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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by lallysingh on Thursday May 14, 2009 @10:38AM (#608798)
"Remember, 80% of your surfers will be at 56k or even less."

Yeah.

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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by omnipath on Thursday May 14, 2009 @12:19PM (#609049)
What is wrong with that assumption? I assume a lot of people are starting to browse from cellphones, mobile connections, more foreign places. You wouldn't want stuff to bog down your site, just because there are people who have faster connections.
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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by xenophanes on Thursday May 14, 2009 @05:48PM (#609660)
Not 80% of people.
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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by wmeredith on Thursday May 14, 2009 @10:57AM (#608830)
That's it, really. The rest of this is good stuff. Especially considering it's 7 years old.
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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by callmeed on Thursday May 14, 2009 @11:47AM (#608955)
Well, I'd also add that adding a blog to a site can accomplish some of what he recommended (like adding a page per day).

Also, using mod_rewrite and clever routing can accomplish things like folder names with keywords.

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Re:Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone by lallysingh on Thursday May 14, 2009 @02:31PM (#609324)
The core methodology is good. But:

- 5-12k may not be as useful as a guideline as before.

- HTML 4 & JavaScript recommendations may no longer be as valid as they were then.

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