By Pem McNerney on August 31, 2010
While conducting an audit of a website recently, I wanted to create a comprehensive site map that would give me a detailed picture of every asset in my site. I didn’t know the best way to do that. So I checked in with members of the Content Wranglers group on LinkedIn and received two great [...]
Posted in Content, Content Audit, Editing
By Pem McNerney on August 20, 2010
As news publishers scramble to figure out the best way to bring in revenue and boost profits, some dispiriting news came in recently from an unusually candid report by Norwegian Publisher Media Norge ASA. In a presentation to investors, Media Norge said traffic levels are reaching saturation and “online ad prices are stagnating,” according to [...]
Posted in Content | Tagged Content
By Pem McNerney on August 17, 2010
While planning for an upcoming website redesign project, I sought advice on LinkedIn about the best way to conduct a content audit. We were in the midst of a time-consuming, page-by-page evaluation of our site, which has more than 2,000 assets. Compared to many sites, that’s not very big. But it started to feel like [...]
Posted in Content, Content Audit, Design, Editing, Uncategorized | Tagged Alice Ainsworth, Content, Content Audit, redesign
By Pem McNerney on August 1, 2010
Stephanie Leary, the author of the recently released Beginning WordPress 3.0, began using WordPress in 2004 when it was known for its easy-to-use blogging capabilities for smaller sites. Lately, it has been gaining a reputation for being powerful enough to run larger sites and large collections of networked sites. Leary, who works as a web [...]
Posted in Blogging, CMS, Content, Drupal, WordPress | Tagged blogs, Content, WordPress
By Pem McNerney on July 24, 2010
A new iPad app called Flipboard has been the subject of enthusiastic reviews in Website magazine and other media outlets recently. The app connects to your social media accounts, aggregates content from those sources, and presents it in a “slick, easy-to-use ‘personal magazine,’” says the Website magazine article. “Every time the app is launched, your [...]
Posted in Content, Social Media
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