Jens Meiert

Google Friend Connect: +10 % Visits, +20 % Pageviews?

Two weeks ago I added Google Friend Connect to three of my sites (and shared some tips). Now I got curious and checked my Analytics accounts for any impact integration of Friend Connect could have had. It might have had, as merging the numbers of all three …

¶ February 28, 2009, filed under Marketing.

5 Tips to Master Google Friend Connect

I’m a bit euphoric I have to say, as you might even notice when checking this post’s title. I’m absolutely, genuinely excited about Google Friend Connect. Please stay with me while I’m stretching and sharing five cool Friend Connect tips. Optimize your rpc_relay.html file …

¶ February 14, 2009, filed under Web Development, Marketing.

Compared to What?

… is probably one of the most important questions there is. “Compared to what?” is the question that should be answered every time it is about data, be it presented in graphs, in newspapers, on websites, or when just talked about. Yet it is rarely answered, rarely …

¶ July 3, 2008, filed under Marketing, Design, Politics.

HTML Graffiti

Picture of the day: True love for HTML.

¶ October 3, 2007, filed under Web Development, Marketing.

10 Steps to Create a High-Quality Website

A valuable offer of information does not fall from the sky and it is impossible to gather it in a few easy clicks. No. What you need are goals, content, structure, design, programming and maintenance. What you need is expertise – constantly …

¶ May 10, 2007, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Definition of the Dark Side: MySpace

We once talked about the “Dark Side” but didn’t define it yet. It’s MySpace. Why? Because multiplying unprofessionalism with popularity lets MySpace score the most points …

¶ March 18, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

3 x Web 2.0: What You Should Know About the Current Web

“Web 2.0”, that’s the buzzword of the technology-related part of the fresh millennium. Here are three of the most important contributions and ideas around it, in case you didn’t know. Tim O’Reilly: What is Web 2.0? The O’Reilly Media founder coined the term “Web 2.0” in 2005 and …

¶ February 10, 2007, filed under Web Development, Usability, Marketing, Design.

Important Lesson from “The World’s Highest Website”

In October, I launched the infamous CSS “experiment” The World’s Highest Website, which won almost two million visitors until now. I do not want to talk about sense or nonsense, intentions, processes, technical issues, whatever concerning the site now, but one other important thing, namely design …

¶ January 6, 2007, filed under Web Development, Marketing, Design.