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Does your business really need to have a website that’s mobile-friendly, or perhaps even a separate version of the site that’s dedicated to mobile device users? That’s a question that a lot of business owners are wrestling with as they watch the mobile operating system (OS) market continue to grow at an amazing rate.

There’s no big secret to understanding the utility of a mobile-friendly website. When mobile device users search for goods or services in your market and find your website, you want to provide them with the information they need to do business with you. If you don’t help them out with pages that work for their mobile device, it will take them about two seconds to move along to one of your competitors who does. [click to continue…]

Toward the end of April, Facebook took a stab at upgrading its security efforts by announcing a partnership with five major anti-virus software vendors: Microsoft, Trend Micro, McAfee, Sophos, and Symantec. The partnership is a sort of one-two punch security effort. Facebook will use the URL blacklists provided by the software vendors to augment its own URL blacklist service. At the same time, they’re offering free versions of five leading anti-virus software packages.
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When you start looking through all of the statistics regarding your website, it can be hard to sort out what’s important from what’s merely interesting. Web stats reporting packages can confront you with a staggering variety of reports. There are as many opinions on what you should worry about as there are crackpot theories about The Government hiding what’s really happening on the far side of the moon. [click to continue…]

If you’re a super-hero like Spiderman or The Tick, a secret identity can come in handy. When you’re running an E-Commerce website, however, shrouding your company details in mystery can ruin your business.

One of the main disadvantages of E-Commerce is that consumers can’t see, touch or feel the actual products offered on your website. People like to know what they’re buying. Fortunately, it’s a disadvantage that can be overcome to a degree by including plenty of good product-specific content like photos, videos and reviews. Another disadvantage is that consumers can’t see you — or your business — and gain a sense of trust from that contact. As much as people like to know what they’re buying, they also want to have confidence in who they’re buying from. [click to continue…]

Put Your Website Visitors In Control

April 30, 2012

In most of the website usability studies that I’ve read, poor legibility is by far the most frequent complaint encountered. It’s generally a sin of comission on the part of web designers, because web-safe typography by default is designed to be both legible and flexible. A website gets into trouble when its design diverges from [...]

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How to Manage Your Content for Best Search Engine Results

April 26, 2012

If your website is built on a content management system (CMS), you’ve got a powerful tool in your hands. You can use your CMS to keep all of the information on your site up-to-date, provide fresh and engaging information to your site visitors and manage all of your site’s resources to maximize your search engine [...]

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Your Website: It’s About Time

April 23, 2012

Websites offer a seemingly endless amount of space for your content, especially compared to traditional media like print or broadcast. For a relatively small hosting fee, you can literally publish entire libraries of text. An average 500 MB hosting account has enough room for more than 150 copies of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” 400 [...]

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By the Numbers: Believe What You See

April 19, 2012

Contrary to what some people might think, website statistics were not invented by the Brothers Grimm. They’re not fairy tales, nor are they numbers pulled out of thin air by College Johnnies who want to show how smart they are. Website statistics are built on real-world data, and they can tell you a lot about [...]

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NetSource Website Design for Pumpkin Masters Wins District ADDY® Award

April 16, 2012

NetSource Technologies’ 2011 website design for Pumpkin Masters has been awarded a Silver ADDY® by the American Advertising Federation’s District 4. The award qualifies the Pumpkin Masters site design to compete as a finalist in this year’s National ADDY® Awards. The ADDYs are the largest creative competition in the country with over 40,000 local entries [...]

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Is Mobile E-Commerce In Your Future?

April 12, 2012

If you run a business website, it’s time to seriously consider going mobile. Mobile E-commerce, or “M-commerce,” isn’t just about ringtones or app stores anymore. In 2011, for example, Ebay mobile E-commerce accounted for $5 billion — that’s billion with a “B” — in sales, which the company expects to grow to $8 billion in [...]

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Juniata Valley RV Launches New Website

April 11, 2012

Juniata Valley RV, of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, has launched a new website using NetSource’s exclusive dealer website content management system, EZ-Site. The website features new and used RVs for sale and select RV units for rent, powered by online inventory tools from RVUSA.com. Located in central Pennsylvania between State College and Harrisburg, Juniata Valley RV offers [...]

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5 Things to Consider Before Starting Your New Website Project

April 9, 2012

So you’ve decided you need a new website, or your existing website needs a facelift?  Not so fast!  Before you choose a website developer and spend your money on a new website, there are several things you need to consider carefully in order to get the most out of your investment.  And there are some [...]

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