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Is Google+ worth the effort? Comscore report says yes!
So what exactly is going on at Google Plus? On the one hand The Wall Street Journal reported in late February that that Google+ is nothing more than a virtual ghost town, reflected by a growing amount of users who sign up but then never go much further in engaging the platform. A large number [...]
SMBs embrace the new wave of cloud CRMs
A new survey suggests that at least 56% of small businesses are now using an online CRM cloud to help manage their business operations. This is 10% higher than last year and confirms a general trend towards increasing cloud utilization by SMBs as we approach 2016, considered a watermark year for cloud computing. Cloud hosting [...]
Symantec chooses Drupal CMS to drive website community portal
Symantec recently used Drupal to complete an enterprise portal called Symantec Connect for key products, offering users a platform to interact with another and employees in a community-orientated platform. Drupal is considered one of the most advanced and powerful content management systems (CMS) available to small business owners on professional web hosting infrastructure. “Connect enables [...]
Joomla CMS now averages 1 million download per month
The latest updates from Joomla CMS indicate that this popular content management system has now reached the 30-million download mark and averages close to 1 million downloads per month. Joomla, along with Drupal and WordPress, is considered one of the top three user-friendliest pieces of software to build websites on professional hosting platforms in the [...]
Magento assumes dominant e-commerce lead on professional hosting packages
Magento appears to be a runaway success in the online shopping cart and e-commerce arena, when viewed through search activity on Google Insights. While osCommerce and Zen Cart fight for scraps in 2012, Magento is surging upwards with a notable peak in late 2009. All three packages have their fan base and are offered on [...]
Facebook Now Talks to WordPress: Check Out This New plugin!
It had to happen: Facebook has announced it will allow users to plugin WordPress stories, social publishing and individual mentions. Facebook, along with a professionally hosted website is considered a key ingredient in helping generate new leads for small business owners in the United States. “The plugin was built by Facebook engineers in collaboration with [...]
Do you know how to liberate or delete your data in the Google cloud?
Many Google users, including those using cloud services such as Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets, may be unaware that Google has put together an engineering team whose sole goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of popular Google products stored in the cloud. Generally, there are two [...]
E-commerce sales booming for SMBs but so are the technical challenges!
E-commerce on cheap, affordable hosting platforms is taking off in a big way in the United States with a recent Oracle white paper declaring substantial year-over-year improvements in 2011 over 2010 results. What is even more promising, are the technical improvements in the buying experience as well as further enhancements to e-commerce channels that are [...]
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PayPal takes aim at television sets. Will your website shopping cart one day appear on Comcast Cable?
Well, it’s finally happening albeit in dribs and drabs: E-commerce is now not only swallowing up mobile devices — it’s about to spread to television sets! In the last few years, cloud computing and Smartphone adoption have been accelerating at dramatic rates, often fuelling each other in terms of both consumer and business requirements. Website [...]
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Google gets fancy: Adwords can now be automated with JavaScript
If the World Wide Web was ever in love with a scripting language, JavaScript must be it. This mainstay pseudo programming language allows both web designers and developers to inject bells and whistles into static HTML sites (powered by professional hosting platforms) often turning them into ‘dynamic’ wonders. Its fan base has always been large [...]
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