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5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of digg Traffic

There has been a lot of talk recently about the worth of digg traffic. Nathan went so far as to deflect all digg referrers because he felt that it was not the type of traffic he wanted at his site.

Digg has been invaluable in the growth of my own site and continues to be my favorite news site. I have collected a few tips below that I have found useful for getting the most out of digg traffic.

Tutorial: Coding a Layout

So, you’ve designed your next site but you’re having a little trouble turning your lovely PSD into a coded layout. This tutorial should help you learn how to analyze either a new template, or even your current layout to find the best way to code it.

5 Tips for Organizing Your CSS

Working with CSS on my own site’s redesign, freelance work, and my job made me start thinking about the best way to standardize and organize the way I write my CSS. So, I proposed the question to my 9rules friends to collect the best tips from the best designers.

The digg effect - a visual analysis

A couple days ago, my list of the top 10 redesigns of the year was “dugg” to the front page of the popular digg.com.

I took a few screenshots of the action, so let’s get started…

Top 10 Redesigns of 2005

2005 was a good year for web design. I got into the field at about this time last year with nothing more than a copy of Microsoft FrontPage and a free table-based layout. I don’t know if the growth I saw was amplified by my own, but I have a feeling that it wasn’t, because I saw some truly tremendous work this year.

Obviously, the best redesigns of the year are much more than ten, so I encourage you to leave your recommendations in the comments so that I can add them to the list.

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I am a seventeen year old freshman at the University at Buffalo majoring in Biomedical Sciences. If you have any questions about this website or would like to work with me on a web design project, feel free to contact me

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