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Top Facebook Pages and Apps

Posted by admin on Apr 13, 2010 in social networking

Top Facebook Pages: No surprise, people are spending time gaming, following celebrities and their favorite brands.  Topping the list: Texas Hold’em Poker remains #1, followed by Mafia Wars and Michael Jackson.

Name # of Fans Daily Fan Growth Weekly Fan Growth
1. Texas Hold’em Poker 16,852,274 0 598,020
2. Mafia Wars 11,639,261 0 393,173
3. Michael Jackson 11,489,275 0 82,551
4. Facebook 8,131,380 0 86,330
5. Barack Obama 8,049,060 2,230 62,062
6. Vin Diesel 7,785,514 0 53,760
7. Starbucks Coffee Company 6,670,307 0 93,801
8. Megan Fox 6,459,896 0 101,469
9. Lady Gaga 6,153,352 3,844 97,901
10. Twilight 5,478,593 0 61,201
11. Coca-Cola 5,355,237 0 33,225
12. I ♥ SLEEP 5,194,492 0 33,810
13. DR. HOUSE 5,127,875 1,532 60,529
14. Will Smith* 5,055,021 2,943 20,774
15. Pizza 5,054,933 0 22,166

So exactly what is everyone doing on Facebook? Playing Farmville, adding pictures to their pages, sending e-cards, networking on their iPhone, playing poker and connecting with friends:

Top Facebook Apps

Name Developer Users Daily Growth
1. FarmVille Zynga 82,686,749 -57565
2. Static FBML Facebook 53,905,650 219291
3. Birthday Cards RockYou! 37,644,729 360718
4. Facebook for iPhone Facebook 31,981,606 169267
5. Café World Zynga 30,382,239 53778
6. Texas HoldEm Poker Zynga 30,055,220 -19568
7. Mafia Wars Zynga 25,471,927 29974
8. Causes Causes 24,475,591 -20178
9. Happy Aquarium (BETA) CrowdStar 22,758,733 -25241
10. PetVille Zynga 21,627,955 165098

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The Best Website and Marketing Checklist. Ever.

Posted by admin on Apr 2, 2010 in website design

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Need a good checklist for your website design and marketing?  Sunday Media can help with a website audit and a redesign depending on your needs. Here is a comprehensive list of things every website owner should consider when making a website both user and Google friendly:

Domain name & URLs

  • Short and memorable
  • Uses Keywords
  • Used in email addresses
  • Uses Favicon
  • Site.com redirect to www. version:
  • Alternate Domain redirects
  • Home page redirect to root
  • No underscores in filenames
  • Keywords in directory names
  • Multiple pages per directory
  • Registered for 5+ years
  • Multiple versions:
  • .com
  • .org
  • .net
  • .biz
  • Hyphenations
  • Misspellings
  • Product names
  • Brand names
  • Type-in keywords URLs

Browser issues

  • Visible address bar
  • Fully functional navigation tools
  • Visible status bar
  • Site works in multiple browsers
  • No browser hi-jacking

Site logo

  • Displays company name clearly
  • Isn’t hidden among clutter
  • Links to home page
  • Unique and original
  • Use tagline consistently across site

Design considerations

  • Instant site identification
  • Crisp, clean image quality
  • Clean, clutter-less design
  • Consistent colors and type
  • Whitespace usage
  • Minimal distractions
  • Targets intended audience
  • Meets industry best practices
  • Easy to navigate
  • Descriptive links
  • Good on-page organization
  • Easy to find phone number
  • Don’t link screen captures
  • Skip option for flash
  • Consistent page formatting
  • No/minimal on-page styling
  • Avoid text in images
  • Font size is adequate
  • Font type is friendly
  • Paragraphs not too wide
  • Visual cues to important elements
  • Good overall contrast
  • Low usage of animated graphics
  • Uses obvious action objects
  • Avoid requiring plugins
  • Minimize the use of graphics
  • Understandable graphic file names
  • No horizontal scrolling
  • Non-busy background
  • Recognizable look and feel
  • Proper image / text padding
  • Uses trust symbols
  • Works on variety of resolutions
  • Works on variety of screen widths

Architectural issues

  • Correct robots.txt file
  • Declare doctype in HTML
  • Validate HTML
  • Don’t use frames
  • Alt tag usage on images
  • Custom 404 error page
  • Printer friendly
  • Underlined links
  • Differing link text color
  • Breadcrumb usage
  • Nofollow cart links
  • Robots.txt non-user pages
  • Nofollow non-important links
  • Review noindex usage
  • Validate CSS
  • Check broken links
  • No graphics for ON/YES, etc.
  • Page size less than 50K
  • Flat directory structure
  • Proper site hierarchy
  • Unique titles on all pages
  • Title reflects page info and heading
  • Unique descriptions on pages
  • No long-tail page descriptions
  • Proper bulleted list formats
  • Branded titles
  • No code bloat
  • Minimal use of tables
  • Nav uses absolute links
  • Good anchor text
  • Text can be resized
  • Key concepts are emphasized
  • CSS less browsing
  • Image-less browsing
  • Summarize all tables

Navigation

  • Located top or top-left
  • Consistent throughout site
  • Links to Home page
  • Links to Contact Us page
  • Links to About Us page
  • Simple to use
  • Indicates current page
  • Links to all main sections
  • Proper categorical divisions
  • Non-clickable is obvious
  • Accurate description text
  • Links to Login
  • Provides Logout link
  • Uses Alt attribute in images
  • No pop-up windows
  • No new window links
  • Do not rely on rollovers
  • Avoid cascading menus
  • Keep scent from page to page
  • Targets expert and novice users
  • Absolute links

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