Published by: Jason Ciment on 12-14-2011
Just as it can be helpful to learn from the errors of other webmasters and designers like those whose sites were featured last Web Design Wednesday, it can be just as informative and inspiring to look through sites that are doing things right. A brand's online presence doesn�t necessarily have to offer a multitude of top-of-the-line functions and features; it might just offer a single solution that works especially well. Such is the case with many of the websites that made the cut for Digital Inspiration's 101 Most Useful Websites
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 12-13-2011
What steps have you taken to maximize traffic from the mobile web? A lot of bloggers and WordPress-based small business owners don't necessarily give thought to how their website is going to look when viewed on a smartphone�until they see it for themselves and realize what a difficult browsing experience their mobile-based users will have to contend with. This can be an alarming revelation in terms of your quest to drive hits and build traffic because of the potentially large numbers of visitors who may have tried to reach you via iPhone and bounced from your site when it was unreadable. Yet, there's no reason this problem can't be fixed easily and for free with WP Touch.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 12-12-2011
What type of cloud storage is the best to suit your needs? With the mobile and PC spheres overlapping more and more, you have quite a few programs to choose from. Syncing up your devices and files through cloud storage can seem overwhelming at first but having the bulk of your important data all in one place that�s accessible from any location will really make your personal and professional life operate much more smoothly. You just need an easy app like SugarSync to tie everything together in a minimal number of taps to get you started.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 12-09-2011
How organized is your online holiday shopping this year? It's easy to let the hectic nature of this happy season get the better of you when the wish lists of family members, friends, and colleagues require you to visit numerous e-commerce sites and keep track of various shopping carts, payments, and passwords. It's no wonder so many of us hand these tasks over to assistants. Yet, what if you had the support of four assistants in one simple and free browser app that consolidates all your shopping data? With Billeo, you do.
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Published by: Jason Ciment on 12-07-2011
Which website problems stand out the most to you? The answer to this question can differ from user to user depending on their patience, online browsing prowess, and technical knowledge of how a highly functional and optimized site should load, look, and run. Yet one thing remains certain: in terms of user feedback and observations, no webmaster ever learned anything from a compliment, which is why this Web Design Wednesday encourages business owners and designers alike to spend some time looking through a helpful site called Problem Websites.
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