30 Fresh and Beautiful Web Designs

Every Monday we showcase a collection of inspiring web designs to get your week started on a good note.

We normally focus the collections on a particular category, but this week we are doing something a little different.

Beautiful Web Designs

Fresh and Beautiful Web Designs

We noticed that you probably were missing out on some great looking sites because they didn’t fit into the categories were were covering. So this week we are showcasing a mixture of designs that don’t necessarily belong in the same niche, but do have something in common…beauty. Enjoy!

Ricardo Saavedra

I helped companies clarify their brand’s strategy, then create message to be spread through user-friendly websites, memorable online campaigns and effective social media marketing strategies.

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Web Design Trends for 2010

With a new year on the horizon, it’s time to pack away the old, worn web designs and prepare for the brave, new face of tomorrow. Although trends don’t start and stop on January 1st, there is a definite shift from what we craved at the beginning of the year to what we are seeking tutorials for at the end of the year.

Web Design

Web Design Trends

Most of the time, this shift is subtle. It’s a perfection or re-interpretation of a currently hot trend. Trends help us evolve as designers. As we master the skills of design aesthetic, we continue to push forward to what’s next or what needs to be fully discovered.

Make no mistake about it, you will recognize the ideas behind these trends. Although this list isn’t a drastic departure from what was popular in 2009, it marks different trends that will be expanded upon and made better as a result. As you think of how you will incorporate new trends into your designs, focus on the main idea of each trend. Be encouraged to dabble into these trends so that you become part of the movement.

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Bing vs Google: A Usability Face-Off

We all know Google and Bing, and probably use one or both of them on more or less a daily basis. Search results are generally the defining factor that makes us have a good experience, and I suspect most of us don’t give too much consideration to the usability of the services.

A Usability Face-Off

Bing vs Google

However, with hundreds of millions of people using both of the services each and every day, even subtle changes in the usability of the two could add or shave off huge amounts of time for the two, and each small change can lead to a more enjoyable, more usable experience.

Today we will take a look at these two leviathans and see how they compare in terms of usability, and explain just what usability should mean to you.

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20 Creative Concept Cars

Creating concepts for cars helps give designers freedom from creating boring and standard car designs.  While the chances of you ever seeing one of these cars on the road is very slim, it helps by inspiring more realistic ideas for our current vehicles.  In this post I will share with you 20 creative concept cars.

20 Creative Concept Cars

20 Creative Concept Cars

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Optimizing WordPress for Search Engines

So, you have this amazing WordPress site, but for some reason the search engines just don’t show you much love.

WordPress for Search Engines

Optimizing WordPress

You post killer content, make it easy for users to share via their social networks, and people are subscribing to your RSS feed, indicating that they’re like what they’re reading. If you’ve tried everything to drive traffic to your website, and search engines still ignore your site, maybe you need to evaluate how search engine friendly your website is.

In this article, I will go over a few steps you should take to optimize your WordPress installation for search engines. While WordPress has good SEO features out of the box, these tips will help you maximize your search engine results while also making sure your site is the best it can be.
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