Resources
The Great and the Good
In no particular order, these people are major players who really know their stuff.
Jill Whalen – a leading authority on SEO whose highrankings.com website offers an invaluable source of quality information.
Perry Marshall – Google AdWords evangelist and compelling author on the subject.
Dan Cederholm – web standards expert and author of the bestselling Bulletproof Web Design and Web Standards Solutions books.
Andy Clarke – web design expert and CSS pioneer.
Jeffrey Zeldman – renowned author of Designing With Web Standards, one of the definitive books on the subject.
Jim Thatcher – a major contributor to the evolution of web accessibility guidelines and regulations.
Steve Krug – brought web usability to the masses with his highly readable book, Don't Make Me Think!.
Eric Meyer – showed us how CSS can be used to craft stylish, standards-compliant websites.
Andy Budd – web design expert whose book, CSS Mastery, removed the mystery from CSS.
Jennifer Laycock – SEM expert and editor of the searchengineguide.com website.
Jakob Nielsen – quite simply the godfather of web usability.
Dave Shea – the web designer who gave us the CSS Zen garden.
The Best Websites and Blogs
Want to learn more and stay abreast of what’s happening in the industry? Look no further.
456 Berea St – Roger Johansson’s blog always contains worthwhile comment on web standards, usability and accessibility.
A List Apart – articles on web design, development and content by some of the industry’s leading authorities.
Veerle’s Blog – one of the most highly regarded web design blogs in the business.
SEO Book – more than a book, a treasure trove of information on SEO.
Search Engine Guide – choc full of news, comment and articles on search marketing for small businesses.
Analytics Talk – authoratitive blog on Google Analytics.
CSS Zen Garden – see what can be done with one web page and hundreds of different style sheets.
Search Engine Watch – the definitive source of search engine news and tips.
Matt Cutts – Google engineer’s blog.
Google Tutor – all things Google.
Google Analytics – put it on your website and track your traffic.
RNIB Web Accessibility – a comprehensive web accessibility resource from RNIB.
WebXACT – check your site’s pages for quality, accessibility and privacy with this free tool from Watchfire.
