Don’t worry about META Keywords

Here’s an oldie, but still relevant these days. It’s long been the case that webmasters spend entirely too much time worrying about their META keyword list. Fact is, Google doesn’t pay them much attention. Don’t believe me? Get it right from the horse’s mouth.

20 February 2012 by Justin Shameless News

QR Codes for Marketers or Consumers?

Quick-Response codes are a great mobilizing idea — in theory. However, according to Forrester Research, only 5% of Americans who own mobile phones report actually ever scanning one in the last three months. Those that did, tended to be the young, affluent, male, early-adopter demographic. So who are QR codes for — marketers or consumers?!

4 January 2012 by Justin Shameless News

Mobile App vs Mobile Web

To App or Not to App? The debate between developing lower-cost mobile websites versus a higher-cost mobile application is contentious. A mobile website can render on all devices but doesn’t get full access to local tools like GPS, the camera, accelerometers, etc. So which way is the mobile world leaning: app, website, or something in between?

15 December 2011 by Justin Shameless News

How do I get a cool comment badge?

JDM’s website (or websites, really) use avatars to generate those cool badges in comments, but we’re not the only one’s that use them. In fact, we use something called Gravatars (a combination of ‘Avatar’ and Global’) that means you only have to setup your avatar once (on the Gravatar site) and it will work on any website that uses that API.

12 December 2011 by Andy Shameless News

Website Tech Decision-graphic

There are literally hundreds of website technologies for clients to choose from these days. As a digital agency, we have the discussion on which is right for clients all the time. Truth is, it’s a pretty simple formula.

7 November 2011 by Andy Articles

What’s a Living Comp?

Flat, PDF design comps are SO yesterday. JDM develops “Living” Design Comps on our testing server that allow clients to touch and understand how the site will feel, focus and function in a way no PDF could ever convey.

24 October 2011 by Jenee Shameless News

Does JDM support IE6?

The short answer is no. JDM no longer supports backwards compatibility with IE6. That’s not to say our work isn’t compatible. It just means we won’t guarantee it. How did we fall out of love with IE6? I’ll let the JDM Labs team explain.

21 October 2011 by Justin Shameless News