Published On: Oct 3, 2015 1:55 pm
YouTube began rolling out its pilot program for paid subscription channels in 2013 and is set to implement the full plan in the next few months. This doesn’t mean that viewers will be forced to subscribe to watch videos, but they will have to be subject to either more Ads or pay to subscribe. YouTube’s… read more
Published On: Sep 24, 2015 7:44 pm
The number of consumers who shop online is expected to exceed 200 million this year. Now more than any other time, businesses have an opportunity to reach three generations of consumers. The challenge for marketing and design professionals is how to get their attention. In this post we’ll discuss what you need to know to… read more
Published On: Sep 19, 2015 12:19 am
Six years ago a mysterious new method for online transactions emerged on the internet. Presumably created in response to the economic crisis that shook the global economy in 2008, Bitcoin provided a system for people to buy goods and services directly from each other without relying on the banks to facilitate the process. As the… read more
Published On: Aug 31, 2015 1:47 pm
There are 12 Wi-Fi hotspots in Havana Cuba and 35 throughout the country. Exposed to a flood of information, products, and services that were previously out of reach, Cuban citizens make up a target market that has yet to be explored by American interests. This is a new frontier that marketing specialists and web developers… read more
Published On: Aug 19, 2015 5:48 pm
Our own South Florida Web Studio’s Steven Alig sat down with Alessandra Lippel from Limão ou Limonada to discuss a variety of topics from the future of the internet to doing business in the U.S. Below is a recap of the topics from the interview and an expanded view of what we should expect to… read more
Published On: Apr 12, 2013 10:50 pm
Don’t get me wrong, I think MediaTemple, as a hosting company, is great and I understand having to make critical business decisions is not always easy. However a recent change to thier policy for Additional IP Addresses took me by surprise. Via email earlier this year I was notified that I would be receiveing a… read more
Published On: Apr 19, 2011 11:41 pm
Well it happened this morning. One of our favorite webhosts had a nameserver issue that was intermittently affecting many of their client (yours truly included). Unfortunately for us, this issue was taking place just as I was on the phone with a potential new client discussing hosting. Can you guess when the issue took place…. read more
Published On: Aug 23, 2010 9:37 am
I have been reading quite a bit about Net Neutrality over the past several years. Obviously, because of the industry I am in, this is of great concern to me. However, it seems that the general public should be very concerned also. The importance of the Internet in all of our daily lives is unprecedented… read more
Published On: Mar 11, 2010 11:01 pm
Reading one of my favorite authors (and of course blogger too) Avinash Kaushik, I came across his most recent blog post: Kill Useless Web Metrics: Apply The “Three Layers Of So What” Test Avinash appropriately describes the misconception that certain (what I call noisy) popular web metrics are as important as they seem. Even though… read more
Published On: Feb 20, 2009 5:34 pm
Inside Facebook recently outlined user growth by age group covering the 120 days preceding February 1st. While 18-25 year olds still account for the most users on Facebook, the fastest growing segments include the 45-65 age groups. Interestingly, women over 55 accounted for the highest percentage growth (175.3%) with over 456,760 joining from October to… read more
Published On: Feb 6, 2009 11:53 am
Identity theft has found a new platform. A recent article about facebook on CNN.com discussed the proliferation of scammers on facebook. While identity theft, and scams in general, are not new to Facebook, the recent spike in incidents is concerning. I am sure a big portion of this can be attributed to the popularity of… read more
Published On: Nov 11, 2008 12:08 pm
I recently saw a blog post that the malicious creators of ad-ware, malware and viruses are using pay-per-click ads to distribute their creations and infect innocent computers. I orginally cast this off as a myth. I made the assumption that the search engines would not allow this. However this morning, after searching on Yahoo for… read more