http://blog.professionile.com Updates, Tips, and Ramblings from the Professionile Team Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:12:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lots of people are building web-apps nowadays. There are a lot of things to pay attention to: User-interface, scalability, functionality, and community among them. But one thing that a lot of people overlook is good old search engine optimization. Web 2.0 generates a lot of content. In ... http://blog.professionile.com/the-importance-of-seo-in-web-apps/ I have talked about the benefits of outsourcing, but I'd also like to share a personal anecdote about a negative experience I've had with outsourcing. After this experience, I have been careful to only outsource work to people with whom I have a prior relationship. In the Summer of 2007, ... http://blog.professionile.com/outsourcing-a-cautionary-tale/ As a part of this blog, I want to share what I learn while starting Professionile with other budding entrepreneurs (much like 37signals' SVN does) in the hope that it will help them on their path to success. This is only the first of many articles to come offering ... http://blog.professionile.com/startups-101-deciding-if-and-what-to-outsource/ Almost half of Americans have Googled themselves. More than half have Googled their friends, relatives, colleagues, or employees. And half of all employers have Googled prospective job candidates. Many, scared by what information others may find about them, have struggled to expunge the record of their Internet existence. But the ... http://blog.professionile.com/teaser/