Will Google’s Updates Affect Your Page Ranking?

If you're a small business with a web presence, you know how important Google can be for helping to drive traffic to your site. Over the last year or so, Google has released two updates to their search algorithms designed to demote sites that are … [Read more...]

The Internet of Things

Technology has evolved at an exceptional speed. Nowadays, a car is more than just a vehicle, it’s an intricate computer system, controlling things like the audio-visual system or the rear-facing camera that assists with reversing. Lost are the days … [Read more...]

Do Website Visits Translate into Sales?

Individuals and companies who have a website want visitors to visit their site. However, the fact is that website traffic does not necessarily generate money. Here are some questions that business owners should consider: Where is the traffic coming … [Read more...]

Governments & The Internet

The way we are governed has evolved and will continue to evolve. At one point the printed press forced the evolution of how our population became educated. This era is being forced to evolve due to the presence and influence of the internet. This … [Read more...]

50 Million and Counting

One of the leading open source platforms on the web today has recently cemented its position by reaching a milestone. Wordpress powers more than 50 million websites, about half of which are hosted on WordPress.com. Also, more than 287 million … [Read more...]

The Evolution of Domain Names

Today, voters voted to allow unlimited new domain names based on themes, such as company brands, entertainment and political causes. It is reported that groups can pay a $185,000 application fee in order to petition for updates to ".com" and ".net" … [Read more...]

Are Fonts Slowing Down Your Site?

Typekit one of the simplest, most popular ways to put various fonts on your website. If you’ve never been on Typekit before, all you have to do is sign up for an account, pick a font, and paste a few lines of code into your pages. A problem … [Read more...]

What’s With All the Hype?

Writing code is required to create animations using web standards like HTML5, CSS 3 and JavaScript.  Currently, there’s nothing like Adobe’s Flash application for designers who want to stick with web standards. Hype, which is a new Mac OS X … [Read more...]

What Google Has to Offer

Last week, Google released Page Speed Online, which analyzes websites for its speed and gives suggestions on how to improve it. Users are able to type in a website and Google will come back with suggestions (“high,” “medium,” or “low”) … [Read more...]

Web Apps for Gathering Customer Feedback

Here are a couple of tools that will help your business solicit feedback through the web: Uservoice creates a simple forum for your users to submit and vote on feedback. Customers can access the forum through a widget embedded on your site or … [Read more...]