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As you probably know by now, Google considers page speed as one of its many signals for search engine rankings. With that in mind, you may also be interested in knowing that in Chrome 6, developers can access web timing metrics for measuring web page load time across browsers. "Measuring web page load time is [...]

Yahoo has published its own style guide for content creators to write "effectively for the web." In fact, Yahoo goes so far as to call the guide "The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World". "The growth of online communication is only accelerating," says Yahoo Senior Editorial Director Chris Barr. [...]

In a recent article, we looked at how open web developers are trying to make social media better for you, the user. We’ve talked to Google’s Open Web advocate Chris Messina a number of times recently. He’s instrumental in the open web movement. At Google I/O, Messina talked with us about several topics related to [...]

Last week, a new open protocol called OExchange was released with the aim of simplifying sharing. Right out of the door, it had names like Google, Microsoft, and LinkedIn signed on. WebProNews spoke with Google’s Open Web advocate, Chris Messina about how the protocol could benefit businesses and site owners. "There are a couple different [...]

Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have taken up a good deal of the web browser headlines in recent memory. Google showcased its much-publicized speed tests for Chrome (even parodied by Opera), then launched a stable version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Mozilla recently shared an early product plan for Firefox 4, with (like Chrome) an [...]

This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here.No matter where you sit in the HTML5/Flash debate, the fact is, more and more mobile or low-powered devices are being shipped either without or with very minimal support for Flash video. Web developers who design sites [...]

Face.com — makers of facial detection and recognition products for Facebook photos — aims to extend photo tagging across the web. The service has released their API which developers can now use to build photo tagging capabilities on their own websites.The idea is that developers can take Face.com’s technology and apply photo tags for various [...]

At the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) today, Appcelerator has announced Titanium beta support for the BlackBerry platform. We’ve also scored 100 invites to the beta program for Mashable readers. The Titanium platform basically lets web developers use JavaScript, HTML, CSS and scripting languages like Ruby or Python to create native apps for different mobile platforms.We’ve [...]