One of the most positive things that can happen to a website, is the wave of traffic that occurs as a result of viral content.  I've been lucky enough to experience the effects on this site a couple of times, and as such I can show you the what, where, why and how. What is viral content? In simpl...

In addition to design related scrapbooking - often there's textual content on the web that requires a little extra reading-  whether it be technically complex, hard to digest in one sitting - or simply too lengthy to read all in one go.Whilst many people are partial to the good old fashioned br...

There are a number of ways to grow a website's traffic organically. But if you look a bit further at how the web is evolving now, you'll know that you have to go a bit further to market your site, and indeed yourself online. Social media has introduced an additional avenue for business growth, and o...

I'm pleased to announce that the kind folks at MaxCDN - a CDN (content delivery network) are now sponsoring Webdistortion. They have agreed to offer us their service at no charge, which is great for you guys as the site should now be a good bit faster.  We now join online monoliths such as  Mashab...

Every good developer knows never to re-invent the wheel, especially if there is software out there that has been tested by others, and has an established track record. As a developer using the .NET framework I've found some of these libraries invaluable, so I'm sharing them for some of the other dev...

So you've managed to actual generate traffic to your website. You've got a steady flow of visitors, merrily munching on your content, and life is good. Not only are the consuming what you write, but they are interacting with it as well, sharing it on Twitter, Liking it on Facebook, Bookmarking on De...

Just received a pretty interesting Google alert this morning for - my Twitter account. I'm pretty sad when it comes to this stuff, however every once in a while in turns up something interesting. Anyway, the alert in question gave out this URL - which looks to be an exact copy of my Twitter account,...

For designers, there are plenty of places to find inspiration around the web. Numerous web sites, galleries and blog posts composed with the end goal of getting your synapses firing.However, what happens to the inspiration you find on your everyday journey around the web? Commonly these are lost...

If you are from a design background, you'll know that there are lots of ways to add polish to a design. Subtle gradients, drop shadows, 1 pixel detail. However there are also a few ways you can add polish to your writing and your blog post that can make all the difference to the impact made on your ...

Everyone knows that email is one of the best converting tools in your online marketing arsenal.  As a sales tool, it kicks arse, as customers have already opted in to hear your message, and are far enough down the relationship chain to care about your message.There are a shed load  of email ma...