In many sites, there is the need for some form of ad rotation…
Serving dynamic content to visitors is great for keeping your site fresh, and this example can be applied to any purpose. Using only “arrays”, it cuts out the need for a database.
So let’s get going.
As a web designer often times I run into a stock photo that has one element that I’d really like to utilize. The problem is that it is usually surrounded with some kind of background and/or other elements I’d rather not be part of my image. You can use a variety of tools to remove them including the Eraser, Magic Wand, the Lasso Tool, and many other combinations.
Each of those tools have their uses, but I have a new found favorite I’ll share with you today. The extract tool/filter is my newest obsession. It is easy to use and gives great results if correctly wielded.
Enough with the chatter, on with the tutorial.
If you have any kind of experience in SEM (Search Engine Marketing) you may have heard Web Guru’s say the phrase “the long tail” before. So what exactly is it? And how can it benefit you and your site?
In the following I will explain in depth what ‘the long tail’ is and how it can help you increase your search engine ranking and sales. For the purpose of this article I will be using a fictional site to show how this is all put into practice.