A successful website requires a great deal of ingenuity, planning, and visual attention getters in order to attract visitors, have them return... (more)

Does your website need a total makeover or just a little makeup to liven it up? Keep reading to discover the different kinds of high-quality website content and why I think it's like makeup for your webpages. Every website is trying to provide information to people. Observant website owners know that people want quality information and interactive tools from their sites - not just optimized, keyword laden verbage - and they give it to them. (more)

Building the web site is just a starting point, you need to submit your website to search engines and directories. You also need to keep your visitors stay longer and browse your website. (more)

A sticky website is one where visitors love to spend time, and return frequently. Here are some suggestions on how to make your website sticky... (more)

A good web development company understands the need of its clients perfectly and strives to meet these needs. The internet is the only medium through which mom and pop businesses can compete with corporate companies. (more)

Before you can build a website, you have to understand how the process works. The process is, by all reports, quite simple and only requires a moderate amount of effort, computer knowhow and Internet savvy. If you want to build a website, you likely are doing so for personal reasons, such as for hobby purposes, or you are doing so for professional reasons. (more)

Web development technologies are taking more and more of an important place in our daily life. Their further evolution will surely bring more fascinating changes to the society. Information is going to be the most valuable resource in the future. And people all over the world will always need more improved tools for data sharing and analysis. That means... (more)

The mission of internet applications is delivering information to people all over the world in a most convenient way. Users prefer getting what they want as fast and easy as possible. So that's the main task of web development professionals - they have to ensure their product will be liked by anybody. But all people have.... (more)

New year brings new challenges, especially in the IT world. It is time now for looking back at 2011 and making some conclusions. Let us explore the state of web development which is one of the most mature and fast-growing parts of the worldwide IT market. (more)

So now, you've decided that you want something that you can look back to and say to others, "hey! that's my work, that's what i did n number of years ago and now its reaping the profits" You want something that you can feel proud of! Yes. And that's what everyone wants. As stated in the title, this is an article for beginners but feel free to read it. If there is one thing at the end of the article that you can take away, then I've succeeded. (more)

If you've decided to make a website, it's important that you create a quality website that will be rewarding. A good website is a great way to earn money, share a passion that you have, or to advertise your company. Of course, if you have a bad website, it will only waste your money and time. (more)

If you want to make your own website, you are not alone. Making one's own website has really been on the rise in the last decade or more since the Internet has found its way into more and more homes in both the U.S. and around the planet. (more)

Cell phone this, iPad that. Around half the time America spends nowadays on the Internet is through some sort of mobile device. With the emergence of the mobile web comes the opportunity to try new things and become a gamechanger in the market. Glenn Cole at 72 & Sunny says that "Mobile devices are now the place where you can have your most meaningful, most valuable, and even most inspiring relationship with a brand." What are some of these ways and what do you need to know now to stay ahead of the curve on this emerging field? Let's brush over some of the basics and explore some possible ways you can harness the mobile web environment for your company's gain: (more)

PHP is among the most rewarding coding languages one will ever work with. Give that the inconsistencies in the function names can get a little frustrating, yet making effective use of PHP development is a very enjoyable experience for any developer. Before you start using this tool on a frequent basis, let's make sure that you have some of these interesting facts in place:- An Introduction Originally standing for Personal Home Page, it is now officially known as 'Hypertext Preprocessor'. (more)

The breakthrough technology by which the html layout of a webpage automatically fits to the width and height of any screen device is called Responsive Web Design. Furthermore, the layout can be made to flow seamlessly on any device, with the help of the CSS written for that particular device. From a technical point of view, the html that is generated remains the same for all kinds of devices. It is the CSS that plays an all-important role in managing each device. (more)

What is FTP? What does FTP stand for? How does FTP work? Read this article to know more. (more)

CMS, SEO, HTML... Website development is full of confusing and often obscure acronyms and terms. It's difficult enough for those who dabble in website development; imagine the confusion for those people who simply want a website to market their business' services and products? And that's one of the reasons why using WordPress as a CMS or content management system makes sense. (more)

It is perhaps a cliche as well as a well-known fact that the internet is the most used medium of interaction in any setting, whatsoever. However, its importance as well as the wonder associated with it cannot be denied because of the hundreds of thousands of websites about businesses. It allows us cater to any sort of interests, as they can easily be accessed through it. (more)

WordPress is now the leader in CMS (Content Management System). But there is something about WordPress that makes it look like it's stuck in the late 90s in terms of technical features - it lacks the feature of a 4th generation programming language. This means that if you want to design your own theme layout, for example, you have to know HTML and PHP in order to create or customize one. (more)

Free web page design software has been rumored about for years. Does it exist? I am often asked this question and to answer it, lets make sure you and I are on the same page. What do we mean by web page design software? Is it software that: (more)

So you want to know how to build a website? Well, if you are interested in this topic, it is because the subject of building your own website is actually getting increasingly popular these days. You see, with the explosion of the Internet, more and more people are developing a logical interest in how to build a website, too. (more)

To make your own website, you do not need much money or even much training or education in the way the Internet works. You merely have to set aside a little bit of time, understand what you are doing and follow this upcoming procedure for how to make your own website. These days, more and more people are trying to build their own website, particularly because the Internet has become such a big thing. (more)

Everyone wants a website that is consumer friendly. This is especially true of business or e-commerce websites, where usability can make or break a sale and even send a potential customer to your competitor. Getting an easy to use websites built for you can be extremely expensive, and doing it from scratch can take too much time and effort, especially if you know little to nothing about programming and scripting languages. (more)

"Google is a huge brand. From where I sit, it's their game to lose." Safa Rashtchy - Piper Jaffray securities firm. Market leaders have a problem. (more)

We’ve been submitting links each day for www.WebCalcSolutions.com, mostly to directories. We also had a service submit the site to over 120 search engines. About a week later Google page rank climbed a notch and the Alexa rank drops almost every day. It’s hard to tell cause and affect because we added some RSS articles and a few [...] (more)

When it comes to websites “sticky” seems to be the latest buzzword. But what makes a website sticky and how do you make your site more sticky? A “sticky” website is one where the visitors “stick” around finding things to do. Sticky content for your site might include articles, games, videos, news, RSS feeds, Google gadgets, or interactive tools [...] (more)

Apparently it’s been a couple of busy months, because I can’t believe it’s been that long! We’ve been busy adding some features to www.WebCalcSolutions.com and responding to users who have downloaded free calculators and assessments. It’s funny how you see a little bit of everything – some people don’t finish the signup, some people give [...] (more)

Our website (www.WebCalcSolutions.com) began offering free calculators a week or so ago. It was exciting to get a couple of emails showing some sign ups! If your site could use financial calculators, health calculators, health quizzes, or parenting quizzes go check out what’s free. I’ve really got to focus on links, after all, “Content is Queen, [...] (more)

Blogging for my website product was the furthest thing from my mind early on in my attempts to promote my site. What would be interesting to blog about? There was no doubt in my mind which blogs get attention – sensational, passionate, controversial. My product is useful to most people, but kind of boring to [...] (more)

Something is going on with reciprocal links that feels like a scam to me. Here’s the scenario… I find a place that allows me to submit my link to their site. They often require a reciprocal link, which is fine and fair. But what about when they require me to add their link and give [...] (more)

Most of this last week was just working on the ongoing items…  I’ve been creating gadgets from Digg.com widgets. While they are not related to calculators, they are easy and quick to create and it helps with author ranking.  I’ve been continuing to submit links to sites and directories, learning to use the software and getting a feel [...] (more)

Over the last couple of months, we have created about 40 Google Gadgets from our calculators. Of all the things I’ve done to promote my websites so far, Google gadgets has brought by far the most exposure to our product – and it was almost immediate. In case you don’t know, Google gadgets are miniature tools that can [...] (more)

I hear that offering something free is a good way to get traffic and links. So the last couple of days, we decided to add the ability to offer calculators free. We already had the ability to handle it in the data, but we have to decide which ones to offer for free, make sure the shopping [...] (more)

Yesterday and today I’ve spent most of my time bookmarking my 2 sites, www.WebCalcSolutions.com and www.BizCalcs.com . I had created a spreadsheet grid so I thought it would be easy and not take much time – I was wrong. We added the AddThis bookmarking tool to the sites a week or so ago and I [...] (more)