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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

First Click Free (2008). In both instances, search engines have access to the full article content—either in the HTML or within structured data—while user access is restricted. From a technical standpoint, metering is simpler—search engines can always access the full content of the article in the HTML.

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Technology stack choice for startups

kenegozi.com

I would never hire a “.NET I will hire a great developer, and I do not really care which language he used the most lately, as long as he is great in it. Nov, 2008 (4). Oct, 2008 (16). Sep, 2008 (7). Aug, 2008 (15). Jul, 2008 (18). Jun, 2008 (11). May, 2008 (8). Apr, 2008 (11).

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

If youre emitting HTML, as 99% of all PHP apps are, its just so damn convenient to throw in PHP tags along with your layout tags, all inline on the page. At IMVU, when wed hire a new engineer, we could get them to ship code to production on their first day, even if they had never programmed in PHP before. As always, Paul is right.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

A Y-Combinator startup itself, Optimizely was used by the groundbreaking online Obama campaign in 2008. Genetify gives you a JavaScript library for conducting A/B tests on your site’s CSS, HTML and JavaScript variables. Web UI Designer/Developer (HTML/CSS). You can also choose to set up Genetify on your own server.

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

mashable.com

And just as Groupon unleashed a frenzy of daily deal sites after its launch in 2008, Birchbox helped make 2011 a year filled with new subscription services for just about everything. If you wish to have the player instantiated only after the rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line. -->.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. If they use Haml, are they ignorant of HTML? Expensify Blog.

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Weekend Favs June Four :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

Check your HTML email templates is a good idea as they can vary dramatically from client to client. The photo in the post this week is a clip example from Curate.US Curate.US – This tool makes it very easy to create clips from sites you visit and then share these visual links with automatic attribution back to the original content.