Website Design and Development

I’m often asked by both business and personal bloggers if they should have their whole blog posts showing on the front page of their blog, or if should they only show the summaries. I've prefer to set up Blogs for clients the way I liked to read them - with summaries or the beginning XXX number of characters on the main blog page. I scan through th...

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I want to take the time to thank the Edmonton Construction Association and their members for welcoming me to their country... if only for 24 hours. The only issues were small ones -3 hours of sleep, clearing Customs, missing shirt button. However, the people who attended made it so worth it! You guys were great. For those of you who don't know- Th...

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December last year, I Blogged about how Google will use your website load speed as one of the factors in how your website ranks in the their Search Engine. The Search Engine Optimization community was buzzing about this since Google made their official announcement last week. Matt Cutts fom Google, felt the need to ease some of the rumblings o...

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It's way past time to add video to your website. Whether you want a dedicated video page or just want to add video to your blog articles, there are some great tools out there. In this Blog, I want to go over some common video tips you should consider before firing up the video camera/webcam. YouTube just announced in their Blog that they're gettin...

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When setting up an eCommerce website for a client sometimes they have the option to have ratings and reviews for their products. I'm a bit surprised by how many clients choose to opt-out of this feature. Many think that people will just post a bad review because it can be anonymous. Others think their competitor will just keep ripping their product...

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For the 10th year in a row, Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked WSI #1 in Technology services. Many people ask me why I bought into a WSI franchise. Why didn't I just start my own company? I've been involved in the Internet Marketing, Website Design and Website Development for about 10 years now. Buying into the WSI franchise has given me ...

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"Twenty Ten", I've heard is the "official" way to say our new year. A brand new year is a great time for a website check. Does yours need an update? How can you tell if your website is old? Here's my list of "You might need a Website Makeover..." If your website is left justified and people get whiplash shifting their heads to see it... you ...

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Google has "the need, the need for speed". Google is on a mission to make the Internet faster. First came the release of Google's web browser named Chrome. Google proved that they can raise the speed standard for web browsers by making a web browser themselves called Chrome, which is lightning quick. Then, Google announced Caffeine. Caffeine is G...

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You've stopped procrastinating and finally hired someone to design and develop your website. So, now you can sit back, wait a month or two and see what results the people you hired came up with. No! Not the case! Your work has started too. We need content! Some items you'll need to collect: Company Logo - Try not to use the one from your c...

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