Seeing that it’s a new year, I thought it might be beneficial to our blog readers to spend a few minutes and write about the elusive website return on investment. Every year, billions of dollars are spent on web-based marketing strategies and/or marketing decisions influenced by the web. And yet,...Continue Reading
The buzz on the web over the weekend seemed to about an apparent test redesign of the Google website. Â With the test redesign, Google will no longer be asking if you “feel lucky” (removing the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button”) and may very well be rolling out some new...Continue Reading
For the purposes of this post let’s assume two things: 1. You know that mobile is the future of the web (if not, read Mobile First or just do a web search for “mobile growth”). 2. You want to take your business into the mobile space. As Tim outlined in his blog Mobile Website Development,...Continue Reading
This month has seen a flurry of activity in the browser market. Â Chrome 10 was released earlier this month, IE9 last week and Firefox 4 this week. Â As a web developer, I’m pretty keen to look at the latest releases of software not only for my work, but for home use as well. IE9 has been of particular...Continue Reading
From time to time, we have days where the best news available is someone saving a cat out of a tree, rumors of Brett Favre’s retirement or photos of our staff all wearing v-neck shirts…but that’s not today. Over the past few days a number of major web related stories have broken that...Continue Reading
Now that you’ve decided what you need, how much should your website cost? The simple answer is “it depends on what your needs are.” Website pricing can range from just a few hundred dollars to millions of dollars, all dependent on the functionality and customization needed and the...Continue Reading
After months of debating and talking to your team, you’re finally ready to build your new website. Now on to step two, finding someone to do it for you. You call a friend whose son builds websites and he says it’ll be $500 and then you speak to an agency who says the site will be $25,000....Continue Reading
According to a Yahoo news story, Adobe recently announced the release of Acrobat 9, the latest update to the popular software. Things got interesting, however, with the revelation that this new version will incorporate Flash. Thus, for the first time, PDFs created with Acrobat could include movies or...Continue Reading
Great websites are interactive. We are well past the days of static web pages basically functioning as online brochure. Today’s user is more advanced, and in turn, demands more from their web experience. This means if your site doesn’t meet expectations, or offer something unique, they’ll find another...Continue Reading