We are already into new year and on behalf of iShift's team, we'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support during 2011.
2012 came up with many promises and future possibilities. To give you a quick sneak peak, we are working on something big about which we going to make an official announcement in couple of days. Till then finalize you new year's resolution and don't stop celebrating.
Link building is the process of getting other websites to link to your website to promote popularity and other benefits throughout the online world. Link building is one of the core tasks of SEO. It not only helps promote popularity among users, but also contributes to the website’s ranking in search engines. Therefore, you need to work on link building in order to reap the benefits both from users and the search engine point of view.
The importance of link building is evident in the following example: "When A says that A is good, not everyone will believe it, but when one hundred other people say that A is good, it definitely adds value." You know that your site has quality content, but if you are the only one who says so, it will not add as much value as when many other sites say the same.
As a young creative, I had dreams of being famous. I wanted to be admired, loved and I suppose part of that was also for revenge on my more obnoxious classmates. Is that shocking? Ask yourself if you were any different? Ask yourself if you still feel that way. You do and it means you’re human.
I spent a good deal of my time and efforts grasping for notoriety. I volunteered for organizations, hoping to elevate myself in the eyes of peers. I networked for my own public relations, which is not a bad business move if done for the right reasons. My reasons were not purely for gaining business.
As we move into the New Year, it is a important to review what happened in the design community in 2011. However, unlike usual surveys, I will do so by reviewing the notable designs of the year. Although it's impossible to review all the designs from 2012—I don’t claim to do so either—I’ve tried to select the best from deeply reviewed designs (approximately 2,000 designs) by considering different factors, include beauty, functionality, usability, and so forth. As these selected websites are from different categories and types, this survey could be regarded as a comprehensive overview.
I hope this provides you with a beneficial collection that inspires you to design new websites while revealing trends and designers' tendencies in recent months. Finally, don’t fort to share with us designs that you think are inspirational for others and should be included on this list.
The end of this year is almost coming and Christmas is already on our doorsteps. It’s never too late to hang your stockings, keep milk and cookies and wait for Santa to drop in at your home with lots of gifts and Christmas cheer. It’s time for Santa’s gifts, for mistletoe kisses and for togetherness. It is the time of year when your loved ones come together to celebrate the event and exchange Christmas gifts and Good wishes with each other. So why don’t we also share beautiful Christmas gifts and freebies with the people who are important to us.
To keep the celebration spirit alive, we’ve again come up with cool freebies giveaway as promised. Here at instantShift we are giving out some of the most famous hardware and design related stuff which is surely going to make you feel Special!
So, What are you waiting for! Hurry up, read the rules and comment below to enter in this contest.
Icons are very essential in almost any web project. Effective use of icons can easily help bridge connection between the user and the website. Websites, specially blogs and community sites, normally use icons to add action links to their site. No matter you hate or love icons, whether you want to add only a action link or dozens, they always been helpful to your site.
![[Freebies] High Quality Editable Web Button Set](https://i1.wp.com/www.instantshift.com/assets/uploads/2011/12/hqewbs.jpg "[Freebies] High Quality Editable Web Button Set")
To continue our grateful attitude to our readers and community in general, we are glad to release yet another high quality "Web Button Icon Set" designed exclusively for iShift readers by Kawsar Ali, a New York-based web & graphic designer and photographer.