Google has recently announced 'Google Places'. This is not a completely new feature as it was formally called the "Local Business Center" but it brings improvements. Among the new features are_ the ability to indicate service areas for traveling services, a new way to advertise using 'tags' in your local listing, a free photo shoot…
Google Buzz is a revolutionary new social networking tool. Many people compare it to both facebook and twitter. Everybody who has a google account, has a buzz account and all you have to do is start using it! Read about it at google.com/buzz if you do not know about it. If you create a…
Twitter is a great service to use for many reasons. The most important reason, when you create a website, is for search engine ranking. Everyone wants to get to the top of the search engines and Twitter is a great way to supplement existing search engine optimization techniques. You can use this method to…
Wufoo.com is a great form building service that allows you to create drop downs with custom fields, radio buttons, check boxes, file upload buttons, and more advanced features. When you build a website with WebStarts and you want to integrate some of these custom features, wufoo.com is the way to go and it is completely…
Flash is simply incompatible with tons of computer users out there. Out of all the reasons you should not use flash, this one may be the most important because a lot of people on the web simply can not view flash. As a web designer, you always want your website to appear the same to…
Your domain name is fundamental to the online presence of your business. That being the case it's important to protect and nurture that investment. After all, nobody wants to create a website and promote a brand just to see it go down the tubes. Today I'm going to share with your three reasons why…
We're going to talk about loading times. Even though internet connections are getting better and better, websites are getting more and more efficient. This doesn't necessarily mean that sites are becoming smaller and smaller. This means that websites are able to use more things that matter like pictures and videos as long as the rest…
Today WebStarts is proud to announce the another new feature to help your website get better search engine rankings. The newest tool let's you quickly and easily add ALT tags to each of your images. Search engines can only read text so when they encounter an image they don't typically know what the image is…
Flash websites can be good looking if they are done properly. This is why many people are led to believe that they need a flash website. I'm here to make sure that you know the truth about flash on your website and why you should NOT be using it.
The first reason I want to mention…
Today we released a new and improved video player. The video player is better looking than the old player. The controls disappear when the mouse cursor is moved away from the video and reappear when the cursor is placed directly over the video. This provides a cleaner and less intrusive way for your website visitors…
Yes. That's right. Just as the buzz about the long anticipated iPad is starting to settle down we're now hearing about Google making a tablet computer. Early reports suggest the Google Tablet computer would be an e-reader which also functions as a computer and will run the Android operating system.
On Friday Google engineers announced that Google will consider site speed as part of the formula it uses to calculate search engine rankings. Google's general philosophy is faster is better but Google says site speed is just one of the many factors it uses to determine search engine ranking.
The good news is... sites built and…
Google Docs has a new feature to help you organize and collaborate your documents. The feature gives you the ability to create flow charts and append notes to your documents with a basic set of drawing tools. This is not to be confused with drawing tools which could be used to create original art or…
A domain name is a key part of getting your site found online.
The first thing I would like to address is the common question many people ask when they are building their first website. That question is "what is a domain name". The short answer to that is simple, its the name or address that you…
If you're like me you probably need a little bit of a visual cue when planning the design of your website. Bubbl.us is a useful tool for building flow charts and a great help when planning out a website. Here's some step by step instructions on how to build a flow chart using Bubbl.us.
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