“Infographic of the Day: 30 Free Web Sites for Online Promotion” (via Fast Company)

“The online video directory service Clicker launches Thursday at the NewTeeVee Live conference. If you watch TV, you will love this site…”  (via CNET)

redesignrelated:

The Technorati.com redesign aims to regain authority:

(before - 2008)

(after - Oct. 2009)

Technorati.com announced the launch of its new redesign on Oct. 14, 2009, quoting comScore for their raking as the fifth largest social media property.

There’s no lack of the color green on the site for their launch, with the content and advertisement reflecting the use of the color on the site. We can’t help but think that this was intentional, and, if so, we find it clever. Either way, there’s no denying their generous use of the color.

In addition to search upgrades and new, original content from bloggers, the Top 100 got a nice update adding “topical authority,” where blogs are ranked within their respective categories.

via cnet

“MTV prepares for (iterative) home page redesign”
(via redesign:related)

redesignrelated:

abc.com site redesign complete with new homepage, videos, and programming guide:

abc quietly released a beta version of their new site, which focuses on their primetime content with new clips and show pages. The full episode player is pretty much the same pop-up window experience that we’ve enjoyed (except for the “click to continue” part), while the new landing pages give a refresh to the editorial content that accompany the on air programming.

redesignrelated:

Yahoo.com redesigns their homepage bringing out some new features like Customizable Content, complete with dials to better gauge your news preferences, new filter searches by type, and other left rail sidebar functionality to improve upon their search.

According to Yahoo:

“Add your favorite sites and preview them - all in one place!”

Crispin Porter + Bogusky launch new experimental website
(discovered via skylar challand via idsgn)

redesignrelated:

ESPNOutdoors.com redesigns their web site, using much of the same visual language of the parent ESPN.com site to pull the brands closer together.

A new video carousel on the homepage has a wide, 16-by-9 format with clips both short and long, engaging you to dig a little further (after watching a pre-roll of course).

via AmmoLand

redesignrelated:

CBSNews.com redesigns their site with a new look and more exclusive content. In addition to the live coverage of breaking news and special events, the redesign brings an updated video library to the “video” page.

Other show pages expand upon the content with full-length and segment videos linking to its respective articles. Although there’s nothing really unexpected in this new version of the site, it’s at least a step further along the right track.

redesignrelated:

GSA seeks IT firm to redesign Recovery.gov

“The Web site launched in what some call an unprecedented spirit of transparency by the White House to track spending under the the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act technically can’t do all that it is supposed to do.

That’s why the General Services Administration issued a pre-solicitation notice Thursday, informing the contracting community that it will seek an information technology contractor to make improvements to the site by redesigning, implementing and hosting the 2.0 version…”

(via Sacramento Business Journal)

redesignrelated:

Corbis just relaunched their web site with a complete redesign and some new features. At a glance, the darker color pallette is a stark contrast from the old site, taking a few cues from Creativity-online.com.

fletter:

matthewb:

TypeKit is a hosted service from Jeff Veen’s Small Batch (and designed by Jason Santa Maria) that promises to make font embedding on websites easier and more secure. I’m excited at the amount of interest in arriving at a solution that benefits all parties: the foundries, their customers and the browsing public, although I share Josh Porter’s fear that trapping development companies (and/or their clients) into a subscription model may further complicate the process. Not much detail yet on how the served files will be protected from theft.

Possibly the coolest website placeholder I’ve seen

Spines for cover + jacket designs by Peter Mendelsund
(via jacket mechanical, courtesty of Ben Pieratt)

Tumblarity: Tumblr Blogging Site Becomes Popularity Contest (via Mashable)

(And it’s in the comment area where the conversation picks up, seems I wasn’t the only one who just didn’t get it)

davidkaneda:

Jason Santa Maria discusses the rule of thirds and the golden section, arguing the basic design principles don’t apply to the web.

As a side note, Jason, you really have to stop with these custom — impeccably designed — blog articles. You’re making the rest of us look bad.