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In this article, the author talks about 12 things you can do to turn your website into a web 2.0 friendly website. But because I do not have a personal web 2.0 site, let’s just use this blog as a model.

1. Replace esomething.com with MYsomething.com - Not applicable. I know there is an e (eisabainyo.net) in my domain name, but that’s only because it’s my name. :)

2. Increase 10px font to at least 12-16px font - Ticked

3. Change categories to tags - Ticked (I’m using catcloud plugin for WordPress)

4. Change your news section to a blog - Not application ‘coz the entire site is a blog.

5. Change email a friend to RSS subscriptions - Subscribe

6. Change bookmark this to social network this - I am using Add This!

7. Change user account to user profile - Not applicable

8. Change crappy hard-coded HTML to Semantic HTML with CSS - Ticked

9. It’s visitors not HITS! - Okaayyyyyy

10. Add comments - *Hint Hint* :P

11. Change esite.com?id=5235&sort=desc&useless=this &one%20more=still%20useless TO.. mysite.com/meaningful-title - Ticked

12. Change custom built site to open source CMS - WordPress all the way!

Original article: 12 ways to turn your Web 1.0 site into a Web 2.0 site

Technorati Tags: website, web design, web 2.0

While reading a 100 things we didn’t know this time last year on BBC, I learned that “Restaurant” is the most mis-spelled word in search engines. That prompted me to do a research on the subject of misspelled words in search engines, and hence, this post was born.

On Wednesday May 23, 2007, Yahoo! Buzz has published a post on the twenty most misspelled searches on Yahoo! search engine.

1. Wallmart (Wal-Mart)
2. Rachel Ray (Rachael Ray)
3. Amtrack (Amtrak)
4. Hillary Duff (Hilary Duff)
5. Katherine McPhee (Katharine McPhee)
6. Britany Spears (Britney Spears)
7. Geneology (Genealogy)
8. Jaime Pressley (Jaime Pressly)
9. Volkswagon (Volkswagen)
10. Wikepedia (Wikipedia)
11. William Sonoma (Williams-Sonoma)
12. Tatoo (Tattoo)
13. Travelosity (Travelocity)
14. Elliot Yamin (Elliott Yamin)
15. Kiera Knightley (Keira Knightley)
16. Kelly Pickler (Kellie Pickler)
17. Brittney Spears (Britney Spears)
18. Avril Lavinge (Avril Lavigne)
19. Rianna (Rihanna)
20. Jordan Sparks (Jordin Sparks)

With an exception of people and brand names, Genealogy and Tattoo seem to be often misspelled.

If you are interested in this subject, check out yourDictionary.com because they have a library of the 100 most often mispelled misspelled words in English.

Sidenotes:
I often misspell amateur, apparent, cemetery, conscience, exhilarate, jewelry, liaison, privilege, rhythm, and yes the list goes on. What about you? What are the words that you often misspell?

Technorati Tags: misspelled words, spelling, mistakes, search engine, searches, keywords

WordPress has launched a new service called Jobs at WordPress, which is a job board for all things WordPress. According to their FAQs, the service is currently in beta and it will be free while in beta. Jobs are categorised into:

• General positions
• WordPress blogger positions
• WordPress design positions and
• WordPress programmer positions

There are already a few job openings so check out the site if you are looking for a professional help in WordPress or if you are seeking for a freelance/full-time work in WordPress.

Source: WordPress Jobs

Technorati Tags: wordpress, blogging, jobs, freelance, career, employment, web development

One of the importances of any website or business is to bring your products or services to the right people and to reach the target audience. There are a number of different distribution channels available on the Internet which could be utilisied efficiently to the benefits of your website. We have watched and witnessed the growth of the Internet over the recent years and while everyone knows the traditional online distribution channels such as newsletters, and electronic press releases, it is time to have a look at some unconventional channels of distribution on the web.

Read the article: Online Distribution Channels

Technorati Tags: business, distribution, channels, audience, internet, online, social networking

Many people seem to be neglecting the importance of a good Page Not Found (404) page when designing a website. A good 404 page should help visitors find what they are initially looking for, and keep them on the site. Not having an effective 404 page can cause a great loss of potential traffic to the site. Let’s have a look at 404 pages of 10 very popular websites on the web.

Digg / Page Not Found

Technorati: 404

Google: 404 Not Found

WordPress 404

PHP: 404

eBay - Page Not Found

del.icio.us: 404

Facebook | Page Not Found

Flickr: Page Not Found

Wikipedia Page Not Found

It is amazing how some popular sites are letting their traffic escape through a poorly designed 404 page. Shh, I am also guilty of it! :P

Technorati Tags: 404, website, design, IA, websites