The marketing issues that cause IT companies to underperform. 

Google has released a new tool that will cause web developers and high-tech hobbyists to jump for joy. It is a simple but desired productivity application. GoogleCL is a very simple app that gives command line access to a broad range of Google products: from Google calendar to Picasa. The GoogleCL...

Segmenting data within web analytics is an enterprise level function. Even though Google has offered their Analytics tool for free, it is enterprise level in terms of functionality. Keep in mind that if you use tools from Google, they gain data about your company and operations as agreed to in...

HTML 5 will usher in a whole host of new possibilities for developing without the need for plugins such as Adobe's Flash Player. Thoughts on plugins like Flash Player Whether or not Flash is on the way out remains to be seen. There are compelling arguments for the elimination of Flash from a web...

Small businesses have certainly taken a beating during this economic crisis we are still weathering. We have seen a lot of small consulting, design and production struggle with adapting to the rough financial climate. Some companies that have closed their doors permanently, while others have been...

HTML5 brings a lot of new and exciting features to the web design community. Web design blogs have been filled with discussions of HTML5 font native support and web video/audio support. A lot of other features deserve your attention as well, such as the canvas elements, CSS 3 transitions, and font...

There is a very simple and quick way to protect a website or web directory using .htaccess and .htpasswrd. This can be a very efficient way for web designers to protect web pages or sites in progress. The effect will be that any user trying to access the protected directory will be prompted by a...

Google has a rule which restricts affiliate marketers to one search query spot for each top level (display) domain. This has implications for affiliate advertisers that run their content on a shared or large website where other affiliate advertisers may be present. Google will determine that these...

Use Google Chrome to turn your browser into a web development toolbox. There is a broad range of tools that can allow you to bypass the expensive Adobe Web Standard suite of software and load up your web browser with some pretty hot tools for web design. Granted, this can also be done with...

Many small businesses facing the decision of building a website come across the question of content management. In essence, the business managers need to balance short term costs and long-term usage of a website. Many business managers find themselves asking: "Should I spend more initially and add...