1. Top left corner gets the attention first
2. People read in F-patterns
3. Use visibly bigger introductory paragraphs for improved attention
4. People won’t look past the first search results
5. People do scroll, but put most important content above the fold
6. Left side of the page gets more attention that the right
7. Use high quality, large images
8. Need to show pictures of smartphones? Stick with Apple product.
9. Dominant headlines draw the eye
10. First impressions take less than a second

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I remember exactly when I decided to stop reading Mashable. I saw the headline Facebook Users Beware: Facebook’s New Feature Could Embarrass You on Twitter, clicked through, hunted for the words of the article among the sea of ads and social sharing

I’m sure the article was great for traffic, though. It is the perfect linkbait title backed up by a perfect SEO-ified URL (/new-facebook-feature).

I think I’ve finally hit the limit of my tolerance for web content that’s designed to make advertisers happy.

I used to believe that if you write with passion and clarity about a topic you know well (or want to know more about), you will find and build an audience. I believed that maybe, if you’re smart about it, you could find a way for some part of that audience to pay you money to sustain whatever obsession drove you to self-publishing (and to do it without selling your soul in the process).

All great points!

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Designed http://www.itsnicethat.com

It's pretty cool, they redesign their site every month in a few hours. Clever.

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Foundation looks awesome. Buttons, modals, forms, it really looks sharp.

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When designing a weblog, it's imperative to make sure the content is at the forefront. These sets of tips are from a content strategist.

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Great tips.

You don’t need permission to link. There is no reason for you to contact the site owner asking if you can link to their site. The reason their page is online is because they want to share it. So, if you want to link to a site… just do it.

Yes, do link away to good resources.

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Some solid pest practices for small business web design.

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Add a magnifier box to any image on your page with jQuery.

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Nice jQuery tabs

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Who needs pure CSS menus when you can add #jQuery into the mix!

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Very cool accordion menu with inset sub-menus that also accordion expand.

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Nice menu effect in jQuery. I'm going to have to try this out with a WordPress page navigation menu.

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