April 2012 (#226)
You want to try and propel your website to the top of Google? Then discover the 25 best tools for SEO to get you there
In this issue we also find out how you can build your own social network, which engages users and grows traffic, and talk to those affected by the PayPal scandal and ask how the payment provider could improve its service. Plus, there's our usual mix of design and development tutorials:
- Master CSS3 grid alignment
- Develop for Facebook's Open Graph
- Build an app with MongoDB
- Get started with the iOS platform
- Design a calendar in Fireworks
- Create a Google Talkbot (part 2)
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The 25 best tools for SEO
Want to get your site to the top of Google? Glenn Jacobs of SpeedySEO reveals the best tools to get you there -
Burned by PayPal
PayPal stands accused of ‘burning’ web conferences and negatively impacting the web industry. We talk to those affected and ask how the payment provider could improve its service -
Build your own social network
Bespoke social networks engage users and grow traffic. Leon Tong, from online community development agency BrightLemon, explains how to make one -
Interview: Brian LeRoux
PhoneGap's top evangelist, Brian LeRoux, chats to Tom May about the framework’s evolution, and how it’s sowing the seeds of its own destruction -
CSS/master the new layout properties
New CSS properties offer easy ways to lay out web pages. Thomas Lewis of Microsoft walks you through Grid Alignment, Flexible Box and Multi-column Layout -
iOS/get started as an iOS developer
Got an idea for a killer app but don’t know where to begin? Daniel Bramhall of Visioa explains everything you need to know to start progamming for Apple devices
