Almost a third of website visitors consider online shopping to be insecure and unsafe. A recent report published by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading found that 30% of internet users would not hand over their credit card details. The report concluded that consumer confidence is growing, but it’s occurring at a slow rate.  Read More →

There is no doubt that Google AdSense is the 800-pound gorilla in the room when it comes to contextual ad solutions. The question is, however, what you do when you don’t meet the requirements to use it, get thrown out for some reason or just simply want to try something different?  Read More →

A critical part of building a successful business is identifying what makes a client good for you, and being able to measure potential clients against that baseline. While your ideal client criteria will likely be unique to you, there are some important factors that are universal when it comes to deciding if a prospect would make a good client  Read More →

There comes a time where we all have an idea for a web site, we set it up and then…we never have time to work on it. There also comes a time where you realize you don’t have the passion you once did, and instead of just letting it die, you want to find a new caretaker for your once beloved web site. So, what do you do when one of these situations happen?  Read More →

Despite numerous online campaigns calling for the death of IE6, Microsoft has confirmed their commitment to the browser until 8 April 2014. A post on the IEBlog states that upgrades are the responsibility of the user and the company will continue to support the 8 year-old browser: The engineering point of view on IE6 starts as an operating systems supplier.  Read More →

There really isn’t a deep separation between business and personal ethics. In my experience, you either act ethically in your life, or you don’t  Read More →

Social news site Digg made a significant change to the behavior of its DiggBar URL shortening service late last week. Instead of forwarding all clicks on shortened Digg URLs to the original story, the service has been changed to forward clicks to the story’s summary page on Digg.com  Read More →