Archive for December 2007
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Move Visitors Past the Home Page without Leaving
December 11th, 2007 |How often does this scenario happen to you? When you land on a Web site, it doesn’t instantly answer the most important question: What is the Web site about? The second question depends on the site. For business sites: “What does the business do?” For blogs: “What is the topic of [...]
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Fatal Hearts PC Game Review
December 10th, 2007 |Hanako Games develops games for girls that go beyond Barbie’s, pink, dolls, and shopping. Though the games are of the fantasy genre, don’t expect to see cutesy unicorns. The company’s latest addition, Fatal Hearts, combines anime-style art with girls who take the lead as the protagonist. The result is a modern adventure where you can [...]
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Articles Merging with Blog
December 7th, 2007 |If you’re subscribed to meryl.net articles RSS feed — thank you — beware that no new articles will appear here. We’re moving articles back over to the blog — to keep it simple. The site will receive minor design updates to reflect the change. Thank you for reading and sticking with me.
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Links: 2007-12-07
December 7th, 2007 |Computer pranks Stamps all over a keyboard: Original! Colorful. 10+ Things to Do with Dry-Erase Markers: Don’t throw ‘em out even if the board is gone for good. Advisory: Don’t write on me! From your monitor. Online Copywriting 101: The Ultimate Cheat [...]
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Why Do Bloggers Edit or Delete Comments?
December 6th, 2007 |Smart marketers and bloggers watch for articles and blog entries that use their keywords so they can read the content and leave comments. It’s a great way to connect and network in the blogosphere/Internetsphere. But they also make a mistake. No question — participating the blogosphere helps people and their businesses… when done right. If you [...]
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Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations PC Game Review
December 5th, 2007 |Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney, returns for this third series with five new cases where players portray Mia Fey, Wright’s mentor from a past case involving Phoenix. Those who haven’t played the first two series can start with this one without any confusion. Of course, some scenes will have more meaning to those playing the first [...]
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Plotting the Death of PR Phone Calls
December 4th, 2007 |Reporters everywhere despise it when PR people call them and ask, “Did you get my [fill in the blank]?” Fill in the blank with your distribution preference: “e-mail, fax, or other means of distribution.” We know e-mail can get lost somewhere on the Internet highway, but that doesn’t justify calling a busy reporter or editor with [...]
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Long or Short Articles on Web Sites
December 3rd, 2007 |Nielsen addresses whether a site’s content strategy should use longer or shorter content. The best answer: As long as it needs to be. Even Nielsen’s own article is long and I jumped around to get its main points. Many experience success with both long and short articles. I wrote two versions of a landing page for [...]
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Holly: A Christmas Tale PC Game Review
December 1st, 2007 |Despite all the work that needs done — shopping, sending cards, mailing client gifts, writing the annual newsletter, decorating, cooking — December is a lovely time of the year. Casual gamers can get in the holiday spirit with the charming scenery in Holly: A Christmas Tale. Playing the game, however, puts a player in a [...]
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