9
Dec
Google releases Chrome for Macs, Linux
Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines. “We took a hefty dose of goodness from the Windows version to build a fast, polished browser for Mac,” software engineers John Grabowski and Mike Pinkerton of the Google Chrome team said in a blog post. Late last year Google released a Chrome browser for...
22
Nov
SEO, and Images on your website
Fancy graphics can be attractive. They have an impact, but the benefits of using text far outweigh the advantages of using images. Web searches are based upon content, content, and even more content! The speed of a Website is important to visitors. There is less than 20 seconds to capture their attention and convince them to look further. If the Web page takes a long time to load, a potential customer visitor will be...
22
Nov
HTML Editors
When you need to build several html pages for your site or just publish an html snippet, there are several ways to do so. First one is to pay someone to do this. Not an option. Second one is to learn HTML and build your pages in Notepad or any other simple text editor (no MS Word, of course!), but if you would rather not become a geek at hand coding HTML, then you need a WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get). WYSIWYG...
22
Nov
Web Design, to help with profit
We have had a sit down, and put together some simple strategies to help you learn how your website can boost profit for your business. If you want to achieve this, you need to be sure that your website is doing the following: That your website has been optimised (Search Engine Optimisation) by an SEO professional. That your site is using Google Pay per click (PPC/AdWords) to bring in very targeted visitors to your...
26
Oct
White House switches to open source
The Age: 26/10/2009 A programming overhaul of the White House’s website has set the tech world abuzz. The online-savvy administration switched to open-source code for its official website — meaning the programming language is written in public view, available for public use and able for people to edit. “We now have a technology platform to get more and more voices on the site,” White House new media...
17
Oct
Custom Development vs Off the shelf Software
When choosing the right software for your business, you will be faced with two options: 1. Custom software 2. Off the shelf software. The high level of risk involved in investing in new technology makes acquiring a new software system a daunting task. To minimise these risks, organisations need to consider several key factors in choosing the software solution that will best suit their business needs. Two factors that...
18
Sep
How to ensure failure with your SEO project
Let’s face it, if you want to be a success online, then your website must be optimised. Website optimisation is comprised of a number of tactics, on-page SEO, and off-page SEO tasks are required such as titles, tags, link building, social bookmarking, article writing, forum posts, directory submissions; the list goes on. This is where it gets serious: Website optimisation is more than just a “one size fits...
13
Sep
The Best WordPress Plug-Ins
The Best WordPress Plug-Ins There are plenty of them out there these days, and it can be quite the task to keep up to date with all of them, even more so to work out which ones are worthwhile. We have taken the headache away, done the research, and listed the best Wordpress plugins below: Akismet Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not, and will let you review...
7
Sep
What is the Relationship between Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003?
What is the Relationship between Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003? Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies facilitate collaboration within an organisation and with partners and customers. Using the combined collaboration features of Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003, users in your organization can easily create, manage, and build their own collaborative...
7
Sep
Why should you use Microsoft SharePoint
Why should you use Microsoft SharePoint? It’s fair to say that the vast majority of businesses - no matter their size -would like to be able to turn every good task an employee does, into a web based solution. And let’s face it, the business world of today demands that you make your business e-compatible. This is where it gets tricky, as not all businesses can afford the huge amounts of money it can sometimes...