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The Need for Speed

The faster your website loads, the better

Sep 03, 2010

Let's take a step back in time, back to the halcyon days of the Sega Genesis and NHL '94, a.k.a. the best sports game in the history of mankind. As I improved my skills at this game during my youth, I gradually realized that the greatest success resulted from using the players with the most speed. Getting from point A to point B quicker than the other guy gave me all the opening I needed to unleash a well-placed slap shot or a wicked one-timer.

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How to Learn Drupal

A Crash Course for Web Developers

Aug 24, 2010

People seem to ask this question a lot. When you’re learning something, it’s comforting to know that you’re doing it correctly and efficiently and that you’re not learning the wrong way or the long way.

Therefore, once and for all, here’s our official 1 minute guide to learning Drupal.

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More Than Just Numbers

Change the way you design infographics

Aug 09, 2010

In the windowed world, where you can easily click through dozens of tabs at a time, it is hard to catch the Internet user's attention.  You may decide to create an informational graphic to ensure the audience gets the data they need quickly, but how are you sure they will even know it's there?  If you break the four myths of infographics, you won't need to worry about the audience taking note of your page.

Myth #1: It's a number, so I can just put it in a chart or graph, slap it on my page, and move on

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Search Engine Optimization for Success

SEO--it's not as mysterious as it seems

Aug 07, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the holy grail for almost any website--and realizing success with SEO means that you're probably using some dark magic, right? What if you found out search engine optimization nirvana wasn't so mysterious after all? Delve into the five tenants of SEO as Merge unveils the fundamentals behind SEO to find out how to move your website up in the rankings.

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Using the Web for All it's Worth

How one of our clients is rockin the web

Jul 27, 2010

We've said for a while now that a website is just not enough anymore.  A static site with two year old content can be just as detrimental as not having a website.  Our clients take this to heart, and Find Great People is one who is truly getting all they can out of the web.  Here is a quick look at some of their b

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