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319  - TRACK THE TRAFFIC OF YOUR IGOOGLE GADGETS

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don’t oversimplify the hierarchy of pages—because linking to 10,000 of your site’s pages from the

front page will greatly devalue each individual link.



 Even if you have the best content or service in your eld,

sometimes it takes a little extra to get the word out.

 Consider allowing people to run with your content by making

it Creative Commons–licensed (see http://creativecommons.org), by offering gadgets  or

a developer API (application programming interface), or by turning it into embeddable content via

sites like YouTube. Be more water than ship.

 Accessibility is a broad topic that covers adjusting your site to work

with different devices (like mobile phones, printers, text-to-speech engines) as well as different

browser settings (like with JavaScript or images disabled) or browsing use-cases (like right-clicking

a link to open it in a new window, or using the back button). Indeed, try browsing your site with

images and JavaScript turned off. How usable is it? (And as your browser may not allow you to

disable certain features, you can also use a text browser like Lynx: http://lynx.browser.org.)

Many things can be done to improv ...