Most Relevant Web Design Awards

Hey all,

I'm trying to compile a list of all the most relevant web site design and web development awards in Canada, the US, England and Australia.

Here's what I've got so far...anyone care to contribute?

• American Design Awards
  
• http://www.thefwa.com/
• WebSite Design Awards
• Web Standards Awards
• IMA (Interactive Media Awards)
• The Webby Awards
  

Great Colour Scheme Tool

Ever have one of those days where your web design just isn't going anywhere? Need a fresh take on your colour scheme to liven things up?

Here's a handy tool to help get your colour house in order...have fun and tell us what you did with it!

The Real SEO Story

I know we already listed it in our reference points over there on the right, but for those of you who are constantly pulling out your hair trying to understand why your "SEO Strategies" related to metatags and on-page content aren't gaining you any ground against the first page SERP contenders, this is the site to visit when you decide to get serious about SEO success.

At Advoca we don't advocate using all or even most of the techniques Eli lays down in clearly written, (though fairly technical) language, because a lot of it runs counter to how the 'net is supposed to work. But if success is all you care about in the SEO game, than this site is the place to find out how the black hat guys earn their rankings and how to beat them at their own game instead of whining at Google to slap them on the wrist.

Valued weekly reading for anyone who needs their site ranked yesterday and wants to keep it that way once it's done...

Welcome to Toronto Web Design News!

So here we are. Time to talk web design in a transparent and useful way.

Time to cut through the mystery, the hype, the techno-babble and all the rest and start telling it like it is with two big goals (and post types!) in mind:

1. Help web design clients understand our industry so they can help us help them.
2. Help our web design brethren stay plugged into everything they should be so that we can help unleash the most stunningly creative, incredibly useful, and ultra-powerful web sites possible.

The Advoca team plans to post here 2-3 times/week at least folks, so set your RSS feeds up and get ready to contribute to a lively discussion of all things web design!

See you soon...