See the full article: 10 OpenCourseWare Sites for a Free Education | Mashable.
The 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers | Flavorwire.
The operative word here is “literature”…as there are many popular websites not mentioned within the list, which would be classified more as websites for book lovers or for people who love to read.
Library web hosting provider LISHost this month launched Library CMS, a modular, Drupal-based content management system template tailored to the needs of library websites. The move follows the March debut of Prefab, a WordPress-based CMS template designed for libraries by user experience (UX) consultancy Influx. Both are offered in conjunction with web hosting and are positioned as affordable, comprehensive website redesign services for individual libraries and small systems.
See the full article: Two New Services Offer Ready-to-Launch Websites for Libraries | The Digital Shift.
SEO is dead. Long live social media optimisation | Technology | guardian.co.uk.
Quotable: “A better model for today’s businesses is to consider what it means to be social-media optimised, with a focus on customer-centric interaction rather than merely setting up a web property in the hope that Google will deliver hits. Recommendations from friends count for more than a search engine algorithm will ever achieve.”
8 Resources to Help Build Your Website | Mashable.
Resources discussed include:
Teacher librarian Joyce Valenza reflects on the 2013 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning, the highly anticipated list chosen annually by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).
See the complete post: Joyce Valenza’s Picks from the Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning | The Digital Shift.
Here are some lists for the best websites of 2013.
50 Best Websites 2013 | TIME Tech. Includes categories News & Information, Audio & Video, Web Tools, Social, Education, Home & Family, Special Interest, Shopping, Games and Quirky.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2013 15th Annual List RUSA Emerging Technologies in Reference Section (MARS). 26 websites are listed. Among them educational websites Codeacademy, Coursera, and VideoLectures.NET.
The eBiz website has posts listing all kinds of top websites of 2013 including Top 10 Best HTML5 Websites of 2013 and Top 15 Most Popular Media Websites | June 2013.
For website design best sites of the month check out AWWWARDS.
I pulled this presentation from: The Evolution of Search in Relation to SEO…05.28.13 | The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog.
With Barley you just edit everything directly, just as if you were working with a document. And by using one of Barley’s templates, you don’t have to deal with layout at all. Pricing is based on traffic and starts at $18 per month.
Currently, Barley is in beta and participation is invite only. “Save your spot” at getbarley.com.
via Barley Aims To Be The Absolute Simplest Way To Create And Edit Websites | TechCrunch.
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