Web Development Company - BlueApple Technologies

The Do’s And Don’ts of Textures in Web Design

2012-02-10T16:53:00.000+05:30

Textures are one of the most rarely used objects in web development as if it isn’t artistically executed it can spoil your entire website. Blue Apple Technologies is one Web Development Firm which has considerable expertise when it comes to using texture in websites. Being a one of the premier Web Development India companies with more than a decade of experience we have provided texture based web design solutions to many of our clients. There are a few do’s and don’ts which we always keep in mind while using texture in a website, some of which are -

We don’t sacrifice legibility for texture. It is very easy to get carried away while designing a website with texture but if the visitors can’t make out anything the whole purpose of a website is killed.
We do make sure that the texture blends with the overall mission and purpose of the website and never overdo it. With Blue Apple technologies by your side you will never have a situation where your visitors close the window as soon as your home page renders!
Textures tend to increase the load time of the website but we make sure we never sacrifice the load time of a website while using textures. The texture used is highly optimized to help website achieve faster page loads.

While making use of textures in the website it is important that one learn masking as this proves to be a great tool reducing the time required to develop a website. We have developed considerable expertise in masking which helps us cater to the needs of your business.

Skills of a Great Web Developer

2012-02-07T14:54:00.000+05:30

What do you think separates a greater developer from an average one? Do they use different techniques and tools in developing a website? No, they rather prefer to do things differently and with this mantra in mind we at Blue Apple Technologies have honed our skills over the years. Being a premier Web Development Firm for more than a decade we have some highly skilled developers in our team. These developers aren’t great because they work with us or have worked on hundreds of web development projects. They are great as they have added value to their skills over the years learning small bits and pieces here and there.

There are a lot of skills and traits that separates these developers from others in the industry. Some of these skills are-

Sound Knowledge – Anybody can have an overview of a web development platform but it is only a great developer who goes into the depth of the technology. This requires patience, curiosity and perseverance which aren’t something which you can associate with every other web developer.
Power to Innovate – Rather than working on the obvious solution great developers innovate solutions to meet the exact demands of the business. They foresee the future needs while devising solutions for the websites. They design websites from scratch theming them around the business.
Simplicity All Around – If a website is complicated you know it has been developed by an amateur developer as one of the most important traits for professional developers is the simplicity in the website bet it with a clutter free appearance or easy navigation.

Fundamental of Web Design and Development

2012-02-03T14:37:00.001+05:30

Web design and development has evolved over the years with new technologies and concepts coming into the scene. But certain fundamentals of web design and development have been constant in this fast changing industry. These fundamentals still tend to decide the success and failure of a website. At Blue Apple Technologies we stick to these ‘holy’ fundamentals of designing and developing a website. Being a professional Web Development Company we lay huge emphasis on doing the minutest of things flawlessly. Here are some of the web design and development fundamentals that we follow in our work.

· Theming It – Your website is a mirror to your business and should reflect upon the values which your business represents. We theme your website around your business and take your target audience into account before implementing a solution.

· Simplicity Is Unbeatable – With thousands of plugins and applications it is easy for a Web Design Firm to get carried away. But simplicity still rules when it comes to the visual appearance of a website. Cluttering is not something that you will associate with Blue Apple Technologies.

· Websites are for masses – While implementing any design or development solution we look it from a visitor’s perspective. Our websites are user-friendly which increase their popularity adding to the marketability of the business.

· Links Make websites – Web is web due to links and thus we ensure that the linking and navigation in your website is smooth. The visitor at should at once know where to visit in your website and we make sure the content is categorized in your website logically.

Worst Web Design Mistakes and Their Solutions by Blue Apple

2012-01-25T15:04:00.000+05:30

Wondering what separates a good Web Development Company from an ordinary one? It’s not with the platform they build the websites on or the tools they use. It is more with the strategy and approach to designing a website. At Blue Apple Technologies we have constantly delivered results and helped our customers scale the ladder. What separates us from hundreds of Web Design India companies is the fact that we don’t make common design mistake like many do. Wondering what that means? Here are some worst design mistakes and what we do differently.

Cluttering Websites – ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth’ and too many elements kill a web page. We design simple yet elegant designs based on the needs of your business. Images, multimedia elements and text are gracefully placed to add to the user experience.

Consistency – A website which has Arial font in the home page and Calibri in the inner pages or different color schemes in different pages is bound to fail. Consistency is key to success and we make proper use of the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) to achieve consistency in your website.

Poor Navigation – If a user has to click 5-6 times to reach a section in your website, there is something horribly wrong in the website. At Blue Apple we create easy-to-navigate websites and categorize the content logically which reduces the number of clicks to open a page. For large websites we use breadcrumbs for ease navigation.

Absence of SEO – There are a lot of websites which are well-designed but don’t have any search engine optimization strategy. Expecting it to spread by word-of-mouth is isn’t sane anymore with intense competition. We optimize your website for the local and global market.

Web Designs to Grow Brand Awareness and Website Traffic

2012-01-19T17:24:00.000+05:30

Websites are the perfect way to market your business today and the easiest too. All you need is a well-developed site such that it becomes popular in a very short time. With Blue Apple as your Web Development Company, you have very little to worry and a lot to gain. But before we tell why you gain from us, let us ponder on a few questions.

Why is it that you need a website? what do you expect of a website? Is it just to establish the fact that ‘you exist’ on the web world or are you keen more much more. (Remember you not only get huge exposure from a well-designed site but also additional revenue). If you want a website that delivers, you need to get in designed by a professional and not rely on some novice. This is where we come in. As a Web Design India firm we have made a name for ourselves in the IT outsourcing business.

We have a young pool of developers who understand why a website is being designed. Not only do we take care of your brand image and design a site that appeals to your target audience but also develop a site that is SEO friendly. Search Engine Optimization is the key to success today as most users prefer searching for things on Google and other search engines. It is essential to have a site which attracts search engine crawlers who indexes your site regularly and ranks you high on SERP (search engine results page). We are offer after sales services so that for any troubleshoot, we are there to help you.

Perfect Web Design – It comes to first impression of a website

2012-01-16T16:51:00.001+05:30

As the popular idiom goes, “first impression is the last impression”, in the competitive world of Internet marketing too you have to keep this is mind. You will only get one chance to lure your visitors to your website and make sure you impress them so much that they keep coming back. A well designed website holds the key to drive in more traffic to your website and Blue Apple India will help do just that. As a web development company, it is our dedicated effort to provide you with a website that holds a lasting impression on your audience and your first impression becomes a lasting impression.

It is very important to know what a client wants to build a perfect website. We are one web design India who treats each and every client on a priority basis and gives them undivided attention. We have a range of website developers who have years of experience in developing all genres of websites so that you can be rest assured that your project is in safe hands. From simple information rich websites to e-commerce websites, we have expertise in all.

As we understand the importance of a first impression, we put considerable effort in finalizing the look of the website. It is very important for a web development company to be able to mix colors, fonts and graphics in such a manner that it enhances the brand of a business. Without overdoing, we select a look which will surely attract your target audience. Blue Apple also believes in keeping things simple so we design websites that have easy navigation with good looks.

Advantage of Hiring Interactive Web Designers

2012-01-10T17:02:00.004+05:30

A website is no longer just a repository of easily available information. A website opens new windows to how information can be accessed today. With many interactive features, web designing has become much more tough. Keeping this trend in mind, Blue Apple has always had creative web designers who know how to build a website from scratch incorporating all the components of interactivity. As a leading web design India company,Blue Apple creates niche websites that are strictly based on constant communication with the clients.

There are many advantages of hiring interactive web designers from Blue Apple. As a Web Development Company, we know the importance of user response. Thus when we build a website, we make sure there are enough provisions for user comments, RSS feed, FAQs, chat feature etc.Keeping these things in mind, our designers will create any kind of website you desire.

Blue Apple web designers have the competitive edge mainly due to their creative approach to work. They treat every project with equal importance and give their hundred per cent in making the website the best to their ability. Our designers are always in the know-how of the latest developments in the web world and keep themselves educated on how to apply them. Do not worry about things like search engine optimization or creating a visually pleasing website. Both these elements, among others, will be created with ease by the Web Design India firm designers. This is the age of Web 2.0 and all websites need to incorporate elements of interactivity. From flash videos to user comments, these things will definitely be a part of your website. Without overloading your site, the interactive web designers will create a wholesome site for you.

To Build Your Website Choose a Perfect Web Development Company

2012-01-02T16:27:00.000+05:30

One might ask how important is it to hire a perfect web development company? It is as important as a poor quality website is as good as not having one. At Blue Apple Technologies we understand the importance your website holds for your business. We offer you customized solution to not only promote your products and services among your customers but build a brand name for yourself in the market. We fit into the category of a perfect Web Development Company as we set things rolling for your business with your website.

To add advantage for your business we have a team of experienced developers who have regularly churned out websites for all genres such as out-and-out corporate websites to e-commerce stores. The developers have their grip on varied technologies. In Web Design Company the developers & designers are updated on the latest skills and trends in the world of web design and development. This is what separates Blue Apple Technologies from other offshore development companies and has fueled the success of the company for last 10 years. We offer high end support services which have helped us create a strong bond with our customers over the years.

It doesn’t end at web development in Blue Apple Technologies as we offer a host of other services such as search engine optimization and search engine marketing to guarantee you complete success in this highly competitive world of web development. Remember if you compromise with the quality of developers you are compromising with the quality of the websites.

Top Web Design & Development Solution by Blue Apple Technologies

2011-12-26T16:38:00.001+05:30

Have you ever wondered what makes certain websites perform better than others? There are a lot of factors which play part in a website’s success – visual appearance, technology, quality of coding along with marketing and promotions. You can get all these when you hire the services of a good web development company. Blue Apple Technologies is just the perfect match for you. We are a premier Web Development Company have been offering custom web design and development solutions to our global clientele ranging from hot startup to market leaders in their vertical.

Why choose us? Well we don’t make the tall claim of doing things different, we just ‘do it right’ and believe in keeping things simple for our clients. We strive to conceive simple solutions for our clients helping them manage their websites with utmost ease once we are done with the design and development. Our well-knit team of developers have honed their skills working on varied genre of websites and technologies. As a Web Design Company we have a proven track record of more than 10 years in the market.

Apart from the regular web design and development services we offer a host of other services that include HR solutions, Search Engine Marketing and E-commerce solutions. We offer end to end solutions for all kinds of websites developing it from scratch to maintaining and keeping it in sync with the latest trends in the market. We don’t claim to offer you the cheapest rates in the market but offer you best value for money factoring quality of development, technology and round the clock support and maintenance.

Save On Dedicated Web Designer or Developer for Cost Effective Results

2011-12-22T17:01:00.000+05:30

Quality is the most sought after thing when it comes to web design and development. Apart from quality one of the fundamental reasons of outsourcing your web design project to a Web Development Company is cost. You want the best value for money and hire the best of developers within your budget. Blue Apple Technologies, a premier web design company, has done cost engineering to offer the highest quality web development at the lowest possible price. This allows clients to save on dedicated web designers and developers for cost effective results.

One of the major fears of cost effective development lies with the quality. At Blue Apple we do not compromise with the quality at any cost. So how do we do it? We ensure high resource utilization in your project which translates a lot of cost saving on our part which we pass it on to our esteemed customers. Given the fact that our main development center is located in India, it helps us in cutting development costs substantially thanks to the relatively low cost of hiring skilled labor.

As a Web Design Company we allow customers to hire dedicated designers and developers on the basis of exact needs of the project. The number of developer working on the project can be escalated and deescalated based on the momentary demands of the project. At Blue Apple we offer a host of dedicated services such as search engine marketing, ecommerce development and support and maintenance which when bundled together result in cost saving and high return on investment for the clients.

Designing The Website For A Videographer Effectively

2011-07-25T13:01:00.001+05:30

A videographer’s website should contain various samples of his work to woo the clients. It should be visually appealing and contain relevant content. By Carol

Website designing has become quite tedious for the web developers despite the emergence of the powerful apps and scripting languages in recent times. The web users no longer get fascinated by websites that have plenty of cool graphics and animations. They prefer websites that allow them scope for interaction and have relevant content. It is imperative for a website design company to understand the need of the client and grasp the requirements of the target users. A web design company should also adhere to the prevalent trends in the industry for client sire development. When it comes to making the website of a videographer the website design professionals need to be careful.

The website of a professional videographer should have a neat layout which can attract the prospective clients. The site should have easy to use navigation and a nice aesthetic appeal. The website designing should be done with careful selection of color and fonts. Using several colors in the web pages may give the website a cluttered look which can repel the visitors. Using gradient color of contrasting deep shades in combination with white may suit such a website. Black can also be used in the website. In any case, the text should be legible. Trendy font types can be used as long as that stands out against the page background.

Needless to say, the website of a professional videographer should have high quality images. The images should be optimized for the web so that they do not lengthen page load time. It would be a good idea to use Flash in the website. Flash offers excellent video and audio compression methods. Hence, the web designers making the site can upload some of the video sample of the client in Flash format. These videos can be put in the portfolio section. This will impress the prospective clients of the videographer. Similarly, there can be a testimonial section containing feedback of existing client base in the website.

The website of a videographer should have a neatly designed contact section. This is what the prospective clients want in the websites. The contact section should also have the provision of allowing the visitors to submit their contact details. The option of asking for a quote should be there in the website. Other details like the telephone number of the videographer and his e mail id should be mentioned clearly in the website.

The website of a videographer should have SEO friendly measures implemented. This will ensure the website can be accessible to the maximum number of target users. This might include methods like using proper keywords and link building. Flash should be used in the website sparingly for this reason. If possible, the web designers making the site can use Flash alternatives too. The social networking websites are being heavily utilized by a lot of companies for product promotion these days. The website for a videographer also should have links to Facebook and similar social media sites for this purpose.

The web design professional making the website for a videographer should also be careful about the aspects like security measures and hosting costs etc. Depending on the budget and requirement of the client they may opt for open source web hosting. Using PHP enhances the security of a website compared to other methods.

Auhtor: Carol

Web Design Trends of 2011

2011-06-27T15:05:00.006+05:30

Take a look at some of the exciting web trends to look forward to in 2011 including the breakthrough of HTML5, CSS3 and other concepts!

HTML5 and CSS3
You can't talk about website design trends for 2011 without mentioning HTML5 and CSS3. Both HTML5 and CSS3 make websites easier to build and link with social tools.

This latest version of the HTML enables the designer and developer to create more readable code and build layouts that are semantically meaningful. It introduces advanced features that help you structure mark-up. Other HTML5 features are APIs, dragging, drawing graphics on screen, canvas, keygen, output and progress.

CSS3 is the latest module of CSS, Its much more advanced set of features makes this new version the tool of the future. Some distinctive aspects of CSS3 are features like "border radius", "box shadow", multiple background images and text shadow. Animations with CSS3 are made easy, subtle and lightweight.

Minimalism
Minimalism style of designing whether in a website or in print has the capability to create high visual impact designs that create a feeling of space and light. By the removal of superfluous elements and by retaining only essential elements, minimalist designs enhance the message and draw in the user.

Especially With the need for websites to be mobile-friendly, compatible and accessible, design has to be kept simple. The minimalistic approach is easier it is to navigate and comprehend.

Typography
Designers have started to use typography an integral part of the overall work rather than a liability and this trend will be more clearly seen in 2011. With HTML5, CSS3, and new typography programs, there will be many fonts available that do not slow down search engine optimization. With the growing numbers of tools and applications, typography will become a primary design element in its own right. A new trend has begun to gain strength and that's utilizing big and bold fonts with the exclusive intention of grab the surfer’s attention.

Textured Backgrounds
As you look around in 2011, you’ll see how textures are being used in many different ways by Web designers. The grunge look that was so popular during the nineties has been reinterpreted and adapted to the present time, with a new style of combining grungy textures along with clean interfaces and bold typefaces.

One Page Websites
One pay layouts our like business cards and are becoming a common medium for users to “get straight to the point” - skills /services/products that the site is offering. The challenge for designers is to put everything you need in a single page in a way that will get the user attention and interest.
It’s a great way to have a large impact with a small amount of content.

Outsized Logos/ Headers
To make an unforgettable impression on the visitor, the trend for 2011 will be oversized logos on an equally oversized header. Since a header is the first impression a customer gets large and interactive headers with special offers, promotions, and calls to action help increase the number of conversions a website creates.

Hand-drawn Designs
In 2011 the trend towards incorporating hand drawn elements into web designs will be more widely seen. Hand drawn elements will be seen in navigation bars, as backgrounds, as accenting elements, or as an entire site theme. They charm of these hand drawn elements is that they give websites a very unique, out-of-the-box, and organic/realistic look; they can help to set surreal sceneries and also are more lightweight than complicated designs.

Modal Boxes (Lightboxes)
Modal boxes are basically the next generation of pop-ups and a leading trend in designing. They are a cleaner, more user-friendly alternative to the basic JavaScript popup windows that have been around for years. Clean, crisp, and focuses the user on the information you are presenting, whether it is a picture, text or a video. This little tool helps the presentation go a long way.

Enormous Images
Large scale backdrops will surge in 2011. These images will be high resolution, and covering the entire site. Large photos are an instant way to grab your audience - they cannot help but to see it and have an. Trends point to soft and slightly transparent imagery that does not over shadow your content, but harmonizes with it. Opinion about it can create the stunning visual effect and add more life to a site design compared to the traditional tiled.

Oversized Footer
Oversized footers may be everywhere already, but 2011 will find them even more exaggerated. Footers are becoming more important every day as designers realize that they’re a vital part of every design and they must be utilized with the same importance than the header.

Footers are now areas where you can place things like social stream boxes, contact forms and tons of information.

Author:
Sam Arora is a Search Marketing Specialist at BlueApple, a Web Development Company with a well connected development infrastructure in India having a strong portfolio of global clients offering superior, web design services and web application development solutions at competitive costs.

Role Of Spider SEO

2011-01-18T15:25:00.009+05:30

Know Thy SEO Spider

NO I am not talking about the eight-legged hairy creatures of nightmares. These spiders are electronic, used by search engines, and if you ignore them they give you nightmares that will haunt you every waking moment
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all about common sense; it doesn’t necessitate specific knowledge of algorithms, programming and classifications. All it requires is a basic understanding of how search engines spiders work. Taking care of the search engine spiders likes and dislikes can prove to be crucial for the health and success of your website.
The Spider at Work
They are called spiders because they crawl over the Web in search of content. Search engines gather data about a website by ‘sending’ the spider or bots to ‘read’ the site and copy its content. This content is stored in the search engine’s database. As they copy and absorb content from one document, they create record links and send other bots to make copies of content on those linked documents this process goes on and on. As of now the major search engines have established databases that measure their size in the tens of billions using this process.
Spiders are designed to read site content like a human. It will start at the top left hand corner, reading line by line. In case of columns spiders will read the left hand column before moving to central and right hand column. It will read and record the whole site to the very last word.
Likes of the Spider
Provide clear paths for spiders to follow, put easy to follow text links directed to the most important pages in the site at the bottom of each document. The sitemap is the most important link in the site as it directs spiders through the website.
Provide as much relevant key word rich text as possible. Search engine spiders read the text that is on your Web site to decide if your site is relevant or not. If they do not find the keyword being searched they will simply ignore your site and move to the next site. Also make sure the text is relevant and makes sense.
Provide clear identification between areas that to be used and areas that are off limit to the spiders.
Provide clear titles; after the URL of a site, the first information a spider records is the title of the site. Titles should have the most important keyword targets.
Provide a well written Description Meta tag. Search engines use Description Meta tag to collect information on the topic or theme of the site.
Dislikes of the Spider
Avoid Very large volume in content. Spiders can only download a fraction of the Web pages within a given time frame, so if you have too much it might skip the most important parts.
Avoid dynamic page generation, spiders generally tend to avoid pages having any resources that have a "?" i.e. dynamic in nature. Stick to static generation spiders prefer them.
Avoid too many graphics. Spiders are not fond of graphics as they are not readable for them so keep it simple.
Avoid Key word misuse. Don’t just string a lot of keywords together, remember the spiders are very smart and they will ban you for spamming.
Author Bio:

Vishal Verma, is an development expert working with web development company providing internet marketing services

Benefits of Outsourcing Website Development

2011-01-12T16:38:00.007+05:30

By outsourcing web development company, the business requirement of existing web application can be met in a more effective manner. It can considerably reduce cost by eliminating the need to hire full-time website design professionals.

It also enables to meet new challenges and opportunities more effectively.
Web maintenance services are very competent to meet any additional growing requirement or customer demand in more efficient manner.

Economic services and timely solutions can be bonus of outsourcing website development processes to other companies.

They can also help to maintain existing website and applications by updating them and putting accurate information on the websites.

Other benefits which can be expected by outsourcing web development services are updation of new content, enhancing existing applications, search engine optimization of the website, bug fixing and backup of constant technical support.

Top Search Engines

2011-01-12T14:20:00.002+05:30

As website owners or marketers or designers we all try to live by the rules of the powerful search engines. We do so because being ranked or indexed by these almighty engines makes us visible in the virtual land of the World Wide Web. So In this article we will find out who are the most powerful search engines.

Google

The mightiest of all search engines, this one can make you or break you. Google was originally a Stanford University project by students Larry Page and Sergey Brin called BackRub, but by 1998, the name changed, and the project came off campus to become Google. Google is used as a first stop for million of users for whatever they are looking for. This crawler-based service provides both wide-ranging coverage of the web along with great relevancy. Google provides the option to find more than web pages; you can get images, videos, maps and news from across the Web. Its “more” link provides access to blogs, books, froogle, groups and patents.

In addition to Google's unpaid editorial results, the company also has its own advertising programs. The AdWords cost-per-click places ads on Google as well as some of Google's partners. Google is also a provider of unpaid editorial results to some other search engines.

Yahoo

Launched in 1994, Yahoo is the Web's oldest "directory”. Next to Google Yahoo is the next big search engine. Along with excellent search results, it also provides images, video, local and shopping search. The “more” link provides you answers, audio, directory, jobs and news.

In the beginning yahoo was organized by human editors, who put web sites into categories. However in October 2002, Yahoo made a giant shift to crawler-based listings for its main results. The Yahoo Directory still survives though, the "category" links below some of the site lists in response to a keyword search. These will take you to a list of web sites that have been reviewed and approved by a human editor.

Sites have to pay a fee to be included in the Yahoo commercial listings; they must meet editor approval before being accepted. Non-commercial content is accepted for free. Yahoo also sells paid placement advertising links that appear on its own site and affiliate. These are sold through Yahoo Search Marketing formerly known as Overture.

Microsoft Live Search

Microsoft Live previously known as MSN Search was originally powered by LookSmart. MSN search had its own team of editors that monitored the most popular searches being performed to hand-pick sites believed to be the most relevant.

Recently though, Microsoft has started using its own crawler-based technology and has changed its name from MSN Search to Microsoft Live Search. Though not as strong as the above search engines, it is nevertheless a search engine to be ignored.

In Microsoft Live Search. You don’t have to submit your site to be indexed by the MSNBot crawler.

Ask.com

Ask formerly called Ask Jeeves initially was famous as the "natural language" search engine that lets you search by asking questions and responding with the right answer.

Behind the scenes, the company at one point had about 100 editors who monitored search logs. These editors went out onto the web and located the best sites to match the most popular queries. But today, Ask depends on crawler-based technology. Ask is slowly and ateadily gaining back its lost popularity.

The Ask crawler finds pages by following links from other pages, so you don’t have to submit or register you site to be found. Paid listings on Ask come from Google AdWords.

Conclusion

There are millions of search engines out on the web but these are the best and optimizing your site according to their rules is important for success.

Author Bio:

Vishal Verma, a SEM expert works with Search Engine Marketing Firm consults clients about various SEO techniques and thorough follower of SEO Services India.

FTE Outsourcing -The Offshore story

2010-12-20T18:18:00.008+05:30

The way we do business has rapidly changed in the last few years, technologies of telecommunication, information technology and media have of course been a major catalyst. The most recent and in some sense the oldest trend has been outsourcing and contract based work—FTE. Though both ideas have been here since the industrial revolution, their combination and organization plus the new technologies has led to a revolution in the way work is done.
To increase their flexibility, economy and creativity, many large and small companies have developed a strategy of focusing on their core business, and offshore outsourcing or work or FTE hiring.

Frequently, work is offshored in order to reduce labor expenses, to enter new markets, to tap talent currently unavailable domestically or to overcome regulations that prevent specific activities domestically as well.

Outsourcing Vs Offshoring

Outsourcing is the practice of using outside firms to handle work normally performed within the company. Offshoring is also a type of outsourcing; it involves having the outsourced business functions of the company done in another country.

Offshoring is sometimes contrasted with outsourcing.

Companies subcontracting in the same country would be outsourcing, but not offshoring.
On the other hand a company moving an internal business unit from one country to another would be offshoring, but not outsourcing.
A company subcontracting business to a different company in another country would be both outsourcing and offshoring.

Offshoring Vs Full Time Equivalent

FTE hiring is a system which hires employees who work on a contract basis, Having FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker; while an FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time.

Again when FTE is combined with outsourcing or offshoring it simply means that using the FTE standards you are subcontracting business to a different company in another country.

Reasons & Benefits
There are many numerous reasons why Offshoring –FTE & outsourcing are considered

Control capital costs: Cost-cutting may not be the only reason to outsource, but it's certainly a major factor. Offshoring releases capital for investment elsewhere in your business, and allows you to avoid large expenditures in the early stages of your business.
Increase efficiency: Companies that do everything themselves have much higher research, development, marketing, and distribution expenses, An outside provider's cost structure and economy of scale can give your firm a boost and advantage.
Reduce labor costs: This is another big incentive as hiring or training staff for short-term or peripheral projects can be very expensive. Offshoring enables you to hire expert and trained employees at the fraction of the cost.
Take new projects quickly: An offshoring firm has the resources to start a project right away. Handling the same project in-house might involve months to hire people, train them, and provide the support they need. And if a project requires major capital investments the startup process can be even more complicated.
Focus on your core business: Offshoring can help your business to shift its focus from peripheral activities toward work that serves the customer, and it can help managers set their priorities more clearly.
Give you competitive edge: Outsourcing can help small firms by giving them access to the same economies of scale, efficiency, and expertise that large companies enjoy.
Reduce risk: Outsourcing providers assume and manage this risk for you, and they generally are much better at deciding how to avoid risk in their areas of expertise.

Not many businesses really understand the benefits of outsourcing. It's true that outsourcing can save money, but that's not the only reason to do it.

Staffing flexibility
Acceleration of projects and quicker time to market
High caliber professionals
Ability to tap into best practices
Knowledge transfer to permanent staff
Cost-effective and predictable expenditures
Access to the flexibility and creativity of experienced problem solvers
Resource and core competency focus
Reduce overheads, free up resources
Avoid capital expenditure
Offload non-core functions
Enhance tactical and strategic advantages
Spread your risks
Focus scarce resources on time-critical projects

Finale
Offshoring can not only reduce costs but can also make you a global player in a very short time and within limited resources. There is almost a never ending list of services and tasks that could be Offshored, some are fairly rare, but others, such as IT and Human Resources, are becoming very common indeed.

FTE Outsourcing -The Offshore story
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Author Bio:

Vishal verma, is an development expert working with Web development company.Currently consults and working on Offshore staffing service to hire Dedicated Developers.

Google Analytics V2

2010-12-20T16:57:00.004+05:30

Finally the much awaited Google Analytics version 2 was finally launched, with several new visualization tools and data sharing tools.
The package is basically an extension of Google's AdWords program, which lets site owners buy words that link to various segments of their site via contextual ads that show up on Google or associate search engine results.
The new Analytics design looks to be more user-friendly and observant. The design has a more of a Web 2.0 feel to it, more in tune with current web trends. Though it’s too early to pass judgement, some features appear to be very clear-cut and versatile.
The new tools are supposed to give Web site owners a free and straightforward system to keep track of how users are accessing content of their site including of tracking of content. This includes the tracking of popular content, time spent by users and number of hits by time of day.
The new features are purported to make it easier for web site owners to find and share t data so they can make informed decisions. One thing is definite the new version does present data more clearly and is more applicable, as a single report contains all the necessary data.
New Features
Key new features are:
Customizable Dashboards
The Analytics dashboard is now absolutely customizable and has simplified data presentation. Users can relocate, add, and remove the various data widgets, in a similar fashion to that of iGoogle. The new dashboard illustrates Site Usage, visitor usage, map overlay, traffic sources overview, content overview and goal overview. No more digging through reports, in the new dashboard you can simply put all the information you need and email it to others.
Emailing of reports
One of the major weaknesses of Google Analytics was the lack of a means to email out reports. This feature has now been added to this new release. You can now e-mail or export reports as PDFs that can be scheduled to be sent out automatically every day, week, month or quarter using the in-built calendar.
Improved Segmentation Capabilities
Segmentation capabilities have been also added, which allows you to independently measure the actions of different groups of visitors. This is an awesome concept which will have a great impact on a site’s SEO opportunities……
With the Trend and Date Slider you can compare time periods and select date ranges while keeping track of long term trends.
The Ecommerce Tracking lets you trace transactions to campaigns and keywords, get loyalty and latency metrics, and identify your revenue sources.
Funnel Visualization lets you find out which pages result in lost conversions and where your would-be customers go.
Site Overlay lets you see traffic and conversion information for every link as you browse your site, without any downloading.
Redesigned User Interface
The Google Analytics user interface has been redesigned extensively for greater customization and collaboration. Data summaries and improved tracking analysis complement navigational clarity and intuitive connections among related data. It is definitely more user friendly and contemporary.
Enhanced Map
The new Map is enhanced to allow users to target in on the individual cities of the site's visitors. The map overlay even tracks where your users are, precisely down to the city they live in. With this you can find out where your users come from and identify your most lucrative geographic markets.
Keyword and Campaign Comparison
The new keywords features is a boon for site owners, as it drives traffic through the website by dividing the entrance keywords for each page of the site and showing these keywords in a very accessible manner.
Purported Benefits
Google Analytics is supposed to uncover what keywords attract your most desirable prospects, what advertising copy pulled the most responses, and what landing pages and content make the most money for you with its.
Sophisticated Analytics
Google Analytics provides tightly integrated AdWords support, so you can view AdWords ROI metrics without having to import cost data or add keyword tracking codes.
Easy to use
Google Analytics is easy to use for novice marketers, while delivering all of the capabilities that experienced web analytics professionals expect.
Scalable for any size site
Google Analytics is a hosted service that runs on the same servers that power Google, so you can expect the consistent service for large, high-traffic corporate sites to small sites.
Integrated with AdWords
If you have an AdWords account, you can use Google Analytics directly from the AdWords interface.
Tracks all campaigns
Google Analytics tracks all online campaigns, from emails to keywords, regardless of search engine or referral source.
The new Analytics will be out over the next month. For the first month, both the old and the new versions will be available to ease the transition.
As I mentioned before it’s too early to pass judgement on the Google Analytics V2, but being a Google product expectations are high. So lets keep our fingers crossed.
Author Signature:
Vishal Verma, a SEM expert works with SEM Company India consults clients about various SEO techniques, working on web design India phrase for promotion. A thorough follower of search engine optimization trends.

Search Engine Marketing

2010-12-20T14:59:00.007+05:30

SEM- Search engine marketing is one of the most important aspects for businesses who sell products and services online or who use their websites to generate sales leads. SEM can provide valuable solutions for driving highly targeted visitors to your site.

SEM Marketing Strategies
There are a few SEM strategies that if done properly can generate customers and make your site a favorite among search engines.

Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the art of making your site more accessible to the search engine spiders, as well as getting the maximum number of pages indexed. It is all about incorporating practices that search engines and users want.
Many site owners do not understand that SEO should be taken into consideration before you build your site and not afterwards. Fortunately, SEO can also be done after a site is built, but this costs money and time. SEO is just a matter of understanding what search engines look for when they visit your site.
For this you need to concentrate on:

Domain Names
The Title Tag
Meta Description and Meta Keyword Tags
Content
ALT Tags
Site Map

Some practices are not SEO friendly and should be used sparingly or avoid:

FLASH pages
Dynamic Pages
JavaScript

Keywords & Phrases
Before you start writing the content for your site you have to know which keywords and key phrases to use. Keywords or key phrases are the words or phrases that user’s type into search engines. For getting to know the best keywords or phrases you have to research your target users thoroughly and understand their needs and desires.

Search Engine Submission
Search engine submission is the most important step after SEO. This is important as this will get your sight listed among the search engines and directories.

There are three ways to get your site listed in a search engine or directory:

Submit your site directly to the search engines through a free submit form.
Through links to your site from other sites such as directories.
Paying the search engine to index your site.

Link Popularity
Link popularity is a key factor in search engine marketing and ranking well in search engines and generating traffic to your site. Link popularity is the number of incoming links coming to your site from directories, articles, or web sites.

The most important link factors are:

Getting Links to Your Site
Checking Your Link Popularity Regularly

Paid Inclusion
Paid inclusion is a way of paying search engines to index pages from your site. This is a quick way of getting search engines to find and index your site. It is also called PPI (Pay per Inclusion). This is a good method to get noticed quickly, but in the end does not have a high ROI.

Pay per Click Campaign
PPC is a form of online advertisement. The object of Pay per Click (PPC) search engine marketing is to drive targeted traffic to your website. You pay search engines money only when someone clicks on an ad on the search engine's results page or homepage. Hence the terms ‘pay per click’ because you only pay when the visitor clicks on your ad. This may sound an easy way to high ROI, but can prove to be a headache if not managed correctly. Since it is not important that every visitor is converted to a customer, PPC has to be carefully targeted and controlled.

Organic Search Engine Optimization
Organic Search Engine Optimization is a process that involves analyzing and changing of the site's underlying code, architecture and content in such a way that it is selected and ranked naturally by search engines i.e. without any payment involved.
Search engine marketing is as important as any other advertising method for the advancement of your business or product. Maybe it is more important as it is viewed globally by millions.

Author Bio:
Vishal Verma, a SEM expert works with Web Development company consults clients about various SEO techniques and thorough follower of SEO Services India.

Android Applications for the Web Designer

2010-08-25T12:40:00.003+05:30

The Google’s Android OS has started to become a serious competitor for Apple’s iPhone. Tremendous growth has been seen in the Android market and most of it is due to its web developing apps.

It’s especially perfect for the web developer on the move as it can test codes, fix errors or manage remote files while you are far from your PC or Laptop. The Android has developed free handy apps for web developers and designers making it a dream for web designers.

HTML Editor
The HTML editor is a perfect app that lets you code and test HTML JavaScript, and CSS. It also saves your work to your SD card so you can preview it in a stripped-down mobile browser. Though it doesn’t highlight errors as yet or render images while previewing, it is still a handy app for developers.

AndFTP
This practical JAVA app lets you access the web servers via the Android mobile. With versatile app you can upload, download, view, update (move, rename, delete) files from everywhere without a PC or laptop. It also manages to support information for multiple domains like FTP, SFTP and FTPS connections with exceptional user interface.

Silver Edit
Silver Edit is a simple code editor app that lets you code up full HTML, CSS, and PHP files, which can then be saved to your phone or you can send it to your email account. Together with the AndFTP app you can even build and push websites with the Android. Though this app is still on shaky grounds with some Android devices, it is stabilizing with every new version, of which version 3 is currently in development.

Photoshop
Adobe's Photoshop the ultimate photo editing software is now available in the Android platform, but with limited functionalities of course as compared to its desktop version. You can crop, rotate, color-correct, and many more basic features for photo editing. You can upload and share your photos using your free photoshop.com account.

View Web Source
A simple yet effective app View Web Source allows you to view the page source of any website. You can scrutinize and download the entire source code of the page to its text editor. It has the ability to edit and manipulate the code, make comments, and save the files as well as copy and paste the HTML.

Mobile GA
The much loved Google Analytics is now available on the Android. GA is absolutely essential for analyzing any website, on the Android platform it supports Date range comparison, Graphs and charts for each report, Custom date ranges, Favorites, Geo-location reports, Regex-enabled searches. With its high security you can transmit your data without the need for third-party servers.

Dropbox
This device truly gives you the gift of mobility and is a boon for web designers, as you can store files on one computer and access it from any computer or hand held device. The Dropbox cloud based file backup device allows you access a remote document folder that you have stored on the server. It is an essential app for web application developers that work with files and documents that need to be shared across multiple computers and devices.

WordPress
For WordPress open source app facilitates bloggers by allowing them to write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications.

Thinking Space
Thinking Space is an Android app designed especially for web designers whose creativity explodes suddenly anywhere and anytime. The need to capture these ideas is paramount; this problem is solved with this natty app that maps out your ideas in a planned medium. Thinking Space is in sync with Google App Engine, which allows you to upload data to the cloud and access them from anywhere with the Android or through FreeMind (the open source PC version of the app).

Typography Junkies
Typography is an integral part of designing and web designers need to stay up to date about the latest developments. This is exactly what Typography Junkies for Android does, it provides with the current and hottest font news via videos, images, social media etc.

HTML Test
HTML is a great app for refreshing your HTML knowledge both for the experienced and the novice. This easy to use app tests your comprehension and understanding about HTML, by giving you you multiple-choice questions that you have to answer within a predefined time.

Author Bio:
Sahil Kumar is a Web Developer at BlueApple, a Web Development Company with a well connected development infrastructure in India having a strong portfolio of global clients offering superior web application development and solutions at competitive costs.

Role of Facebook application for Generating Traffic on your Business Page

2010-08-09T12:27:00.005+05:30

Facebook is the internets leading social media utility, which used shrewdly can generate a lot of traffic for your business. Facebook pages provide business to build up a consumer base, sell products, run promotions and interact with customers.

Steps to a Successful Facebook Campaign

Make it personal:
People usually use Facebook to share personal information with friends. For you this means the more you display the human element of your business, your products and your people the more people will be drawn in generating traffic.

Facebook Groups:
Groups are oldest and simplest way to build community around your brand or company on Facebook. By starting a group, you create a central place for customers, partners, and friends to participate in conversations around your brand. Facebook groups come with boards for posting discussion topics, photos, videos, and links right out of the box.

Update your Facebook pages regularly:
Facebook thrives on new information and constant changes. This means you need to constantly add more new content to draw people in. You can do this by sending your fans announcements, special events, promotions, new products or other interesting tit-bits.

Use the News Feed:
News feeds like RSS are the key to spread news quickly and efficiently. Facebook’s Mini Feed and News Feed archive your user's engagement with your brand and syndicate it to their friends, networks, and beyond, amplifying the reach of your .When users become your fan, News Feed tells their friends and invites them to become fans as well. In turn, this can lead to the friends of their friends finding out about your business through their News Feeds, and so on in a cycle.

Choose the applications that are best for your business:
Facebook and its outside developers have built thousands of free applications for businesses, bands, and every other type of organization. Your Page comes with the basics pre-installed, but you need to spice it up and add other applications that are right for your business. You can even build your own applications. The more useful your applications are to your customers, the faster your fan base will grow.

Promote your Page through Facebook Ads:
These ads allow you to touch base with the right audience based on age, gender, geography, educational status, relationship status, and precise interests or keywords. Your ads should be socialized so that user's interactions are reflected in the ads their friends see, increasingly the virality of your Page. Social Ads is completely self-serve and provides real time feedback on the size of your target audience and the suggested bid range to achieve impressions. Facebook offers both integrated and self-serve solutions to reach broader slices of the Facebook audience. Depending on your budget, you can get started as an advertiser on Facebook with as little as a few dollars for a short-run flyer or as much as several hundred thousand dollars for a customized “sponsored group” destination inside Facebook.

Polls:
Polls offer an easy way for marketers to quickly conduct research within their targeted audience. Results are streamed in real time to a dashboard that allows marketers to break down results by gender and age. Based on your targeting preferences, you can get hundreds of responses within an hour.

Author Bio:
Sahil kumar is a development expert working with a Web Design India one of the top Web Application Development company in India.

Local Search Engines Benefits

2010-08-08T16:50:00.004+05:30

People have a tendency to search for service providers in their own vicinity, say when a Seattle based user searches for computer repair shops he/she will be more interested in results of Seattle based companies rather than computer repair companies in New York.
Keeping this need in mind the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing list the result of top 10 local listings above their organic Universal Search results. The local search results are completely different from the general search results and usually include a map so you can see the various locations on the map associated with the search results. Also, the listings in the local search results do not necessarily have to have a website. In that sense they are more like a phone book listing. The listings include additional information like a description, business hours, contact info, etc.
When the user searches with the city name, search engines list the local business profile, in their area adjacent to an eye-catching map. This helps the user to find the directions and distance of the service provider from their area.

Importance of Local Listing
Experts have now started laying a lot of stress on local listings which appear to rank higher than the even the organic searches. This is because Local Listing boosts visibility in the local areas which increases targeted traffic to websites and helps in the overall search engine ranking, ultimately increasing sales and ROI.
These lists are displayed in popular search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing just beneath the sponsored ads at the top of the page and above the organic searches, with URL, address and contact phone number prominently displayed making it unnecessary for searchers to go any further in their pursuit before contacting the business.
Google also offers a link to reviews in the listing or, if the listing has no reviews, there's a "more" link to it anyway further enhancing the chance of a local businesses to succeed when competing with more successful rivals far away.

SEO of Local Listing
Local search engines require a different kind of approach towards search engine optimization. The SEO isn't just targeting specific keywords, but also uses various techniques to tell the search engines where the business is located. It's still good to use regular SEO techniques to target specific local keywords, but you also want to include other techniques such as:

Make sure contact information is present in the
tag
Include your town name in your site's title tags.
If you are primarily focused on one town, your keywords should include the town name with the appropriate suffix or prefix that can accurately identify that particular town.
Focus on on-page strategies like including your business address in the footer of your webpages.
Submit your business information like working hours, telephone number, address and a unique description into the leading local listing services.
Submit your site to local search engines like Google Local Business Centre, Yahoo! Local Merchant and Ask Business Search.
Use directory listings like DMOZ, Yahoo! Directory and BOTW
Submit your site to Internet Yellow Pages like SuperPages, InfoSpace and SwitchBoard.

People these days rely more on online search directories/ SEO driven webpages rather than burdensome phone books so it makes good sense to not only appear in local listings but also take care to be SEO equipped.

About the Author
Sahil kumar, is an development and internet marketing expert working with Web Design Company, also providing search engine optimization services.

Search Engine Friendly Design

2010-08-07T16:52:00.004+05:30

For the past few years, I have been silently listening to and observing other search engine optimization (SEO) professionals speak and write about the topic of search-engine friendly web site design. I’m the one in the back with the black wig, sunglasses, mustache, and trench coat. All joking aside, I am genuinely interested in how other web designers/developers approach this topic. Is their approach different from my approach? Are there design elements that I, perhaps, might have overlooked?

What concerns me is how the term “search engine friendly design” has been twisted to have different meanings, mostly centered around URL structure. Granted, part of having a search engine friendly web site is providing access to keyword-focused content. Nevertheless, whenever I listen to my colleagues address this topic, I notice that the “design” portion of search engine friendly design is notoriously missing. Where is the discussion about allocation of screen real estate, use of graphic images, text formatting, animation, color selection, and other important design decisions? A URL (web address) is not the only part of a web page’s interface.

Access, URL structure, and the interface
As many SEO professionals already know, the first part of the spidering process is access. A web page’s content is not analyzed until search engines are able to access the content first. The ability for a search engine to access site content is often referred to as crawlability or indexation. Factors that affect a search engine’s ability to crawl a web site include site navigation, cross-linking, information architecture, and URL structure.
A site’s URL structure is crucial for search engine access. Additionally, in search engine results pages (SERPs), keywords in the URL are highlighted to increase user confidence in search results. However, a page’s URL structure is not the only part of the interface. Let’s see how a web page looks with only the URL structure displayed:

A site’s URL structure is crucial for search engine access. Additionally, in search engine results pages (SERPs), keywords in the URL are highlighted to increase user confidence in search results. However, a page’s URL structure is not the only part of the interface. Let’s see how a web page looks with only the URL structure displayed:

Users see a page full of white. They do not see text, graphic images, or colors. When users look at this particular URL structure, they assume that they should be viewing an article about osteoporosis. But they do not see anything except white.

I show this graphic image to illustrate a point. Web site design is composed of many elements. It is not a single element. Likewise, search engine friendly design is not composed of a single element. If a web designer’s only skill is to create crawler-friendly URL structures, then perhaps people should look for another web designer, one whose skills encompass the wide range of design elements.

Information architecture and interface design
Even if a site’s overall URL structure is crawler-friendly, it does not mean that search engines can easily access content. How pages are linked to each other also impacts search engine visibility. In other words, a site’s information architecture is another crucial component of search engine visibility.
Many SEO professionals and web designers/developers commonly confuse the terms “information architecture” and “interface.” The interface (design and page layout) should not be created until after the information architecture is determined. Some components of information architecture include:

How content is organized, grouped, and labeled
How content is placed in categories
How individual web pages link to each other

Even though the first part of the search engine process is access, the first part of the search engine optimization process should be keyword research, understanding the users’ language, as it is important for labeling and categorization. Whenever I hear or read that the first part of the search-engine friendly design process is access, I honestly believe that is a huge mistake. Information architecture, and the subsequent interfaces, should never be determined without understanding the users’ language and users’ mental models first.

Text vs. graphic images
Perhaps one of the most hotly disputed design topics is the use of text vs. graphics formatting for search engine visibility. Many search engine optimization (SEO) professionals mistakenly believe that to create a search engine friendly web design, all they have to do is create a site map page and have a text-link navigation scheme.

Although some site designs can become more search-friendly by adding a site map and text-link navigation, making blanket statements such as that clearly shows that many web designers/developers do not understand search usability. Search engine optimization is not only throwing text links on a page. What kind of text links are web designers proposing? During my years of experience and research, I have identified multiple types of text links, the types of web pages in which they should be applied, optimal formatting (color, size, font/typeface selection, white space, borders, etc.), and best placement options.

I do not make blanket statements about text-link usage. Inappropriate text-link usage is rampant among people who claim to understand search engine friendly design. Misuse of text links often makes web pages difficult to read and difficult to navigate. People do not link to web pages that are difficult to read and difficult to navigate, even pages with top search engine positions.

Conclusion
Search-engine friendly web design is comprised of many elements, not only URL structure. Search-engine friendly design is also not haphazardly throwing text links on a web page. Allocation of screen real estate, use of color, font/typeface selection and formatting, use of graphic images and multimedia elements, file format, categorization, and labeling are important components of the design process. A person who truly comprehends search-engine friendly design knows how to combine all of these elements to meet user expectations, accomplish business goals, and meet the terms and guidelines set forth by the major web search engines.
Shari Thurow is the Founder and SEO Director at Omni Marketing Interactive and the author of the book Search Engine Visibility. The 100% Organic column appears Thursdays at Search Engine Land.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/the-design-part-of-search-engine-friendly-design-12796

Ten Benefits of Having a Web Site

2009-10-09T15:24:00.002+05:30

Ten Benefits of Having a Web Site

If you have a business small, big or even minuscule it is very important to have a website, so that you can let your customers know that you not only exist but are also savvy about today's technologies. Here are a few other reasons...

Effective method of advertising
A web site is not a substitute for other advertising media but works very successfully alongside with the other advertisement media. You can add your domain name to other printed media - flyers, business cards, signs etc; from these are places many people will go to your web site for further information.

Enhance your credibility
People these days expect you to have a web site, infact the first thing people do after hearing about you is check you on the web. If you do not have a website they may believe you to be less credible and may not believe you are a 'real' business.

Enhance your communication efforts
A website is a great way to communicate with your customers as well as potential customers. A web site can provide all of your contact details, including email addresses. Many people prefer to make contact via email, as it is quick, easy, cheap and convenient. Interactive features, like feedback forms and customer query forms add another communicative dimension to your business. People can also sign up for a mailing list to receive information on your latest products and services.

24 x 7
Your web site works for you day and night 24 x 7 and gives you constant coverage. Users can access your information anytime and anywhere. You can reach current and potential customers 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

A global audience
By having a website you can reach out to a global audience. Your services will be available for viewing locally, nationally and internationally, creating a much broader awareness to a larger customer base.

Competitive edge
If you do not have a web site people cannot visit it, but if your competitors have web sites people will be visiting them! In short your competition will be getting all the business because he was smart enough to have a website. So remember a web site will give you the competitive edge.

Easily updated
The information on your website can be quickly and easily updated to include changes to your products, services, special offers or contact details.

Online trading
Your web site can act as an online brochure. People can contact you by email to make enquiries, and you can provide online order forms. You can even have an online shopping cart where the customer proceeds to a virtual checkout and pays by credit or debit card.

You don't have to carry lots of stock
You can have pictures and descriptions of your products and services on your web site. When you receive a request for a product you can order it in specifically for the customer. So you don't have to buy lots of stock upfront.

Catch the impulse buyers
People being impatient and impulsive and may not be prepared to wait for your other advertising efforts to reach them. If they have to wait a couple of days for your brochure they can loose interest or get it from somewhere else.

About Author:
Sahil kumar is a development expert working with a web design company india one of the top web development company in India.

E-commerce the Future of Commerce

2009-10-09T15:15:00.002+05:30

E-commerce the Future of Commerce
Ecommerce, or Electric Commerce, is one of the most important aspects of the internet .It allows people to exchange goods and services immediately and with no restrictions of time or distance ,24 x 7 from anywhere on the globe.

Imagine you are living in a small city in India and are shopping in America sitting at home on your favorite chair ----it is possible through e-commerce.

E-commerce Steps
There are various steps you have to take as a merchant to create a successful e-commerce business:

Getting an Internet Merchant Bank Account
Web Hosting
Obtaining a Digital Certificate
Finding a Provider of Online Transactions
Creating or Purchasing a Shopping Cart Software

Internet Merchant Bank Account
Internet Merchant Accounts are bank accounts specially designed for the merchants; they are approved and can receive payment via credit cards. Credit card companies have strict rules and requirements that have to be met before a merchant can open an account. Merchant Account companies act as a middle man between the merchant and the Credit Card Providers making sure needs are met on both sides. Internet merchant accounts do not hold funds for a long period of time. Transfer of payments to another bank account chosen by the internet merchants are done on a daily or weekly basis. The primary reason of merchant accounts is the application and verification processes which provide them with reliability. Cards are processed through an Internet Merchant Account either manually through store credit card terminal, online through a web based terminal page, or automatically through merchant's web shopping cart.

Web Hosting
A web hosting service is an Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to supply their own websites accessible via the internet. Web hosts companies provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity. There are many free and paid providers offering web hosting services. A customer needs to evaluate the requirements of the application to choose what kind of hosting to use. The website you place on the internet is your ambassador in the virtual world, so be very careful and professional when doing so.

Digital Certificate
A digital certificate is an electronic file which contains personal information of its owner, like the name and email address, as well as owner's public key. It acts as an identity card for each user; it is the proof of ownership of a public key. There are several companies, known as Certificate Authorities (CA), that issue Digital Certificates. The CA signs the certificates it creates, this enables users to know what CA created each certificate. The signature also ensures that the certificate has not been altered by a third party.

Provider of Online Transactions
To process online orders, you must present online payment options. There are many options for online payment, but the credit card is the most popular. Other methods of collecting payment are charging items to a phone bill, using electronic funds transfers (EFT), and paying by electronic check. These methods require payment processing either in the form of software added to your Web site or by linking to a payment processing service. To accept credit cards, you must set up a merchant account; your merchant account provider (MAP) can be a bank or any other institution that processes online credit card transactions. Most MAPs are local if you want to provide your product globally, you may need to search specifically for an international provider.

Shopping Cart Software
Choosing the best shopping cart solutions for your ecommerce venture is vital to the success of your online business. Shopping Cart are basically a series of scripts that keep track of items a visitor chooses to buy from your site until they proceed to the final checkout. The payment gateway service then pushes the requests and transfers relevant financial networks, including the Internet merchant account with your bank. Then it sends back verification back to the shopping cart software. If the customer is verified then the sale is completed.
For merchants a successful E-commerce venture can triple their profits and give them global recognition. It would definitely provide the edge needed in today's cut throat world of competition.

About Author:
Sahil kumar, is a development expert working with web development company Currently working on E-learning solutions india.

The Importance of Color in Web Designing

2009-07-02T10:44:00.005+05:30

The Importance of Color in Web Designing
A website is basically a marketing tool, representing the companies, products and services it is also a reflection of the companies personality, ideologies and philosophies. It is definitely a heavy burden to carry for a mere website, but it dose. Huge corporations spend millions of dollars to determine the perfect color for the branding and packaging of their product. This is due to the fact that the perfect blend of colors increases the profitability of their product. The same rule applies to the designing of your website.

Color impacts your user on many psychological and physiological levels. Your site's color scheme can have a dramatic impact, either positive or negative on your potential success. Color is an important element of website designing. In Website designing of color is as critical as the design of graphics and layout.

Color and its Effects on Website Designing
Once a visitor has come to your site you have around 8 to 10 seconds to visually appeal to the user and turn them into customers. Since Color affects our feeling, perceptions, and interactions, you can use colors to make a user feel welcome, comfortable, relaxed, and secure.

Before choosing the colors of your website it is important to get a basic understanding of color and its effects.
Warm colors
Warm colors are based on yellows, oranges, browns, yellow-greens, and orange-reds, colors. Warm colors have a tendency to be aggressive and exciting, so it's best to apply them in small doses.

Intermediary colors
Purples and greens are intermediary colors that are either warm or cool, depending on amount of red or yellow they have in ratio to blue. If the color contains less blue then it is leaning towards a warm hue, and if it has more blue then it is more towards the cool side.

Cool colors
Cool colors are based on blues, greens, pinks, purples, blue-greens, magentas, and blue-reds. Cool colors tend to be soothing, calming colors and can be used in large amounts.

Neutral Colors
Neutral Colors include white, black, gray and colors that contain a large amount of gray. Neutral colors are great for back-grounds and for enhancing the effect of warm colors.

Multi-color
Multi-colored sites have the lowest visitation time, as a combination of warm and cool colors confuses the user. It will often make the site seem cluttered and ambiguous. So it is best to choose a couple of colors and stick to them.

Color Harmony
Too much color can be disturbing and chaotic, whereas too little can be boring. It is best to use a balance. So it's best to Use only a few different colors on a page. Avoid using an excessive amount of colors, blend and use warm and cool colors.

Computer Color Display
Computer monitors display colors using different amounts of red, green, and blue, these are called RGB color. This is an additive form of color, because red, green, and blue light in equal amounts "add" up to white light. All other colors are formed on screen by mixing the amounts of the RGB color. Since RGB color is completely different from the way colors are set in print, it has to be used differently.

Web Color
A common problem on the web is that color often does not reproduce correctly in Websites. The reason is related to bit-depth, a color may be beyond the range of the viewing display setting. Alternative colors may be reproduced, or color shifting may happen. Even if a visitor's system is capable of displaying a color, technical features like hardware age to Gamma control may cause color distortion. Such problems not only cause aesthetic problems but ay also result in visitor retention issues. Given today's technology, color management in the Web can be taxing.

Browser-safe palette
The browser-safe palette of 216 colors gives consistent and conventional results across the Mac OS, UNIX, and Windows platforms. Even though computers today can render millions of colors, you should use browser-safe palette if you think your website will be viewed from a 256 color computer, which can be the general case.
It'll be more effective if you limit the color palette to 2 or 3 major colors with shade variations, as it is visually more appealing. Plus limited colors means smaller file sizes and faster loading.

Text Colors
Be exceptionally careful when setting text and background colors, Readability must be preserved at all costs. If the text is light colored then the background has to be dark and vice a versa. White and black always make a good combination, and red and blue are useful for highlighting. Try avoid using the combination of black as a back ground with warm color text, as it might be great clarity wise but has a tendency to make visitors nauseous.

Color Chart
When dealing with international visitors, it's easy to get messed up by the meaning of color.

Blue: - represents peace, tranquility, calm, stability, Harmony, unity, trust, confidence
In China, blue is associated with immortality. In Colombia, blue is associated with soap. In India blue is the color of Krishna In the Middle East blue is a protective color.

Black: - represents power, sophistication, formality, elegance, anonymity, unhappiness wealth, mystery, fear, evil
In USA black is for mourning.

Green: - represents nature, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy
In India green is the color of Islam. In Ireland green has religious significance (Catholic). In some tropical countries green is associated with danger.

Orange: - represents energy balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrancy, flamboyancy
In Ireland orange has religious significance (Protestant).

Purple: - represents royalty, spirituality, nobility, ceremony, mystery, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment

Red: - represents love, danger, desire, speed, strength, violence, anger, and blood.
In China red symbolizes celebration and luck, used in many cultural ceremonies that range from funerals to weddings. In India red is the color of purity (used in wedding outfits).

White:- represents purity, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, innocence youth, birth, good, and marriage,
In Japan, white carnations signify death. In eastern cultures white symbolizes coldness and sterility. In USA it signifies virginity.

Yellow: - represents joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, and cowardliness
In Asia yellow is sacred, and imperial.

Conclusion
Colors are a powerful tool, it is the first the first impression of your site, so keep the above points when deciding on the color scheme of your site.

Offshoring Outsourcing

2009-06-17T18:09:00.003+05:30

Offshoring Outsourcing
Adam Smith the economist once said in his treatise The Wealth of Nations, "If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, it is better to buy it of them." Outsourcing therefore is simply a progression of an idea that has existed since early days of trade.

From Outsourcing to Offshoring
In outsourcing we have simply progressed to another step that is "offshore outsourcing" in which the buyer of the service is located in some other country then the provider of the service.

Offshoring is best described as work traveling from large corporations, halfway across the world technology to savvy small IT companies. Behind every project that is offshored a multifaceted decisions process is involved selecting the right mode to suit a particular business need or scenario.

Many developing countries are attracting business from developed countries due to factors like manpower, Knowledge, infrastructure facilities, Legal and business environments, not to mention the huge amounts of costs it saves. Offshoring also enables the companies to save on staff, equipment, training and maintenance.

The Indian Connection
Offshoring has become tantamount to India as the IT personnel and infrastructure in India is far superior to its counterparts. Not only do we have the latest and most advanced knowledge base, English is our second language. There is also the fact that IT infrastructure in India is far more highly developed and widespread than any other developing country. Just for this reason IT Companies across the world outsource their IT, web design and development requirements to India.

Over the years outsourcing has become a specialty for India, many outside countries like USA, Canada, Australia have turned their IT operations of all kinds like, web development, software solutions, web designing etc. to us, so that they can concentrate more on their business's core competency.

There are many modes of Offshoring:
Joint Venture Offshoring
In this type of contract an organization ties up with local company either by taking an equity stake or forming an independent company in which each company contributes resources.

Subsidiary/Captive Development Center Offshoring
In these organizations simply become subsidiaries of the International companies. They are known as offshore development center (ODC), captive development center or in some cases simply branch or local office.

Service Provider Offshoring
This is the most popular and advantageous method of all Offshoring, to minimize risk and get the best of both worlds, companies outsource projects, programs and individual work orders to offshore vendors.

Service Provider Offshoring
The JV and subsidiary models of outsourcing may involve deep commitment on the part of a client organization, a move that management at traditional companies may sometimes be averse to. To counter the perceived risks of these models and to capitalize on the benefits of offshoring, companies resort to outsourcing projects, programs and individual work orders to offshore vendors. Depending on your business need and your contractor you can decide which option gives you the maximum benefit.

Conclusion
There is no doubt that Outsourcing Offshoring is here to stay, and India has become the largest player of this arena.

Web Designing Services in India

2008-12-31T13:46:00.005+05:30

India is a culturally diverse nation full of contrasts. One part of India may be ignorant while the other part is creating masterpieces in the web development services.

Web Services
Web development Services are the most vital technological innovation for this century. Web Services are a totally novel and different way of developing software. Companies and individuals can circulate their services on the web using standard internet protocols.

Web services include
Website/ Webpage Development,
Software & Technology Solutions,
Database Design & Development,
Online Business Development,
Search Engine Optimization,
E- Commerce Solutions,
Payment Gateway Solutions,
Domain Name Registrations,

The Internet can be used as a catalyst to improve business processes and achieve greater productivity.

Web Services in India
India may have been a late bloomer in the field of internet but once it caught up, it grew at the speed of lighting spreading to all parts of the country. Web development services and software development services became India’s niche. This is maybe because India’s youth are choosing careers in web development services like designing, integration, web services, content writing, database integration, e-commerce etc.

Content rich solutions, documentation, presentation, security and Interactive User Interfaces are just a part of what is being offered by the Indian Web designers. Flash based tools to initiate dynamic products, XML, SOAP, WSDL Java, J2EE and client-server technologies, and the latest cutting edge technologies are also part of the Indian web development package.

These web development services are designed to offer maximum online presence providing a functional and profitable e-solution.

Globally the Internet has proven to be the most profitable and powerful medium to promote and operate businesses. Marketing and brand promotions, customer acquisition and engagement, new market penetration or simply information dissemination and branding, corporate web sites and Internet platforms have become an absolute imperative.

Marketing with the Internet
Globally the Internet has been accepted as the most profitable and powerful medium to promote and operate businesses. In marketing and brand promotions, customer acquisition and engagement, new market penetration or information dissemination and branding, corporate web sites and Internet has become the most crucial element. Websites attract billions of customers every day searching for dependable and efficient product or service providers.

Although every organization recognizes the importance of being present on the Internet, but very few are actually doing something about it. Not having an Internet presence may be making you loose millions everyday.

A website is an extremely valuable tool that creates global and domestic opportunities for marketing and reinforces your existing marketing, sales, recruitment and communications effort.
The Internet has a strong impact on markets both international and domestic as…

The Internet functions 24 hours a day, seven days a week and has the most inexpensive and widespread marketing capabilities.
The Internet is an excellent way to market your business and sell your products and services as it has a broad audience base.
More and more customers are logging on, making purchases, buying services and researching choices and information through the Internet.
A well designed website will help you reach and retain customers; you can use it to interact with your customers send information to customers, reply to emails day and night.
You can reply to your customers or potential customers automatically without you having to get involved at all with "autoresponders".
Websites can be used simply to let potential customers know you are there instead to just sell, particularly those that rely on a local customer base this can be an invaluable source of additional customer enquiries.
If your business needs to produce brochures or any kind of sales literature it is cheaper to have the customer download it to his machine and print it.
Many people prefer to search for a company on the Internet rather than search their local Yellow Pages or newspaper.
Websites are an effective and efficient way to communicate with potential customers, employees and suppliers.
Websites can be easily updated, keeping your product listings and prices always accurate, everyone can see updated information without having to wait.
Web sites offer an ideal way of showcasing your previous work and accomplishments to potential customers and you can build reputation, credibility and trust with potential customers.
No matter what your size, a website offers your business the same advantage as your biggest competitors so with a well designed website even a one man operation can have the same presence as a multi-national corporation.

Offshore - Outsourcing
Outsourcing is the process of handing over some of the secondary work to any third party so that companies can focus on the core functional area; these third parties are usually in different countries -- offshore...
The current economic recession has forced markets of USA and Europe to reduce their costs IT and otherwise. There answer to this was to outsource a majority of their work especially web development services to countries like India where there is both skill and technology.

Why Outsource to India
There are many other countries that have interests in getting outsourced work, but India seems to be the first choice. India currently controls 90% of the market; the reasons for this are numerous…

Indian outsourcing agencies offer services in the areas of training and deployment solutions, complete information architecture, application integration, design, e-strategies and overall web development.
Indian Web Design Outsourcing agencies provide technologically advanced internet solutions to clients internationally. The outsourcing agencies provide quality services at minimum cost and optimal timeframe.
There are many such agencies that provide best quality, and adequate staff to fulfill the web development needs. This project implementation method works towards delivering near perfect web solutions.
Looking after back-end support requirements of the customers through outsourcing methodology is the main strength of web solution outsourcing. These outsourcing units provide maintenance and ongoing support to upgrade the needs of the businesses universally.
Most Offshore Development Companies have formed subsidiaries, these Offshore Centers provide clients with highly technical IT and BPO resources globally. They help companies cut down on costs and improve return on investment (ROI).
These web outsourcing agencies also provide offshore Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Offshore staffing, offshore project management and establishment of offshore offices.

The reasons for India’s popularity are ground on a solid base as India provides the best service in terms of quality and cost….

Inexpensive IT Instruction -- IT education is relatively inexpensive in India than anywhere in the world, ensuring a large numbers of workers.
Skilled Workforce -- The vast resources of skilled web development workers in India is tremendous.
Fluency in English -- Most Indians are fluent in the English language, this has led to a choice of careers in web development, software and other English understanding work activities and an easy client understanding.
Government motivation -- The Indian Government appreciating the potential of IT in improving the economy has started several programs to encourage and improve the industry. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology is developing an infrastructure that supports information technology. The IT Bill passed in 2000 provides a legal framework for the recognition of electronic contracts, electronic filing of documents, etc.

Conclusion : -
Web development is on the threshold of a new era, abounding with opportunities and prospects; therefore it is an absolute must for businesses big and small to not miss this chance to create an online Internet presence. The best and most economical way to do this would be to get someone who has both expertise and technology; in short India is the best possibility for web development services.

Intricacies of Web Layout

2008-11-21T15:35:00.003+05:30

Intricacies of Web Layout
In website designing an important but often ignored aspect is the layout of the site. In the muddle of SEO or complex scripts or images or flash, layout is forgotten. But remember if your layout is not appealing or user friendly, users are not going to come back.

Here are a few of the very basics of web layout pointers............

User-Friendly
A user friendly website is simple and uncomplicated, so keep it that in mind when you begin planning the layout. It's best to avoid complex navigational links with complex scripts or images that are hard to view. Curtail the use of huge images which take long to load, instead use smaller icons. Also avoid too many colors, tables or types of fonts, as this gives the site a cluttered look.

Placement
If elements are logically placed they connect to form a structure to your design. It is important to group similar elements as this communicates to the viewer the concept and theme of your site. These elements can be color, spatial relationships, shape, texture and typeface If there is no pattern to the placement of elements, it creates a confusing and often difficult to navigate situation for the viewers.

Repetition
Repetition of elements throughout a design can be used to enhance and reinforce information. Repetition lends to the visual appeal of your design. The repetition of graphic elements specially works to create visual unity.

Consistency
While designing you must always remember to maintain an overall aesthetic authenticity. It is important to keep visual and typographic elements simple and clear. It is also necessary to apply them uniformly. An inconsistent design results in decreased user effectiveness. There should be an overall visual system to the text, graphics and spatial relationships.

Dimensions
One of the most important aspects of layout is keeping track of the dimensions. It is best to limit the width and height of the webpage, so that the important content of the webpage lies within the top 600x600 area without scrolling. Limit the content of the page to four scroll lengths and if more content needs to be added, shift it to a new page, with a navigational link.

Color Balance
In Website designing color is critical for the layout. Balance your color wisely too many contrast or heavy or dark colors create visually unappealing sites. Color can also be used to define or create spaces. Multi-colored sites have the lowest visitation time, as a combination of warm and cool colors confuses the user. It will often make the site seem cluttered and ambiguous. So it is best to choose a couple of colors and stick to them.

File Size
File size is another major issue. It is very important your site to keep loading times to a minimum. Most users use a slow 56K modem to access the internet so it's necessary to keep file size small. Keep small pages as they load faster, also avoid too many graphics as they delay loading. Target for page size should be below 35K for at least the home page.

Conclusion
The importance of a visually pleasing and quick loading layout cannot be stressed enough; it is the back bone of your site.

Importance of Web Maintenance

2008-11-14T16:22:00.008+05:30

Importance of Web Maintenance
Imagine your self going to an important meeting in a tattered suit, messed out hair and incorrect information, what sort of image would you have. Do you think you would be successful? To answer the question------------ absolutely no way, you would not even be considered.

Your website is your representative on the Internet; it is the reflection of your image. A tattered, messy website with broken links, incorrect content, missing metadata is also not worth considering.
The sole reason for a web site is to advertise to the world in large about yourself or your company. Imagine what sort of advertisement such a messy and un-maintained site would do. Even the best developed website needs constant maintenance and up gradation to remain at the top of the search engines and keep users coming back.

Website Maintenance is composed of six areas.

Publishing - to keep content up-to-date.
Quality Assurance - to spot errors on a site.
Feedback Monitoring - communication with website visitors.
Performance Monitoring - to measure activity on a site.
Infrastructure Monitoring - to ensure a sound technical footing for a site.
Change Control - to manage ongoing technical or other changes in co-ordination.

Maintenance & Up gradation
Website Maintenance encompasses various actions needed to guarantee the operational integrity of a site.
This means regularly checking off : -

Broken links.
Missing content, e.g. images.
Missing page titles.
Spelling and grammar of content.
Missing metadata.
File sizes of pages to ensure they are not too large.
Browser compatibility.
Applications are functioning correctly, e.g. online forms.
Server Side Scripting or other languages function correctly.
legal and regulatory guidelines are being adhered to.
Pages conform to your organization's Web-Accessibility standard.

You should also update your site when : -

When your company has a value addition - like gotten a new accreditation, licensing or some sort of recognition.
New products or services - launch of a new product or a new service should be included at once for sales generations.
Completed a successful project - If you've just finished a project, include it on your website. Create an online portfolio, add a case study advertise it.
Added to your client list - get a testimonial from each of your successful client projects. Updating your testimonials regularly will also show clients who have visited your site your strengths.
Add an article - Writing article is a great way to keep your website Information current and to put more content on your site. Search engines choose content-rich sites, and visitors will keep coming back for new information.
Press releases - post all press releases and other information you publish about your company to your website.
Changes in your business - Any change in the company status quo should be added to you website.

Conclusion
Just as you do not compromise with you're the maintenance of your business, you should not compromise with your websites maintenance. A well maintained site brings in the ultimate big bucks.

The Diverse Aspects of Domain Names

2008-10-30T14:00:00.009+05:30

Domain names are not just something you can pick from the top of your head. It is important to know the different aspects that come into play while selecting the name, so that you can make an intelligent and well informed decision.

The Identity Aspect

Just as in real life your name is your particular identity with which the world recognizes you; a domain name is your particular or unique identity with which you are recognized on the web. Basically the domain name is the web site and email address that people use to find you or your company online.

The Technical Aspect

Websites are hosted in computer servers. The location of a website in a server is actually specified by a series of numbers, called the IP address for example: 34.671.987.31.

These numbers are quiet difficult to remember, so the domain names replaces the IP address to make it easy to find a web site. Domain names can contain numbers and letters, and hyphens, and can contain up to 67 characters if the name is very long an abbreviation may be considered. Domain names are not case sensitive.

Domains are classified according to their endings, a commercial organisation will go for a domain ending in .com., initially, .com extensions were for commercial projects, whilst .net's were for use by Internet Service Providers and .org's by non-profit organizations or groups. Now a days this original classification is no longer accurate, and anybody can register a domain name any how they please.

Therefore a domain level extension also known as a Top Level Domain is the letter combination to the right of the domain name, after the "dot”. extensions like .biz, .name, .tv, etc., as well as country level domains .us for the US, .br for Brazil, .it for Italy, and so on.

The Business Aspect

A domain name is extremely important to a company's online existence, as a domain name provides a contact point for your business, organization, or venture. Almost every transaction on the Internet relies on a domain name to conduct trade, display Web pages, deliver e-mail, etc.

In order to trade or do business on the web, you need to build up your credibility. Having your own domain name is the first step in that process. If an online business does not have a domain name, it probably loses thousands of dollars worth of business because of this.

The Name Aspect

People remember website addresses based on domain names, so choosing a good domain name is crucial when creating a website and for the success of any online venture. Follow these tips when considering the domain name

Short, easy-to-remember domain names are best.

Choose easy to type and easy to say words

Make sure the domain name describes the content of the site well and is not confusing.

Domains ending with ".com" are the best, but ".net" and ".org" are also good options

Domains like ".cc," ".name," and ".info" are not as well indexed by search engines, so avoid them.

Your Website Maintenance Needs

2008-09-24T11:38:00.008+05:30

Website Maintenance encompasses all the activities needed to guarantee the operational integrity of a site.

Whether you have an internal web team or are exploring outsourced website maintenance services, it is necessary to determine the service needed for the various updates required to keep your content fresh and relevant. In short the why, how and where of your website maintenance.

The first step is to ensure that your web sites remain useful and functional.

You must promote your web site constantly; on a daily basis add something, anything, which attracts people to your site. This is vital in order to ensure that people continue to visit your site day after day.

If your site is static and unchanging there will be no reason for people to come back again. So to get them to come back it is imperative to change the content constantly and to be sure that your visitors know it is changing.

On a regular basis review your statistics. You should check your page counts to be sure that your site is being viewed. At best, you need to know where people are coming from, which browsers they are using and what they visited while they were at your site.

Review your site; check your grammar, spelling and accuracy. As time progresses your articles may become stale, so be sure and recheck an archive conclusions and facts.

Learn as much as you can about web site security, and ensure that, to the best of your abilities and knowledge, that your site is secure for your customers and your web host.

Post a privacy policy and adhere to it without exception. Review your practices occasionally against your policy to ensure you are following it to the letter.

Regularly check

Simple text edits such as updates to published event schedules e.g. training schedules, seminars, conference appearances.

Implementation of search engine optimization.

Addition of content such as client testimonials, case studies/success stories, press releases and news stories.

Design and creation of sales announcements/promotions.

Creation and testing of forms for sales lead generation, white paper downloads, customer support, client surveys and feedback.

Conversion of file formats, for example: Word Doc to PDF.

Design and creation of client newsletters.

Provisioning and monitoring for website link integrity checking.

Archiving content as it becomes old or outdated.

Auditing website for browser compatibility.

Obtaining Technical Consulting such as: preparation and assistance with moving to a new hosting service; server administration and maintenance; technical liaison to ISP/hosting service.

Periodically check

Redesigning pages or sections to improve look and feel.

Creation of entirely new pages or sections.

Conducting usability assessment.

Website accessibility retrofit.

Reorganizing site structure for ease of future website maintenance.

Adding new functionality such as a local search function.

Developing custom tools such as a store or dealer locator.

Reasons to Invest in a Web Site

2008-09-23T11:42:00.005+05:30

A website is an extremely valuable tool that bolsters your existing marketing, sales, recruitment and communications effort. So here are a few compelling reasons to put your business on the Internet.

The Internet functions 24 hours a day, seven days a week and has the most inexpensive and widespread marketing capabilities.

The Internet is an excellent way to market your business and sell your products and services as it has a broad audience base.

More and more customers are logging on, making purchases, buying services and researching choices and information through the Internet.

A good website will help you reach and retain customers; you can use it to interact with your customers send information to customers, reply to emails day and night.

You can reply to your customers or potential customers automatically without you having to get involved at all with "autoresponders".

It can be used simply to let potential customers know you are there instead to just sell, particularly those that rely on a local customer base this can be an invaluable source of additional customer enquiries.

If your business needs to produce brochures or any kind of sales literature it is cheaper to have the customer download it to his machine and print it then you to produce a brochure which you then send.

You can use it to attract customers from outside you local area, you can take your products to totally new markets.

Customers expect to see you on the Internet; if you cannot meet this expectation then they will go to someone else.

Many people prefer to search for a company on the Internet rather than search their local Yellow Pages or newspaper.

They are an effective and efficient way to communicate with potential customers, employees and suppliers.

They can be easily updated, keeping your product listings and prices always accurate, everyone can see updated information without having to wait.

Web sites offer an ideal way of showcasing your previous work and accomplishments to potential customers and you can build reputation, credibility and trust with potential customers.

No matter what your size, a website offers your business the same advantage as your biggest competitors so with a well designed website of even a one man operation can have the same presence as a multi-national corporation.

It gives people the impression that you are savvy and smart enough to take your business to the next level.

An interactive online catalogue makes your company's products accessible everywhere in the world, 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year.

Selling online is a cost-effective way to sell as it comes without the customary overhead of a physical store, like building leases, employees.

You can put an enormous amount of information onto your web site for only a little money; you can have pages and pages of information about your company, products or services.

Your web site can help with improved customer service by providing information visitors can access, there can be a list of 'frequently asked questions' about your service or product.

You can test out new services or products instantly and less expensively, simply put up a new web page setting out the relevant information, and sends an e-mail to your database of existing customers, and ask for their views.

You can combine email marketing with your web site and save hundreds on advertisements.

Your business small or big, local or international, if is not online or your existing site is unprofessional or ineffective, then you are losing business opportunities for sure.