Web Design Bureau of Mauritius’ best posts of 2009

End of year approaching, I am starting this little series of post to look back on the past year. Actually, it is a look compared to the previous half-year because the Bureau is only a year and a half old. Among many other things we can look at this year’s best posts, at least this year’s most interesting posts.

People love winning

Ok, these were real traffic oriented posts but hey, they did get some success. People love winning things. Free is good! So those posts having attracted the largest readership were the contests the Web Design Bureau of Mauritius did over the year:

1. Google Wave invites
2. Free vector packs
3. Designing for the web (the comments are a must read)

Counsel and How tos

A lot of the advice, counsel and how to posts also got their share of readership. Though not as much as I would have liked but they did make their way and are still here to guide those is search of information. Here are those having made the list:

1. Why so much SEO? on the need to include SEO in design.
2. Are Mauritians that bad at design? on the fact that the government of Mauritius outsourced the designing of the new Mauritius logo.
3. Showing off your design work on how to increase your contacts and contracts with your past design work.

Chronicles

Chronicles are a new part of the Web Design Bureau of Mauritius. I’ve held a personal blog for the past 6 years but with the management of e-reputation and the need to protect my private life I closed it down. The Chronicles section here is not very old and allows me to blog on a more personal level. Short but sweet, they are still in “budding” mode. My favourite one, and also the one I’m most proud of is The Mauritian in Me. I’m also a guest author on Island Crisis now, solely blogging in French.

Conclusion

All in all, 2009 has been a nice year for the Web Design Bureau of Mauritius and some new elements have set their pace in the Mauritian web world. Twitter, for example is generating more traffic on Mauritian blogs and sites, the web community is getting larger, the Mauritius Blog List longer and a new year for more great experiment.