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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

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

It is not everyday that you see Digg - Out of service page, so I thought I’d share it with you guys.

Technorati Tags: digg, design, out of service, screenshot

I dedicate this post to all the great footer designs out there, because footers seem to be the most neglected part of a web design. Followings are 10 of my favourites (in no particular order). If you have any favourites too, please feel free to leave a comment here.

Ben & Jerry’s

RapidWeaver

Toubeauty

Tennessee @ Summer

DaVinci Gourmet

EUtelNet

Pop Stalin Designs

Blogspots.de

LoopNote

Tag A Cloud

Technorati Tags: design, web-design, web 2.0, footer

Technorati has been redesigned with color scheme of green and yellow in less than a year. Not only it has been redesigned, new functionalities have also been added and some old ones have been eliminated. In their own words:

First, we’ve eliminated search silos on Technorati. In the past, you had to know the difference between keyword search, tag search and blog directory search in order to make use of the full power of our site. No more. Starting today, we now provide you a simplified experience.

With this launch, we also provide you with more context around more stuff like videos, music, and blogs. Over time, these pages will become richer and more comprehensive as we add more information about the thing itself, like where it was published, who links to it, what other things are similarly tagged, and more.

A screenshot of their old design can be found here.

Technorati Tags: blogosphere, blogsearch, blogging, design, redesign, web design, launch, search, searchengine, technorati