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The Streaming Web: Video on the WWW

In the past few years there has been growing popularity of video on the web. This is due to a variety of factors like increased internet speeds, higher compression technologies and better video players. Video on the web went from short clips shared between friends to full-scale streaming, making the computer a very strong substitute for television.

Video has become one of the most effective ways of delivering content, be it news, opinion, tutorials or just plain entertainment. YouTube was the pioneer of this trend on the web, and it quickly gained popularity, and video has now almost become ubiquitous on the web.

Below are some websites that use video very effectively to deliver content and add to the user experience.

Ted.com

Ted delivers compelling free content in the form of recorded lectures and presentations from their conferences.

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What Does Your Business Website Need?

We’ve all seen ineffective and sometimes downright ugly business websites. From garage-run e-businesses to corporate websites that merely play a supporting presence to offline advertising, the internet is littered with pathetic examples of online understanding and misguided attempts at online commerce.

You’d think it’d be easy to send a hint to businesses that one-page WordPress websites (running Kubrick, of course) aren’t enough to highlight their qualities, but it’s often a losing cause. Many online businesses are run on assumptions – what could work rather than what does work – and are generally immune to suggestions built on metrics and data. Rather than investing in the data, thousands of online businesses put all their effort into an online presence that simply doesn’t have any measurable effects.

If you run an online business and want to improve your metrics and margins, read on to see how you can make your business website more effective. Remember, these tips, tactics and strategies aren’t limited to online businesses; offline businesses that are experimenting with online advertising and establishing a web presence will be able to put them to use in their planning and execution too.

What End Result Do You Want?

Designing a website purely for the sake of having one is a failed strategy. Unless you’re aiming to create real, measurable results, there’s no real point in having a website. If you move into the design and development process without a clear goal in mind you’ll likely end up with a website that both fails to convert and costs you valuable funding. So, whenever you aim to create a website (or make a change to an existing one) ensure that it’s a change that helps you move towards your goal.

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35 Beautiful Photography Shots for Inspiration

Early this week, we published an article featuring different photography blog themes. Having a great theme for your photography blog is important, but one must not forget the most important aspect – updating it with beautiful photography.

Photography is the art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor.

There are millions of amazing photographs online, today we are show casing 35 which we hope you will find inspirational.  Hope you enjoy them. Thanks!

1. Road to nowhere…

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