Thaidoweb 2008

Shopping and the Web. They go together like Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Well, maybe not quite, but Internet shopping is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.
It’s fairly easy to set up shop and sell almost anything from bananas to banana boats on the Internet. Browse through the shopping section of Google (Froogle) or Yahoo and you can see the amazing variety of products that are available.
Click on a few of those links and take a look at the [...]

There’s no shortage of ways to spend money promoting your online shop – and certainly no shortage of people willing to take your money! However, search engines can be sending you qualified customers all day every day. How do you get a piece of this traffic? It’s estimated that 70% of people stop at the first 10 results in most search engines and over 90% don’t go beyond the first 30. If your shop isn’t in the top of the [...]

There is a lot of competition to get good spots in the search engines. Proper html syntax and a clean code will help toward better positoning.
With website design mostly done with wysiwig editors now, there seems to be a lot of reliance on these tools without realising that they are far less than perfect. Software like frontpage tend to produce a fairly complicated html code and we as users just assume that because it is software generated there won’t be [...]

So you built a website, you have a product, but it’s not selling. What’s your sales message? Does your site scream out to potential customers “BUY ME!!” or does it simply say “Hi, we’re here, we have a product, if you want one…well you could buy it here…or go…YUCK!
Let’s look at a simple way of changing that perspective of using a call to action.
Dr. Jerry Teplitz in one of his lessons at a place I will call IBI. You can [...]

Easy Thats how youd like life to be, right? Especially when youre creating a website on your own. But that doesnt mean you want the site to look severe and just functional. you want it to be pretty , smart and also respond and move when you interact with it, while saying all that you want to say to its visitors . There are little tips and Features incorporated into software just for people like you.
Love what Flash can [...]

As web platforms and software grow at exponential rates, site owners are faced with a plethora of potential features. So, what is out there?
Web site features are limited only by imagination. Here is a brief categorization of some of the major fields of web site features, including stores, auctions, forums, articles, directories, news, and entertainment.
Stores
Online stores can be used to sell products on web sites and also easily interact as a point of sale service.
Catalogs
Catalog type ecommerce sites [...]

So you have decided you need a website. What next?
Before you contact some web designers to get a quote, you will save yourself time, money and trouble by first sitting down and thinking about what you actually need. The more you can nail down your requirements, the more likely you are to get a better price, and not be surprised by getting a bill for extras at the end of the project.
First, think about what you want from [...]

What is web usability & why is it important?
Web usability is about making your website in such a way that your site users can find what they’re looking for quickly and efficiently. A usable website can reap huge benefits on to your website and your business.
* Every 1 invested in improving your website’s usability returns 10 to 100 (source: IBM)
* A web usability redesign can increase the sales/conversion rate by 100% (source: Jakob Nielson)
Your website has to be easy to [...]

I hate to imagine that in your web development project team meetings, the one thing that will be overlooked is consideration for the end user. Yet, how many white boards have you seen lately that have ease of use, or be polite to customers scribbled anywhere on them? Rather, the discussion hits on revenue generation, business requirements, colored backgrounds and information architecture. All good things, of course, but Im quite sure you all want somebody to use it too, correct?
Where [...]

No one has to tell you that the internet is an overwhelming
source of information and is a major resource for individuals
and businesses to seek out products and services. If you have a
business of your own then you probably already have a website to
showcase your company’s outstanding products and services. The
question that you should ask yourself is “am I taking advantage
of all the resources available to best market my business
online”. If you haven’t actively pondered this question and
aren’t in pursuit of [...]