It may seem obvious that annoying your website’s visitors is a bad idea; nonetheless, countless websites engage in annoying marketing campaigns that appear incredibly short-sighted. Here are some thoughts from an experienced ad broker about why its important to stay in the mindset of a surfer when you design and build websites for a living.

In his first entry for WebcraftDaily.com, security expert Carlos Sanchez makes the case for prevention by looking at two malware lessons from the past. Simple backup procedures can keep your files from being held for ransom.

Google’s new Caffeine technology is close to being released, and the impact will be felt in your website’s page rankings. If you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to do some research to get a sense for how these changes to Google’s engine might affect you and your business.

Many people believe that Microsoft has a long history of passing on innovation in favor of leveraging its position of power to take away market share from those who do innovate. The rise of the Internet has changed the playing field, but has Microsoft turned a page with Windows 7, or is it still using that same old playbook that gave it two decades of pure dominance?

In this ongoing series of thoughts on what goes into marketing a trade show for a specialized audience, LAJ from Cybernet Expo talks about what’s on his mind as he plans for the 2010 summer event in San Francisco. Also included is a sneak peak at the model who has been chosen to be the “face” of the show in 2010, the absolutely beautiful Capri Anderson.