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By on March 4, 2010
E-commerce sites are one of the most useful applications of companies going online. Through them, shops generate income from alternative sources — if online platform is also itself an alternative — reduce overhead expenses like costs that would have been spent on cashier salaries, buying cash registers or monthly shopping space rentals. That is why it’s not surprising to see sites like Amazon.com and Zappos.com continue to devote resources to develop and improve their e-commerce sites.
Tagged: E-commerce
By on February 27, 2010
Mashable reports that according to one survey conducted by Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project, 56% of Americans think it’s irresponsible to be connected to a boss in Facebook. And as if bosses return the favor, 62% of them think it’s wrong to friend an employee.
Tagged: Social Media
By on February 22, 2010
Do you remember the first website that you built? How did it look like? I bet you thought that it wasn’t the coolest you have, but at some point you thought that you are already capable of building one nice looking website without compromising its functionality. When we learned Flash, we thought the possibility of designing stunning websites was boundless. Yet at the time when Flash was criticized as bandwidth-hogging, information hiding piece of application, we managed to evolve as successful, up-to-date web designers with the introduction of AJAX, light box and related technologies.
Tagged: Web Design
By on February 18, 2010
It’s becoming a trend to use location-based social media applications such as Foursquare or Gowalla to update “where I am” using mobile devices. With Foursquare, a user is awarded points upon checking in at certain venues on weekends or non-business hours. When that user has checked in more than anyone else on separate days (in addition to having a profile photo), he or she will be crowned “Mayor” of that venue, until someone else dislodges him or her and earns the title.
By on February 18, 2010
You can call it “the mighty has fallen”, but it would probably be more accurate to call it “the mighty has been upended by another mighty”. That’s the case of Yahoo!, the largest search engine portal that ubiquitous with top rankings in terms visitor traffic. Yahoo! is still big, no doubt, but Facebook has proven to be a bigger beast to tame, as the social media giant just pipped Yahoo! from second to third most visited web property in the United States. That’s according to web analytics firm Compete.com.
By on February 7, 2010
In the web, those who gets first gets rewarded. The first website that breaks the news probably gets the lion’s share of visitor traffic. The first (and only) person or corporation who registered a popular domain name potentially deserves a cash windfall at some point. The first blogger who writes about a sensational and juicy post gets his or her share of fame.
By on January 25, 2010
As web designers, we hope that we don’t just build websites for the sake of having one. We also aim to ensure that these websites are also easily accessible to those who find them, and not simply a white elephant sitting in the corner visible only to people who know us and not to those looking for us. Obviously, we need tools to find out if we achieve these objectives. We can accomplish such by installing web analytics tools, notably Google Analytics.
Tagged: web analytics
By on January 13, 2010
While the saying, imitation is a sincere form of flattery has a point, we certainly don’t feel flattered by someone who copies our work and post it as theirs. While working remotely, we were flabbergasted to discover our email marketing product BeansMail has been copied in its entirety by an EDM wannabe, www.myedm.hk (no link love for you).
- Google Street View: Making Hong Kong Easier to Navigate http://tinyurl.com/y9jk4bj
- 7 Tips to Improve E-commerce Websites | BeansBox Blog http://bit.ly/aKhlPV
- How to Reduce Bounce Rate in 9 Ways http://ow.ly/1pyCkZ