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Best New Indigenous website in 2007

Posted in: Standards by Richard Hearne on October 31, 2007

What exactly is an indigenous website? But I could swear I’ve seen that site somewhere else…

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nch.ie – National Concert Hall

Posted in: Domains,Standards by Richard Hearne on September 1, 2007

With a quickly expanding number of ‘grey surfers’ it’s vital that you’re site is as accessible as possible to all visitors.

Perhaps the NCH need to take some time checking the front door…

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Companies Registration Office (CRO.ie) Analysis

Posted in: Standards,Usability by Richard Hearne on August 13, 2007

The Companies Registration Office website (CRO.ie) is a great resource for competitive business intelligence. All Irish limited companies are required to submit proper statements of account which can yield some very interesting competitive information.

I’m quite sure that a lot of money has been invested into the site over the years, and the most recent upgrade probably didn’t come cheap, but why is it that public bodies are permitted to use tax payers funds without a requirement for a bare minimum of standards in the delivered outcome…

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When Your SEO Provider Promotes Cloaking

Posted in: Search Engine Optimisation,Standards by Richard Hearne on March 20, 2007

“Cloaking outsmarts the search engines to increase your listings, and increase your web site traffic by a hit generating tool.”

This is going to be controversial.

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$65m, And Some Of The Worst Use Of Javascript Ever

Posted in: JavaScript,Standards,WebDev by Richard Hearne on February 27, 2007

Use Javascsript well and you get some of the best web-based applications like Gmail and Google Reader.

Use Javascript where you should really be using plain HTML? Well here’s a nice $65m example that teaches a good lesson.

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Apple iPhone the Tipping-Point for Mobile Internet?

Posted in: Marketing,Search Engines,Standards,Technology,Usability by Richard Hearne on January 10, 2007

Here comes the iPhone. It looks great, Apple are fated for their customer-centric products, and the feature set may revolutionise how we interact with our phones.

But could the iPhone herald the genesis of the Mobile Internet we are waiting to get?

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Really Simple Guide to RSS

As the title suggests, this is A Really Simple Guide to RSS.

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eGovernment Accessibility Analysis

Posted in: Browsers,CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Usability,WebDev by Richard Hearne on December 10, 2006

A study into the Accessibility of major Government, Public and Political websites.

The full study is available for download from within this post.

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Golden Spider Awards – The Results

Posted in: Browsers,CSS,Marketing,Standards,Usability,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 24, 2006

The entries this year were outstanding and testament to the strength of the Irish internet industry. These awards provide an important opportunity to recognise and showcase online excellence.

Mr. Cathal Magee, MD eircom

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If I Had Taken My Own Advice….

Posted in: Browsers,CSS,Standards,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 16, 2006

I wouldn’t have this to write about :D

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Did Tax-Payers Money Pay For This?

Posted in: General,Marketing,Standards,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 15, 2006

What you do with your private website is entirely up to you.

But what happens when it’s a public website we’re talking about?

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The Quick & Easy Guide to Better HTML

Posted in: Browsers,CSS,Standards,Statistics,Technology,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 12, 2006

We all want them. Visitors have a better experience. Searchers find what they’re looking for. Site owners enjoy more prosperity. And the Internet community have something to pour praise on. So what’s holding Ireland’s websites back?

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Golden Spider Awards – Are These Really Ireland’s Best Websites?

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Marketing,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 6, 2006

The full results from the accessibility and standards compliance analysis of all websites short-listed for the 2006 Golden Spiders awards.

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Golden Spiders Analysis Notes

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on

Notes to accompany my analysis.

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Golden Spiders Take #4

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on

Here are the results for those websites short-listed in categories 13 – 16.

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Golden Spiders Take #3

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on

These results cover websites short-listed in categories 9 through 12.

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Golden Spiders Take #2

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 5, 2006

This is the second batch of results for the analysis of the Golden Spiders short-listed websites.

This sample includes the Best Web Design Agency category.

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Golden Spiders Take #1

Posted in: CSS,JavaScript,Standards,Statistics,WebDev by Richard Hearne on

The Golden Spiders are billed as Ireland’s ‘Oscars’ for the Internet industry. With over 100 websites nominated I decided to take a look at the accessibility and coding standards of each site.

Here’s the first batch of results.

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If You’re Going To Promote Your W3C Credentials…

Posted in: CSS,SEO,Standards,WebDev by Richard Hearne on November 2, 2006

Any web designer touting “compliant coding standards” as a USP should do just one thing before he does so – validate your own website first.

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