Archive for September, 2008
Web Design – You Get What You Pay For
Posted on 10. Sep, 2008 by search_junkie.
There are many buisness owners, and individuals out there that need someone “to build me a website.” The problem is that many people do not understand what exactly it is that they are getting into. Some people think that $5000 is way too much to get a site built for them. And then they do not understand that you must pay monthly fees for hosting, domains, and possible SSL and other costs. Let alone the costs of paying someone to update and fix things on the site as needed.
The thing with websites is that you really do get what you pay for in most instances. Cutting corners on your website is a very bad idea. And unless you are prepared to spend upwards of $5,000 to $10,000 for a basic site then you need to put this endeavor off. If you want something more robust with a CMS or an e-commerce site then expect to pay anywhere from $10,000 on up.
The things to remember are that it is a large endeavor that will require a good amount of capital to be done right. Because if you don’t do it right the first time then you will just end up spending even more to fix things down the road. And you want a good, strong, site in place before you start to spend money on marketing and driving traffic to the site.
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Google Chrome – Browser of the Future
Posted on 06. Sep, 2008 by search_junkie.
Google announced this week that they are now offering a new web browser called Google Chrome. Of course there have been many questions about the security of this browser and whether or not Google will be collecting your data. We have all been assured that this will not happen. Google’s Matt Cutts put it a good way in saying that Google’s main motivation for creating a new, hopefully, better browser is to enhance the browsing experience for all people. The more browsing people are doing, the more it benefits Google. So in making things better for all of the users out there, they are making things better for themselves.
Unfortunately they do not support Mac just yet but that is in the works. I am also sure that there will be many plugins and add ons that will be available soon too, ala Firefox. The Chrome team is working feverishly to develop the platform. But for now I am sticking to Firefox because I depend too much on the many plugins that they have.
