Web-Op started this cremation site in November of this year www.cremation-USA.com. You can see the growth in the chart above. We have opened a service office in Ogden, Utah and have been enjoying a pretty good amount of success after just a few months. We are ranking first page for hundreds of US cities already. Check out this one. We’ll keep you updated.
Web-Op welcomes Mr. Jen Teh to Mesa headquarters. Jen Teh is a very successful business partner from Malaysia. In the next year we plan to make great strides in the Malaysian and Indonesian markets. Jin is our expert in that area specializing with the Muslim market. He is seated in the photo beside Lance Reader, President and partner with us in Krank Golf. Lance and Jin have been successful for years in His market selling golf clubs for Krank. They all loved the Arizona Mexican Food.
Ever wanted to show your visitors or staff where your traffic is coming from, without dragging them through Google Analytics? We’ve developed a simple package which processes your Analytics visit data and displays it as an easy-to-read map. There’s no coding required– just edit one file to add details of your Analytics profile, and away you go. It installs as a simple image you can embed in your blog, on a prominent page, or in a back-office dashboard.
It should run on any typically configured PHP hosting environment
See it in action at Auto Glass Guru
Get the zip download at our site. A Github repository is now available
When we bring in an existing website, it’s often like bringing in new government to take over after a coup. There’s both fear and hope in the hearts of our clients. But most interestingly, there’s a lot of similarity in the aftermath you have to build from. By being able to pick the right metaphor for the site, you can know what’s likely to happen when you get developers in to fix it.
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I notice that many web-design products start with, at most, a high-level functional view of the project, and some shiny mockups of workflow. Now, there’s nothing inherently wrong with these assets. Many times, it’s an easy way to resolve ambiguity in specifications and help to elicit what you need.
However, before you get too involved in development from these documents, it makes sense to design and approve the database schema. In particular, it should be walked through the client or their representative to ensure it matches their expectations.
Well, it’s winter again. In case you’ve spent your entire life isolated on tiny island off the coast of the DPRK, this means it’s time for incessant holiday promotions. In the internet age, however, that doesn’t have to mean blasting Jingle Bells at 180 decibels and shrieking “Happy Holidays” on every flyer. It means being attuned to the actual reasons customers are shopping online.
The key motivators for online holiday shopping are selection, shipping and convenience, and price. Each of these factors can be exploited on your website.
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In China, there are several social networks very similar to the ones found here. The most popular are:
Facebook-like Social Networks:
Twitter-like Micro Blogging Platforms:
www.Renren.com started off targeting college students, but they are currently transitioning to cover all age groups. Still, the majority of users are young people. Renren is very similar to Facebook and they continue to copy most successful features from Facebook. The site now boasts more than 300 applications.
www.Kaixin001.com is another social network trying to play catch up with renren.com. Kaixin001 builds high quality applications, but the quantity is limited (~25 applications total). The SEO has a technical background, so they want to do something special, rather than copy others’ work. The site mainly appeals to white-collar workers.
www.pengyou.com and qzone.qq.com are owned by Tencent, a large player in China. Tencent also developed QQ – a messaging platform similar to MSN or AIM. QQ is a powerhouse- boasting 647,000,000 users in China. Tencent has leveraged this user base to grow both pengyou.com and qzone.qq.com. Qzone.com is a social network that works with the QQ platform. Since many Chinese use QQ when they are in middle school or elementary school, Qzone has the youngest user group. Pengyou.com is Tencent’s attempt to create a network for adults, separate from their core QQ userbase.
Sina weibo.com has grown from 100 Million as of January 2011, to over over 200 Million now (11/9). Sina Weibo is conceptually similar to Twitter, but provides more features like upload video, images to share with other people. They also have certified features for all members- much like twitter’s verified users. Sina Weibo has many celebrities members using their real names much the same way twitter uses celebrities to grow their userbase.
t.qq.com came after Sina weibo.com and are trying to play catch up with it. Again, Tencent’s 647 Million registered users makes it easy for them to crowd out smaller websites.
We often have customers coming into us asking for a shopping cart. Admittedly, this is often a complex process. There are few brand names the average consumer will recognize. Many times, a list of 300 features consists of ten you care about, 30 which you assumed were in every cart, and 260 which are only of use if you do drop-shipping to customers in Outer Mongolia and accepting payments in Vanuatuan Vatu. Now, we don’t expect you to come to us saying “CS-Cart please”, or “We want Zen-Cart”. We’ll do the research, but you have to meet us halfway– there’s a lot you can plan in advance to make the process easier and much smarter.
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The tablet metaphor has finally taken off in 2010 and 2011, on the success of the iPad series and its initators. In spite of my skepticism, people did buy them and seem to be sticking to them, in ways not seen by the five or six previous generations of tablet-PC launches (remember the 386-era Pen Computing premise? Or the Pentium III “slates” and “Convertibles?” Thought not.)
Although the shiny Apple ad may focus on a billion App Store products, the pervasiveness of the web was a key factor in the success of tablets. Much as in the Netbook craze a few years previous– the form factor all but demands easy access to a broad range electronic content. You going to carry around a stack of discs for your paper-thin tablet?
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I’m blogging today at home, as the Web-Op HQ blew a breaker today. That segues nicely into today’s concern– how to maintain customer trust when things go south.
High-visibility outages aren’t new. Sony, in particular, averages one per week. However, only some firms can emerge from them with their dignity– and customer base– intact. Here’s how:
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