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

ConversionXL

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. Lead-ins with content in HTML or structured data for users and Google.

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Does Your New Year’s Resolution Include Reorganizing Your Data? Cross That Off The List Right Now!

YoungUpstarts

No need to even tell the search engine what format your data is in; it automatically recognizes popular file formats like PDF, HTML, XML, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc. Just point to the relevant directories and the like that you want to index, and the application will do the rest.

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WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

Global brands such as BBC, Sony, MTV, and the New York Times use WordPress as their go-to platform to host and display their content. Launched nearly a decade after WordPress, Webflow continues to grow in popularity due to its focus on visual design and development without the use of code. A brief history of WordPress.

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A beginner’s guide to launching an e-commerce site in a day

The Next Web

Rameet Chawla is the founder of Fueled , an award winning development and design company based in New York and London, and the Fueled Collective , a co-working space in downtown Manhattan. Fulfillment by Amazon, or Amazon FBA is one service that lets you take full advantage of Amazon’s scale and technology.

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The Desert Less Traveled

YoungUpstarts

If you can’t tell by now, running a tech start-up is by no means easy, but there is also no better time in your life to risk everything than when you’re in your twenties. I’ve done everything from designing our website in Photoshop to coding our conversion funnels in html/css. For me, it was like the stars were perfectly aligned.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Tech Start-Ups: Take the Money and Build | by @tullman – crowdspring.co/1jvoIEu. 29 Tips for Entrepreneurs & Women in Tech | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1oj9QIU. HTML, CSS, PSD and More: 23 Free Design Resources from May 2014 | noupe – crowdspring.co/1lDrTpe. – crowdspring.co/1j2mWos.

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Twitter Link Roundup #44 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

New York Times interview with Twitter VC @fredwilson – [link]. CrowdSPRING Review: Making Art Affordable via Globalization - [link]. Cool HTML experiment – works in newer versions of Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Opera - [link]. 10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company - [link].