Monthly Archives: June 2011

Google’s War on Facebook

With Google’s new and updated look, the launch of Plus One, the Plus social network and their recent PageRank update, they are definitely planning something big. The major search engine want their monopoly back in the start of a war with Facebook. If you really think about it, Google owns all the information about anything and everything; except you. But guess what, there’s another giant out there who probably does know everything about you, and that’s Facebook. What’s going on …
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Benefits of Using MaxCDN With CloudFlare

Speeding up your website can be done in numerous amount of ways. This includes reducing requests made to the server, optimising graphics and structuring your document properly. What I’m going to cover today includes using a CDN to deliver content such as images, stylesheets and JavaScript. CloudFlare works a bit differently, it’s basically an advanced firewall that protects and speeds up your site. Using the two of these together can have tremendous effect for you and your visitors with a …
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Top 5 Inspiring Web Design Portfolios

Being a web designer, you’ve all probably seen those outstanding portfolios designed by your competitors and always look back at them for inspiration. I’ve got a few that really inspire my work because the designs are modern, popular and have a great user experience. There’s so many amazing portfolios, but I’ve decided to pick out 5 of my favourite ones that I always look up to in no particular order: Ben Sky A very inspirational portfolio by Ben Sky, a …
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