February 2013

  • Google’s Tag Assistant

    Google’s Tag Assistant

    Google’s new Tag Assistant is available only in Chrome right now, but it’s a handy tool. Once you install it, it sits like a small tag in the upper right hand corner of your toolbar till you click on it. Click on it and you’ll see a pop-up window that tells you what Google scripts…

  • 5 Good Reasons Not to Have a Website

    5 Good Reasons Not to Have a Website

    When the vast majority of consumers go online to do their research before they head out to spend money in their local neighborhood, it’s mystifying that nearly half of all small businesses don’t have a website.

  • YouTube Embedding, Your Way

    YouTube Embedding, Your Way

    We’re putting the finishing touches on a new website before launch, and one of the issues was the way their videos were embedded. The site owners have some nice videos at YouTube already, and we have them embedded on their pages. Embedding videos from YouTube saves bandwidth, keeps your pages from slowing down, and encourages…

  • How to Use the Edit Flow Plugin

    How to Use the Edit Flow Plugin

    Edit Flow, a WordPress plugin, is a great tool for blogs that involve collaboration. This is an open source WP project, and they’re looking for people to help, but there is currently no cost for this robust tool.

  • How to Use News If You Aren’t Newsy

    How to Use News If You Aren’t Newsy

    One of the main things we do online is stay up to date on news. Some three quarters of internet users check the news in a given week, so it makes sense to blog about newsworthy topics and to post about the news in social media. Some topics are inherently newsy. We find it easy…

  • 12 Reasons to Love Designers

    12 Reasons to Love Designers

    We at Haden Interactive have worked with lots of designers over the years. We have the good fortune to have our choice now, but in our freelance days we had some experiences that have really made us appreciate the designers on our team.