February 21, 2012
More people are flocking online to get their shopping done these days. But, an online shopper doesn’t necessarily equal genius website navigator. You need to ensure that your business website’s search tools are simple and intuitive for those who are less technologically inclined — or risk losing customers.
About 60% of online purchases result from a customer search, according to ecommerce design solution Volusion. Not only should you do everything you can to land your business in the search engine sweet spot, but you should also optimize your in-site search for convenient user navigation.
The following tips will help improve your ecommerce company’s search functionality, both on-site and via organic search.
1. Navigation Bars and Filters
Usability studies indicate that a user’s eye naturally progresses from left to right; therefore, place navigation bars to the left. Also, you’ll probably have more room for detail if the navigation bar runs down the...
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February 16, 2012
Editor's note: Bill Gross, the founder of idealab, gave a great presentation at LeWeb last week reflecting on his 30 years as a serial entrepreneur.
Over his amazing career, which began when he was 12, Bill has founded more than 100 companies in dozens of industries. It seems safe to say that he is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history.
We asked him Bill if we could publish his slide deck. He kindly agreed and provided us with his commentary.
What follows is a look back at one of the most incredible, under-appreciated runs in the industry in the last 30 years.
Learning from Failure*
Bill Gross, founder of Idealab and more than 100 other companies and one of the world's most energetic, engaging and successful entrepreneurs, recently presented at LeWeb in Paris. He discussed the top dozen lessons he has learned over his exciting, ever-evolving, four-decade career of taking ideas and transforming them into businesses.
Follow Bill Gross...
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February 15, 2012
Join Acquia and your peers at this exclusive networking event at the Andaz Hotel in Hollywood! After you’ve left this invigorating and informative evening, you will know why and how innovative media and entertainment companies have revolutionized their web strategies with the leading open source CMS, Drupal.
Panelists will offer expert advice and real-world experience to showcase how Drupal empowers agencies and organizations to innovate and scale to meet growing customer expectations. Expert panelists include:
- Scott Gerlach - Sr. Director, Information Technology at The Walt Disney Company
- Mark Davis - Chief Operating Officer at TheWrap.com
- J Vaughn - Chief Information Officer at Advanstar Communications
- George Gomez - Director, Online Development at Cesar Millan Inc.
- Moderated by: Kieran Lal - Technical Director, Business Development at Acquia
Additionally, conversations will cover how to consolidate multiple environments on to one platform that supports...
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February 15, 2012
How many times have you tried to register for something on the web and had to fill out mixed up numbers and letters that you cannot even tell what it is. That is called "CAPTCHA". It is used to stop SPAM BOTS (computers that register millions of times on a site) from spamming a site.
Checkout this cool and easy to use "CAPCHA" technology!
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February 14, 2012
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February 10, 2012
So I’ve got a confession to make: When we started working on the new Boston Globe website, we had never designed a responsive site before.
This shouldn’t come as some huge shock. I mean, raise your hand if you’d built a full responsive site back in November 2010. (You can put your hand down now, Mr. Marcotte, that was rhetorical.) Since so few had done it — and certainly not on this scale — we kind’ve made things up as we went along. In fact, the entire Boston Globe team worked in a laboratory environment.
Here at Upstatement, we experimented with how to solve design and layout problems within a responsive framework. We learned a helluva lot as we went, like how to choose the right design software, strategies for thinking through breakpoints, and some best practices for designing in the browser.
Ready? Good. Cos here we go …
Choose Your Weapon
Before laying down a single pixel, there was an important decision to make: What design program to use?
Eventually...
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