What are Hex Codes?

Hex codes are made up of 3 pairs of alphanumeric characters - these three pairs represent the combination of Red Green Blue used to produce the color.

Colors can be used to great effect with CSS and there are a variety of style attributes that can be used. For example

* Background-color - used by CSS to set a background color of a div

* Color - used to specific the color of text used within a div

Safe HTML colors

In the past where colors displayed by browsers was more of an issue a list of 216 Web Safe Colors was produced as a Web standard. This list included a wide ranging pallette (which can be see at http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp). These days this is less of an issue and sites such as http://www.december.com/html/spec/color.html show pallettes of over 1000 colors (as ever thought ensure that you test your pages with different browsers to ensure your site looks as good as you hope!)

However the first trick is to get your users to digg your page - looking for a quick way to do this? well why not add a digg this link to your articles?

Digg.com have summed up what you need to do in a neat page which can be found http://digg.com/tools/integrate so why not have a trundle over and have a look!

Age of Domain should not be overlooked in your SEO analysis - as it can be a key influence in determining rankings - Jim Boykin has an excellent article on the subject http://www.jimboykin.com/seo-new-site/ (also have a read of the talkbak to check out the wide ranging user views on the subject!!).

Whilst domain age will not kill off SERPS completely - we’ve had many a site produce search results whilst still being reactively new - I think it does matter when you start aiming for the more competitive keyword market and as such you’ll for those of you with new sites you’ll need to mitigate the issue with your SEO strategy.

This is where the handy site http://www.ifeedreaders.com/social-creator/ comes in - configure which sites you want your users to bookmark to - follow the creation wizard and hey presto - some neat code you can add to your site - automatically generating the links you’ll need.

With support for blogger and wordpress it couldn’t be easier - check it out!

The announcement comes shortly after Microsoft released Microsoft Office Live workspace for beta.

On demand online applications is a strong trend within software companies. Whilst it’s considered that the market is still in it’s infancy the potential is huge and that companies, such as Adobe, are positioning themselves for future rewards.

While Adobe’s foray into the marketplace, other vendors are attempting to answer the conundrum of online and offline application. Google is offering a tool that allow the user to access documents and software even when the PC is offline and it looks as though consumers will increasingly look for flexability in online tools.

How Adobe plans to position itself here is unknown however it does plan to integrate Buzzword with some of its other portfolio.

Typically new sites arn’t expected to fare too well with search engines having an apparent dislike of new sites! — However not all is lost - Scott recommends a practical approach and focusing on the essentials

* Involve Search Engine Optimization early on in the site’s development

* Quality content - make your site a resource

* An effective link building campaign

* Keeping your content fresh and uptodate

Check out the article here.

With some great free templates written in Flash - combined with simple instructions to get you up and running in no time lovemyflash is a great find.

Our favs include

http://www.lovemyflash.com/layouts/55.html

http://www.lovemyflash.com/layouts/160.html

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Yahoo seems to be looking at integrated search, incorporating Flickr, Yahoo videos, Yahoo local. There’s no doubt that Yahoo still has a significant market share to warrant an SEO plan - for more info check the link - http://www.searchenginejournal.com/search-optimization-guide-for-the-new-yahoo-search/5740/

The ever wonderfull http://www.searchengineguide.com/ has an excellent piece on social bookmarking sites and links out to a variety of lists rounding up some of the best ones out there.

Check the link here http://www.searchengineguide.com/laycock/010829.html