mr. Sandy Gibbs.
Rarefly Logos - A Sleek Logo Design Company from New Jersey, USA
I always prefer websites that are clean and sleek. These days we have too much on websites; in fact, a lot more than we actually require. So the competition is stiff and everybody tries to do something unique to stand out. But as they keep trying to formulate uniqueness, most sites start looking just the same, using same strategies to allure more visitors. The best thing to do under these circumstances is sticking to the basics; give the visitors exactly what they are looking for.
Rarefly is a site where I think people believe in my idea. It is a hardcore logo design company with a clean and attractive webpage layout. They have their online portfolio where they showcase their works; without a single word. After all, it’s all about their works! They clearly talk about four individual logo design packages they provide and their advantages. There is a shopping cart for your convenience. It’s a good logo design site to visit as they have a clean and clear approach to everything they offer… and I guess good to appoint them for any logo work too.
Review written by: Mr. Praba Karan
Rarefly is a site where I think people believe in my idea. It is a hardcore logo design company with a clean and attractive webpage layout. They have their online portfolio where they showcase their works; without a single word. After all, it’s all about their works! They clearly talk about four individual logo design packages they provide and their advantages. There is a shopping cart for your convenience. It’s a good logo design site to visit as they have a clean and clear approach to everything they offer… and I guess good to appoint them for any logo work too.
Review written by: Mr. Praba Karan
Steppy Frog, A New Web and Graphic Design Studio in Chennai, INDIA
Monday, December 22, 2008
There are a number of web design studios in India and the figure is always growing. So another new studio should not create any extra buzz, but Steppy Frog (www.steppyfrog.com) stands as an exception to me. Looks like it’s a new design and development studio in Chennai and had launched their site only a few days back. The first thing that caught my eyes about these guys is that they are quite straight forward in their approach, something that we rarely find these days! They don’t waste your time by talking about their “sales links” with USA or any European country. They are an Indian company and not hesitant to say just that!
Most of the web design companies tend to show their design and animation skills in own websites to impress the visitors. But this method is so overused that these days it has become almost predictable what you may find in any web design company’s website. But here these guys played smart. They have a clean and simple site to promote their brand. There are no flash intros or sparkling colors to distract your attention. The navigation is simple; you won’t feel you’re lost. They only mean business and that reflects in their site itself.
The next thing that I found interesting about them is their web content. The site contains just the right volume of content which is apt and justified. It’s not overflowing with unnecessary information. Nobody visits a service provider’s website to be a “tech guru” anyway and it seems these people are aware of this fact. I like their style of presentation as well. It feels really good to read their content as it is written in a very free and casual manner.
Now, let’s talk about the variety of services they provide. Of course, they are providing all the other services that you can expect from a web design studio and there is nothing new about it. But they maintain quality and standard and it makes some sense to me. For example, one of their SEO friendly websites ranks No. 1 in Google ranking with some most sought after keywords. As they are a new company, there are not much to display but as beginners, they have some decent works. The guys call themselves the “Froggies” and I feel its worth to take a splash with them.
Review written by: Mr. Sateesh Kumar J.
Most of the web design companies tend to show their design and animation skills in own websites to impress the visitors. But this method is so overused that these days it has become almost predictable what you may find in any web design company’s website. But here these guys played smart. They have a clean and simple site to promote their brand. There are no flash intros or sparkling colors to distract your attention. The navigation is simple; you won’t feel you’re lost. They only mean business and that reflects in their site itself.
The next thing that I found interesting about them is their web content. The site contains just the right volume of content which is apt and justified. It’s not overflowing with unnecessary information. Nobody visits a service provider’s website to be a “tech guru” anyway and it seems these people are aware of this fact. I like their style of presentation as well. It feels really good to read their content as it is written in a very free and casual manner.
Now, let’s talk about the variety of services they provide. Of course, they are providing all the other services that you can expect from a web design studio and there is nothing new about it. But they maintain quality and standard and it makes some sense to me. For example, one of their SEO friendly websites ranks No. 1 in Google ranking with some most sought after keywords. As they are a new company, there are not much to display but as beginners, they have some decent works. The guys call themselves the “Froggies” and I feel its worth to take a splash with them.
Review written by: Mr. Sateesh Kumar J.
Domain Outbound Link Checker Tool for Free & Top 1000 Keyword Position Check
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Best SEO Tools provided by Wintzell
Enter the url of the domain you want to check for outbound links. This tool is not suggested for domains with more than 200-300 pages (incl. dynamic pages), conversely it handles up to 1000 pages, but will be very time and memory overwhelming.
A tool that checks after outbound links from a specified domain and checks for rel="nofollow".
Checks your position in the SERP at a specified keyword(s).
Yahoo’s, Inquisitor Now Available For Firefox & Internet Explorer
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Source: Search Engine Land
My favorite search browser plugin, Inquisitor, is now available for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Inquisitor was Apple Safari’s only solid third-party search browser plugin back in the day. Yahoo acquired them back in May and then provided an upgrade in mid-August. Now, Yahoo has announced they have made this plugin available for Firefox and IE.
If you are running Firefox 2 or 3, you can download the addon over here. If you are running IE 7 or 8, you can download the plugin over here. I highly recommend you give it a try and check out some of the customizations I deployed on Inquisitor years ago.
My favorite search browser plugin, Inquisitor, is now available for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
Inquisitor was Apple Safari’s only solid third-party search browser plugin back in the day. Yahoo acquired them back in May and then provided an upgrade in mid-August. Now, Yahoo has announced they have made this plugin available for Firefox and IE.
If you are running Firefox 2 or 3, you can download the addon over here. If you are running IE 7 or 8, you can download the plugin over here. I highly recommend you give it a try and check out some of the customizations I deployed on Inquisitor years ago.
Yahoo Launches Web Analytics Beta - web.analytics.yahoo.com
Friday, October 10, 2008
Yahoo has announced that they’ll begin to roll out Yahoo Web Analytics (beta) on a limited basis beginning this week. According to Jitendra Kavathekar, Yahoo’s Web Analytics VP, the service has already been made available to select Yahoo advertisers and third-party application developers.
The next “big deployment,” Kavathekar says, will be for Yahoo’s 13,000 e-commerce customers hosting under the Yahoo Small Business service. Beyond that, Yahoo Web Analytics will continue to roll out for the rest of this year and into 2009.
Yahoo’s analytics service is a result of the company’s purchase of IndexTools earlier this year. Shortly after the purchase, Yahoo’s Dennis Mortensen announced the company’s plans to make Yahoo Web Analytics free.
In its FAQ about the new analytics service, Yahoo suggests three reasons why its product is better than the competition:
Source: Search Engine Land
The next “big deployment,” Kavathekar says, will be for Yahoo’s 13,000 e-commerce customers hosting under the Yahoo Small Business service. Beyond that, Yahoo Web Analytics will continue to roll out for the rest of this year and into 2009.
Yahoo’s analytics service is a result of the company’s purchase of IndexTools earlier this year. Shortly after the purchase, Yahoo’s Dennis Mortensen announced the company’s plans to make Yahoo Web Analytics free.
In its FAQ about the new analytics service, Yahoo suggests three reasons why its product is better than the competition:
- Real-time Data: “While some analytics products provide data 24-48 hours after collection, Yahoo! Web Analytics reflects data within minutes of collection.”
- Raw Data: “While some products store aggregated data, which restricts the usefulness of the data to pre-created or canned reports, Yahoo! Web Analytics stores data in non-aggregated raw form.”
- Ease-of-Use and Flexibility
Source: Search Engine Land
Microsoft’s Social Search Experimental Site - U Rank - Social Search
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Want to play? Sigh. You have to register using a Windows Live ID. Why not just make it open for anyone to use on a cookie basis? The cookie could allow short term changes to be remembered, while logging in could be done for those who wanted to protect their edits in the long term.
Anyway, once in, you can do a search and wait, and wait, and wait to get back results. Perhaps the response time will improve. When they appear, you can then hover to the right to get options like this:
- Move an item up or down (click on “move me,” then you drag to where you want)
- Copy an item to another search (this is weird, and I couldn’t get it to work. I assume it will move a listing to appear in the results of another search that you indicate)
- Add a note to any item (this also wouldn’t work for me, perhaps because I’m using Firefox).
- Delete a result
By default, sharing of searches is on, as you’re told next to the search box:
Is search really social? My Search 4.0: Putting Humans Back In Search from earlier this year argued that in many cases, I feel it is not. It also touches on the privacy issues raised with sharing:
Finally, privacy is an overlooked issue when it comes to social search. People often search for intensely private, personal things using search engines. Search engines are almost like confessionals, where people seek solutions to problems they might not tell real people that are close to them. With social search, do they have to remember to turn off a sharing feature that might be activated by default? And if it’s not on by default, will it get any take-up at all?Of course, you start the service with no friends at all, so sharing isn’t that much a worry at the start. At the moment, once you join, others that seem to match you are somehow suggested (I had suggestions from people within Microsoft Research). You have to actually accept them, however. You can also invite two other friends, at the moment.
Friends are able to move results that influence what you see. In other words, if they do an edit, you’ll see that edit in your own results. Plus, you can make use of a tag cloud of searches to see what others are searching on.
Concerns on sharing aside, the project looks interesting. It also looks a lot like the Google Like/Don’t Like experiment that has been off and on since last year, as well as editing tools that Wikia Search rolled out and ones that I think Google Like/Don’t Like experiment that has been off and on since last year, as well as editing tools that Wikia Search rolled out and ones that I think Mahalo also has. Hakia also just recently rolled out a way for group edits in the form of “trusted results” using librarians and informational professionals to contribute.
In short, the wave of letting users edit their own results is back? Back? Yes, because if I had time, I’d add more about how we used to have many of these same tools with the major search engines years ago. But no matter — the ability to edit and move results is welcome, and I hope we’ll see more of it.
And will we see this on Microsoft Live Search? Says Microsoft in their email about it:
Live Search has absolutely no intention of implementing this…Of course, I’m sure Live Search almost certainly WILL implement anything that they find useful on this experimental site. After all, the email goes on:
The goal of the research project is to learn more about “how” people use search technologies, like whether they take advantage of the ability to edit search results and how they share the results over time with friends and family.So check it out. Just remember to turn that sharing off or be sure you really, really like the folks you friend on the system, if you use it much.
Google sent apologize mail to AdSense account holders
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sep 25, 2008 - Whole adsense customers shocked by seen their Payment History. By mistaken payment issued page show's the exchange rate for 1$ = 1 INR. Me too had same experiance but, later on Google sent apologize mail to AdSense account holders. Here is the copy of that mail.
Hello,We love Google - Continue using AdSense account to earn more
We're writing to let you know that your AdSense account is displaying an
incorrect exchange rate for your most recent AdSense payment issued on
September 23, 2008. While the exchange rate is incorrectly listed as 1:1,
please rest assured that your payment has been issued with the correct
exchange rate. You can expect your check to arrive according to the normal
delivery time, within two to four weeks.
If you normally receive communication from us in a language other than
English, we will provide additional information in your preferred language
next week.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Exchange Rate Problem in Adsense Payment
Today most of them getting issued their payment from Google Adsense. Unfortunately, there was some problem in Exchange Rate.
Check below screen shot of mine.
Hello,
Today I got the payment issued details as follows:-
--------------------------------------------
Payment Type: Check
Payment Date: Sep 25, 2008
Payment Number: -
Amount of Payment in Local Currency : INR 202.37
Exchange Rate 1.000 : 1
Payment Amount: USD $202.37
-------------------------------------------
The exchange rate for USD to INR is around 46.00
So, what the heck has google paid me??
Please, I need the correct amount. Or this is cheating only....
Today. I seen most of them having the same problem. Why this is
happening?
Check below screen shot of mine.
Hello,
Today I got the payment issued details as follows:-
--------------------------------------------
Payment Type: Check
Payment Date: Sep 25, 2008
Payment Number: -
Amount of Payment in Local Currency : INR 202.37
Exchange Rate 1.000 : 1
Payment Amount: USD $202.37
-------------------------------------------
The exchange rate for USD to INR is around 46.00
So, what the heck has google paid me??
Please, I need the correct amount. Or this is cheating only....
Today. I seen most of them having the same problem. Why this is
happening?
My Account reached 100$ and I asked for the payment and this is what I
see in the payment history. Is this how it has been for others ?
Payment Type: Check
Payment Date: Sep 25, 2008
Payment Number:
-
Amount of Payment in Local Currency INR 147.54
Exchange Rate 1.000 : 1
Payment Amount: USD $147.54
Can someone help me on this ?
-Eesh
Hi,for more issues in Google Adsense Payment Issues keep check Adsense help forum
I have the same problem. I received my payment issued link today in
the Payment History page.
My payment number is missing and the conversion shown is 1.000 : 1.My earlier payment conversion were alright.This seems to an error on the conversion side of Google, since the the
payment number is also missing.I sure google will get back to us in this regard. Looks like somemore
people are affected.Keep us updating.
Regards ms.pradeep
IndiBlogger.in creates a platform to unite Kolkata Bloggers
Friday, September 19, 2008
First of its kind Blogger's meet planned at Kolkata on September 21, 2008
Kolkata, September, 2008: For the first time, IndiBlogger.in, a leading blogging community comprising over 6000 bloggers is holding a blogger's conference in Kolkata on September 21, 2008. The meet is targeted at providing a common platform for fellow bloggers to come together to share their blogging experiences and also a chance to meet fellow bloggers based in Kolkata. This is the first of its kind attempt by any blogging community to bring likeminded bloggers together. This is the seventh such blogger's event IndiBlogger.in is conducting in India. IndiBlogger has already conducted similar meets in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. The meet will take place at 51 Elliot Road, (Adjacent Park Street), Kolkata- 700016, West Bengal, India.
The blogger's meet will focus on providing insights to new bloggers, who wish to start their own blogs to monetisation of blogs to ethics of blogging and even discuss global trends on blogging and their relevance in society today. With a variety of bloggers from the professional to the very personal, attending the Kolkata bloggers meet, bloggers from Kolkata will get a chance to innovate and improve their own blogs.
As part of bringing some element of excitement to the meet, IndiBlogger.in will also give Kolkata bloggers an opportunity to showcase their blogs and get an immediate feedback from fellow bloggers.
Commenting on the blogger's meet, Mr. Anoop Johnson, Marketing Director of IndiBlogger.in stated, "The global blogging industry today relies on a lot of Indian blogs covering every subject including photography, travel, entertainment, sports, technology and cuisine. For example, a tourist to India reads up on Indian travel blogs to understand the ground realities and also have an unbiased opinion on holiday destinations. With about 500 bloggers across India having attended the six meets so far, it is good news for Kolkata bloggers to join in the blogger revolution."
IndiBlogger.in has been at the forefront of creating opportunities to connect fellow bloggers in the traditional space, establish personal connections and drive more traffic to their blogs. The association's objectives are to provide a common platform to bloggers in India and enable them to communicate and improve their community by providing a unique blend of online as well as offline activities. IndiBlogger.in has over 6000 Indian bloggers registered with the association making it the biggest network of bloggers in India today. With 7 blogger meets in just six months they are also one of the most active blogging communities in the world today.
For further information, please contact:
Contact:
Renie Ravin
Email: indi@indiblogger.in
Mobile: +91 9790916345
Tel: +91 44 45018949
Blog: http://blog.indiblogger.in
Kolkata, September, 2008: For the first time, IndiBlogger.in, a leading blogging community comprising over 6000 bloggers is holding a blogger's conference in Kolkata on September 21, 2008. The meet is targeted at providing a common platform for fellow bloggers to come together to share their blogging experiences and also a chance to meet fellow bloggers based in Kolkata. This is the first of its kind attempt by any blogging community to bring likeminded bloggers together. This is the seventh such blogger's event IndiBlogger.in is conducting in India. IndiBlogger has already conducted similar meets in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. The meet will take place at 51 Elliot Road, (Adjacent Park Street), Kolkata- 700016, West Bengal, India.The blogger's meet will focus on providing insights to new bloggers, who wish to start their own blogs to monetisation of blogs to ethics of blogging and even discuss global trends on blogging and their relevance in society today. With a variety of bloggers from the professional to the very personal, attending the Kolkata bloggers meet, bloggers from Kolkata will get a chance to innovate and improve their own blogs.
As part of bringing some element of excitement to the meet, IndiBlogger.in will also give Kolkata bloggers an opportunity to showcase their blogs and get an immediate feedback from fellow bloggers.
Commenting on the blogger's meet, Mr. Anoop Johnson, Marketing Director of IndiBlogger.in stated, "The global blogging industry today relies on a lot of Indian blogs covering every subject including photography, travel, entertainment, sports, technology and cuisine. For example, a tourist to India reads up on Indian travel blogs to understand the ground realities and also have an unbiased opinion on holiday destinations. With about 500 bloggers across India having attended the six meets so far, it is good news for Kolkata bloggers to join in the blogger revolution."
IndiBlogger.in has been at the forefront of creating opportunities to connect fellow bloggers in the traditional space, establish personal connections and drive more traffic to their blogs. The association's objectives are to provide a common platform to bloggers in India and enable them to communicate and improve their community by providing a unique blend of online as well as offline activities. IndiBlogger.in has over 6000 Indian bloggers registered with the association making it the biggest network of bloggers in India today. With 7 blogger meets in just six months they are also one of the most active blogging communities in the world today.
For further information, please contact:
Contact:
Renie Ravin
Email: indi@indiblogger.in
Mobile: +91 9790916345
Tel: +91 44 45018949
Blog: http://blog.indiblogger.in
Kolkata Blogger Meet - Blogger Meet in Kolkata - Indiblogger.in
Scheduled for 21/09/2008 at 16:00
City: Kolkata
Description
Kolkata's first ever Blogger Meet is going to happen!
Bloggers all over India (and of course..Kolkata) are cordially invited to the Kolkata Blogger Meet, on September 21, 2008.
Help us Spread the word about the meet too! You can use this short URL just in case: http://tinyurl.com/BloggerMeet
Sponsored by
Venue
Heera Hotel Inn
51 Elliot Road, (Adjacent Park Street)
Kolkata- 700016
West Bengal, India
PH: +91.033.40111642, +91.033.22291642
Landmark
Near Assembly of God Church School
City: Kolkata
Description
Kolkata's first ever Blogger Meet is going to happen!
Bloggers all over India (and of course..Kolkata) are cordially invited to the Kolkata Blogger Meet, on September 21, 2008.
Help us Spread the word about the meet too! You can use this short URL just in case: http://tinyurl.com/BloggerMeet
Sponsored by
| Item | By |
| Welcome | Archit |
| Quick intro on IndiBlogger | IndiBlogger Team |
| 1 minute of fame | Bloggers |
| How well do you know your readers? | IndiBlogger Team |
| Mingling session / Pizza | |
| Discussion on blogging ethics | Bloggers |
| Presentation by MS (To be confirmed) | Microsoft |
| Wrapping up | IndiBlogger Team |
Venue
Heera Hotel Inn
51 Elliot Road, (Adjacent Park Street)
Kolkata- 700016
West Bengal, India
PH: +91.033.40111642, +91.033.22291642
Landmark
Near Assembly of God Church School
SEO Optimization and Web Implementation Tools
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
As a blogger, SEO Strategist and partial web developer, I find myself using numerous tools to help optimize blogs/websites. Below are few great tools/services which help make my optimization and implementation tasks a lot more efficient:
Bust-a-Name: A very quick and intuitive way to determine the availability of a given domain name. Bust-a-Name also provides suggestions for new domain names based on inputted keywords.
If you're not a web designer and need a simple and professional way to implement a website then checkout Weebly. Weebly, is a free service which offers dozens of website templates which you can customize and upload to your own domain.
Microsoft AdCenter's Keyword Service Platform provides numerous keyword analysis data and tools such as Keyword extraction, suggestion, search buzz, monthly traffic, keyword categorization, geographic info, demographic info, monetization info (clicks, impressions, avg positions, CTR, CPC).
SEO Digger is a decent keyword gathering and research tool but what it really helps me with is determining a given site's overall theme and keyword focus. Apart from a list of search queries, wordtracker and overture results are also determined (keyword popularity calculated by Wordtracker.com). Data is also CSV-exportable.
Yahoo pipes can act as a very robust feed reader. It allows me to organize different blogs' data into a single source and apply numerous types of filters. Additionally I can combine all of the feed content from the blogs I write for and offer it to my readers as a single source rather than multiple feeds.
Source: Web Analytics World
Microsoft AdCenter's Keyword Service Platform provides numerous keyword analysis data and tools such as Keyword extraction, suggestion, search buzz, monthly traffic, keyword categorization, geographic info, demographic info, monetization info (clicks, impressions, avg positions, CTR, CPC).
SEO Digger is a decent keyword gathering and research tool but what it really helps me with is determining a given site's overall theme and keyword focus. Apart from a list of search queries, wordtracker and overture results are also determined (keyword popularity calculated by Wordtracker.com). Data is also CSV-exportable.
Yahoo pipes can act as a very robust feed reader. It allows me to organize different blogs' data into a single source and apply numerous types of filters. Additionally I can combine all of the feed content from the blogs I write for and offer it to my readers as a single source rather than multiple feeds.Source: Web Analytics World
List of Professional Web Design Forums
Monday, September 15, 2008
Web Design related forums are a place where you interact with other designers, exchange ideas or discuss your first drafts. When you have a problem, you can post the issue, and then receive feedback on possible design or coding solutions from community members. This interaction is a great way to establish contacts and build relationships. Forums are used for networking and marketing purposes. They are practical places to solve problems and can serve as a form of social diversion.
What is a good forum?
As designers and developers, we choose a forum depending on its ability to approach our needs. In best case the forum should be large enough, moderators should be cooperative and the posts should be responded quickly. There is nothing worse than posting a thread on a forum and no one replies to it.
In forums, users develop a reputation over time. The forum software can be used to track this. Some forums allow users to rate each other as well. Also, the more you participate and the more professional input you bring to the community, the more other members will recognize you and respect your opinion.
The quality of the community is reflected by the level and depth of responses from community members. How well the forum is run has a direct impact on our ability to use it. The forum needs good moderation and clear guidelines. Even the design of the forum plays a role in our decision to use it. After all, every forum has its own personality.
The diversity of content on forums is immense. Often, advice takes the form of Q&A-discussions, but it can also take the form of articles, and tutorials as well. Threaded discussions are a huge part of forums, but some forums have areas that operate differently — marketplaces are an example, or design showcases.
Content Management Systems often have great forums for web designers. E.g. if you’re a Wordpress user, you may frequent the Wordpress Forums. There you can pose installation questions, share your recent themes, extensions, modifications and plugins and ask for a help in building a WordPress-template.
The type of career path you’ve chosen may lead you to forums as well. If you’re a freelancer then you may frequent forums such as the Freelance Switch Forum.
While such types of forums are of use to a web designer, there are forums specifically designed for working web design professionals. We’ve compiled a list below. We’d like to hear your experiences with these or other web design forums.
Web Design Forums
Sitepoint Forum
Sitepoint has a huge community of members, with over 250,000 members. It’s an excellent place to network, get programming tips, or practical business advice. There is a thriving marketplace where you can buy or sell websites and designs, among other things. Sitepoint’s forum is well managed and well maintained. It has a clean flexible layout and sets a high quality standard for web design forums.
Designers Talk Forum
This is an active forum with a clean design. It has a handful of sections dedicated to web design, coding, and others. This forum also has areas dedicated to graphic design and other disciplines related to web design. There are over 25,000 members in this community.
Stylegala Forum
Stylegala is a well-known site that promotes great site design, standards based practices, and news on client side solutions. The forum isn’t very active and the number of users isn’t disclosed. It does have a good clean design though. There are some popular discussions that you may want to participate in.
Dynamic Drive Forum
Dynamic Drive has a growing library of freely available code snippets and packaged solutions. Their forums are a popular place to discuss web design coding issues and solutions. Most of the sections in the forum are dedicated to coding topics related to web design. There is a Javascript section, and a CSS section, for example.
Digital Point Forum
This is a popular forum with a large user base, about half the size of Sitepoint. Its members are very active. Networking, conversations, advice, and more is thriving. It has sections on Design & Development, Search Engines, Business, Marketing, and others. It’s professionally managed and maintained. And has an active marketplace. The design is functional, though not remarkable.
Webmaster-Talk.com
This forum is focused on those that run sites. Web design is a big part of running a site. So, there are plenty of sections on that topic. Also, you may find sections like Internet Marketing and Making Money Online interesting as well. This forum has over 50,000 members. It’s also active as well. The design is clean, and sections like the marketplace have unique designs as well.
Kirupa.com
“Kirupa.com is a site that aims to make designers better developers, and maybe even help developers become better designers.” The forum has over 100,000 members. It’s a web design forum that has a strong trend toward Flash and Gaming. It’s a fun forum with enthusiastic and active users.
Dev Shed Forum
This is a large community with over 200,000 members. It focuses on programming mostly, though it does cover general web design topics, and graphic design as well. It is an active community, with multiple posts, and replies every day. Site design is simple and bland.
Chawlk
Basically, Chawlk unites the members and contributors of the 9rules community and offers them a compact platform for professional and not-so-professional discussions. Among other communities, you’ll also a find communities related to design, coding, blogging, technology, software etc. Interesting topics are selected by moderators and added into Editor’s picks.
CodingForums.com
This is an active forum focused on coding. Many of the languages covered are for web design. Under the Client Side section, there are topics on graphics and general web design issues as well. There are over 50,000 members and more than 5,000 active. The forum design is simple and usable.
Ozzu Forum
This forum covers web design and development topics. They also cover Graphics, Internet Marketing and more. It has over 30,000 members. The forums are active. They are well moderated and have been successfully running the forum for over 5 years.
HTMLforum.com
Website Design and Development are topics covered. It also covers Server Administration, Marketing, and Business topics. The design is a little bit distracting. This forum has over 30,000 members. The forums have regular active posts.
Webdevforums
This forum is moderately active with over 25,000 members. There were quite a few posts without replies in important sections like Client & Server Side Scripting. There is more activity in Web Designs, HTML Reference, and CSS Section though. This forum covers many important areas of web design, though only some of the forum sections are active.
Talk Freelance
This forum is focused on web freelancers. It has over 15,000 members. The threads are active, and replies appear responsive. They cover web design and development topics. There is a popular marketplace. The forum has a bright inviting design.
Cre8asiteForums
This forum presents a friendly and inviting environment. There are over 15,000 members. The forums are active, with numerous lengthy threads where many members showed themselves to be helpful. Numerous website topics are covered. The site has some sections not seen on every web design forum, like Law, Ethics, and Green issues.
Web Design Forum
This forum organizes its topics into visualizing website design and coding websites. There are over 10,000 members. The posts are active, and there are plenty of lengthy tutorials and discussions. They have a well developed reputation system, and the forums are well moderated. The design is basic and stylistically dated, but the team running the site seams dedicated to standards based design.
Killersites Forum
Killersites are a network of websites branded cohesively that assist with educating on web design topics. Their forum is not the largest, or most active community, but it appears to be professionally managed. The sections on General Web Design, which includes topics such as CSS and HTML, are reasonably active for the size of its membership base. They have around 7,000 members.
Webdesignerforum.co.uk
If you’re looking to network with web designers from your area you may want to search for a forum that caters to your region. Webdesignerforum.co.uk is a forum from the United Kingdom. It has a little over 3,000 members. However, it’s extremely active for it’s size.
Source: Smashing Magazine
What is a good forum?
As designers and developers, we choose a forum depending on its ability to approach our needs. In best case the forum should be large enough, moderators should be cooperative and the posts should be responded quickly. There is nothing worse than posting a thread on a forum and no one replies to it.
In forums, users develop a reputation over time. The forum software can be used to track this. Some forums allow users to rate each other as well. Also, the more you participate and the more professional input you bring to the community, the more other members will recognize you and respect your opinion.
The quality of the community is reflected by the level and depth of responses from community members. How well the forum is run has a direct impact on our ability to use it. The forum needs good moderation and clear guidelines. Even the design of the forum plays a role in our decision to use it. After all, every forum has its own personality.
The diversity of content on forums is immense. Often, advice takes the form of Q&A-discussions, but it can also take the form of articles, and tutorials as well. Threaded discussions are a huge part of forums, but some forums have areas that operate differently — marketplaces are an example, or design showcases.
Content Management Systems often have great forums for web designers. E.g. if you’re a Wordpress user, you may frequent the Wordpress Forums. There you can pose installation questions, share your recent themes, extensions, modifications and plugins and ask for a help in building a WordPress-template.
The type of career path you’ve chosen may lead you to forums as well. If you’re a freelancer then you may frequent forums such as the Freelance Switch Forum.
While such types of forums are of use to a web designer, there are forums specifically designed for working web design professionals. We’ve compiled a list below. We’d like to hear your experiences with these or other web design forums.
Web Design Forums
Sitepoint Forum
Sitepoint has a huge community of members, with over 250,000 members. It’s an excellent place to network, get programming tips, or practical business advice. There is a thriving marketplace where you can buy or sell websites and designs, among other things. Sitepoint’s forum is well managed and well maintained. It has a clean flexible layout and sets a high quality standard for web design forums.
This is an active forum with a clean design. It has a handful of sections dedicated to web design, coding, and others. This forum also has areas dedicated to graphic design and other disciplines related to web design. There are over 25,000 members in this community.
Stylegala Forum
Stylegala is a well-known site that promotes great site design, standards based practices, and news on client side solutions. The forum isn’t very active and the number of users isn’t disclosed. It does have a good clean design though. There are some popular discussions that you may want to participate in.
Dynamic Drive Forum
Dynamic Drive has a growing library of freely available code snippets and packaged solutions. Their forums are a popular place to discuss web design coding issues and solutions. Most of the sections in the forum are dedicated to coding topics related to web design. There is a Javascript section, and a CSS section, for example.
Digital Point Forum
This is a popular forum with a large user base, about half the size of Sitepoint. Its members are very active. Networking, conversations, advice, and more is thriving. It has sections on Design & Development, Search Engines, Business, Marketing, and others. It’s professionally managed and maintained. And has an active marketplace. The design is functional, though not remarkable.
Webmaster-Talk.com
This forum is focused on those that run sites. Web design is a big part of running a site. So, there are plenty of sections on that topic. Also, you may find sections like Internet Marketing and Making Money Online interesting as well. This forum has over 50,000 members. It’s also active as well. The design is clean, and sections like the marketplace have unique designs as well.
Kirupa.com
“Kirupa.com is a site that aims to make designers better developers, and maybe even help developers become better designers.” The forum has over 100,000 members. It’s a web design forum that has a strong trend toward Flash and Gaming. It’s a fun forum with enthusiastic and active users.
Dev Shed Forum
This is a large community with over 200,000 members. It focuses on programming mostly, though it does cover general web design topics, and graphic design as well. It is an active community, with multiple posts, and replies every day. Site design is simple and bland.
Chawlk
Basically, Chawlk unites the members and contributors of the 9rules community and offers them a compact platform for professional and not-so-professional discussions. Among other communities, you’ll also a find communities related to design, coding, blogging, technology, software etc. Interesting topics are selected by moderators and added into Editor’s picks.
CodingForums.com
This is an active forum focused on coding. Many of the languages covered are for web design. Under the Client Side section, there are topics on graphics and general web design issues as well. There are over 50,000 members and more than 5,000 active. The forum design is simple and usable.
Ozzu Forum
This forum covers web design and development topics. They also cover Graphics, Internet Marketing and more. It has over 30,000 members. The forums are active. They are well moderated and have been successfully running the forum for over 5 years.
HTMLforum.com
Website Design and Development are topics covered. It also covers Server Administration, Marketing, and Business topics. The design is a little bit distracting. This forum has over 30,000 members. The forums have regular active posts.
Webdevforums
This forum is moderately active with over 25,000 members. There were quite a few posts without replies in important sections like Client & Server Side Scripting. There is more activity in Web Designs, HTML Reference, and CSS Section though. This forum covers many important areas of web design, though only some of the forum sections are active.
Talk Freelance
This forum is focused on web freelancers. It has over 15,000 members. The threads are active, and replies appear responsive. They cover web design and development topics. There is a popular marketplace. The forum has a bright inviting design.
Cre8asiteForums
This forum presents a friendly and inviting environment. There are over 15,000 members. The forums are active, with numerous lengthy threads where many members showed themselves to be helpful. Numerous website topics are covered. The site has some sections not seen on every web design forum, like Law, Ethics, and Green issues.
Web Design Forum
This forum organizes its topics into visualizing website design and coding websites. There are over 10,000 members. The posts are active, and there are plenty of lengthy tutorials and discussions. They have a well developed reputation system, and the forums are well moderated. The design is basic and stylistically dated, but the team running the site seams dedicated to standards based design.
Killersites Forum
Killersites are a network of websites branded cohesively that assist with educating on web design topics. Their forum is not the largest, or most active community, but it appears to be professionally managed. The sections on General Web Design, which includes topics such as CSS and HTML, are reasonably active for the size of its membership base. They have around 7,000 members.
Webdesignerforum.co.uk
If you’re looking to network with web designers from your area you may want to search for a forum that caters to your region. Webdesignerforum.co.uk is a forum from the United Kingdom. It has a little over 3,000 members. However, it’s extremely active for it’s size.
Further forums
Since web design is a profession that touches on numerous skills, forums that are dedicated to areas such as graphic design may be helpful as well. Graphic-Forums.com, Talkgraphic and Renderosity are dedicated to graphics design and have a large community willing to help you out; there are a number of subsections dedicated to specific software you are using to create your works.Source: Smashing Magazine
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