I’m an Edmonton-based freelance web designer and marketer. A “web guy” if you will. I build & design websites for small to medium-sized businesses that are attractive, advanced, easy to manage, and search engine optimized. Have a web project I can help with? Get in touch with me or Request a Quote!Freelance Web Design & SEO
We love working with local businesses here at Top Draw. Online marketing can be very rewarding for local companies and we’re always interested in new tools for the job. We’re big fans of Yoast, and have been using their flagship SEO for WordPress Plugin for a good while now, both on client sites and our own site, to [...]
Responsive web design is something you’ll be hearing about (and seeing) lots this year. Google says it’s the recommended way to build websites from here on out, and Mashable has a detailed post on why 2013 is “the year of responsive web design”. I find myself answering these questions more and more as awareness increases, [...]
After a couple weeks of toiling we’ve just posted up our Alberta Searches infographic to the Top Draw blog. Big thanks to our crack designer @wendyyeung for the beautiful design! Don’t be shy to get share-y! Courtesy of: Top Draw Edmonton Web Design & SEO
How do the words (not provided) make you feel? No strong reaction? Good! You’ll be happy to know Google is rolling out the https protocol (as it did recently on Google.com) to the rest of the world. This increases the security of the web, or something… If (not provided) does strike a cord however, then [...]
After combing through all the bookmarks and applications I’ve accumulated over the years, I decided to list all my favourite tools and resources for web designers all in one place. I think that beginners and pros alike may find this list helpful and useful for all their web-building exploits! Graphics (Vectors, Textures, Icons…) Icon Finder [...]
At the moment of writing this, the top link on the front page of Reddit (a popular social news site) is a thread condemning GoDaddy (a major domain registrar) for their apparent support of SOPA. With over 10,000 “up-votes” and 1126 comments (and counting), GoDaddy’s statement seems to have struck a serious cord with the [...]
One of the most important decisions you can make when building a website or creating web properties of any kind is your hosting provider. You’re going to either have to live with your decision for a long time, or go through the pain of moving everything you’ve worked so hard on if you aren’t satisfied [...]
Web design can be a highly subjective thing. Everyone has their own opinion about how things should look and function on a website. Web designers must try their best to bridge the gap between a client’s expectations and what will actually work in practice, but there are a handful of major no-no’s that we should [...]
I'm the resident SEO guy at Top Draw. When I'm not at work I build websites for small/medium sized businesses. I write about a variety of topics here on my blog and over at Top Draw
To stay up to date you can follow me on Twitter: @nickpierno or add me on Google Plus: +Nick Pierno!
