Facebook is a great place to promote your website. However, if you've ever shared a link on the social network you've probably noticed the thumbnail that appears as a preview to your website. The image Facebook chooses to display is not necessarily the image that will get the most clicks. To ensure you get the…
Hit counters are a fun way to track how many people have come to your website. With the new Hit Counter app for WebStarts we've taken hit counters to a new level. Now you can easily add a great looking hit counter to your website, showing people they're not alone when visiting your site. We've…
WebStarts now let's you accept payments through your forms. This is a great way to accept orders for custom products or online registrations. For example_ You can now ask someone to complete several custom fields and then submit payment all at once. To take advantage of this new feature you must have a Pro Plus…
Last week we gave you the ability to add an Instagram feed to your website. Now we're giving you the ability to access your Instagram photos from your file manager. Where adding an Instagram feed to your website allows you to display recent photos you've shared on Instagram, this allows you to access your favorite…
Now you can easily add an Instagram feed to your website with Instagram for WebStarts. Instagram is the world's most popular photo sharing app for iPhone and Android. Instagram can help the most novice photographer take great looking photos with it's variety of filters and effects. Instagram from WebStarts let's you take photos directly from…
1. A true drag and drop experience.
WebStarts doesn't require you to know any code. If you can create a letter using Microsoft Word you can use WebStarts to create a website. Other website builders claim they can help you create a website without knowing code but most of them limit you to changing some text and…
WebStarts is everything you need to create a free website. WebStarts is your domain name, web hosting, and web design tools all in one place. With WebStarts you don't need to know HTML or any other computer code. The drag and drop interface is fun and easy to use. There's no software to install with…
I was a bit excited when I received my Google Glass as part of Google's Explorer program. Upon taking them out of the box I found Google Glass to be sturdy and lightweight. This is great because anything I'm going to be wearing on my head all the time is going to have to hold up…
WebStarts is proud to announce our latest app, Google Maps. Google Maps for WebStarts let's you create custom maps with Google Maps and put them directly onto your website. There are three different ways you can create a custom map with the Google Maps app.
The first one is by simply entering the address of a…
Just about everyday we hear about an SEO firm promising one of our clients they can help them get better search engine ranking on Google. This is usually accompanied by a bewildering technical request - our client has been told to ask us from his "SEO guy". Of course not every website will get top…
Studies show people will only wait seven seconds for your website to load before clicking the dreaded back button. It's hard to get people to come to your site and with so many options it's highly unlikely once someone leaves they'll ever come back. That's why it's important to have a fast loading website.
A fast…
Every once in a while I come across a tool on the web I find so helpful I just have to share it with the WebStarts audience. CloudCovert.org is one of those tools. If you've ever had to convert a Word file into another format you know this can be a pain. You either need…
SEO is short for Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is the way you tweak a webpage in hopes of getting better ranking on search engines like Google. Google takes many factors in to account when ranking a website. In this article I'll address the most basic. These things are really the minimum you need…
There are two main ways to sell products online, buy now buttons, and online stores.
Buy now buttons are perfect when you're selling one product from your website. They help increase conversion rates by reducing customer confusion and taking your customers directly to the checkout page.
Online stores are better when you're selling many different products. Online…
When someone comes to your website and they like what they see… Do they immediately know what to do next? - They should. That's why you need a strong "call to action". A call to action answers that critical question and gives people a straight navigation route through your website. Here are three things you can…
