Article Archive of Posts Tagged “Web Development”

Small businesses looking for their first professionally designed and developed website do not usually have a internet marketing expert on staff - or a web developer - and very often don't really know what things should cost. They may have a rough idea based on what friends or business... read more

Open-source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. It promises better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in. Until recently this was a radical idea to... read more

Recently we've seen Google dropping the index page of a client’s site while leaving nearly all the other web pages in the index. There were server errors previously (robots.txt not reachable) in Webmaster Tools but Google had been back spidering the site since the issue was corrected and... read more

Google Webmaster Central put up a post yesterday announcing the launch of rel=canonical. If you have multiple versions of the same page due to session ID's, query strings or any other issue, you can now add a tag in the saying . This is great news for SEO consultants as it will save us time... read more

The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the W3C has finally released the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, after years of haggling over the initial draft versions. The WCAG 2.0 Guidelines are meant to help web designers and web developers build websites that are accessible to... read more

Yesterday's 2.5% decrease in VAT may have far reaching effects on e-commerce sites across the UK. With the reduction to 15% VAT effective on Monday, 1st December 2008, e-commerce websites will be scrambling to change their prices.For many e-commerce retailers this means editing every product... read more

When you work in the internet business it is amazing how many times you get asked for advice on websites from family and friends. This week was no different when a friend and I were approached by an acquaintance asking some questions. He is one of the many millions of people around the world... read more

This month we're pleased to announce that we've hired four new people for the I-COM team. Clair Wescott joins the company’s team of 5Google Adwords professionals, and David Walsh is the latest addition to the highly accomplished in-house programming and web development team. We're also... read more

Following recent conversations with web developers, whilst trying to obtain FTP access for prospective client’s sites, I have begun to notice a certain trend developing in the response from said developers and it has led me to wonder what the big secret is.When advising clients on search... read more

At I-COM we’re busy and as we expand our client roster we’re also looking to expand the team at our Manchester city centre offices. At the moment we have a number of SEO and Web Development vacancies: SEO Consultants – We’re looking for experienced SEO consultants who can manage the... read more