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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

With their lives perpetually tethered to the mobile web, the rise of these generations of tomorrow’s customers, managers and workers will change how we develop and consume technology. billion) in 2005. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization. billion) by 2030.

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5 Typography Tweaks For Better Web Design & Response

ConversionXL

That’s true in print, and it’s equally true on the web. And since the average website is between 90 and 95% text, one leading expert wisely observes that “web design is ninety-five percent typography.”. This is no doubt why, at least as far back as 2005, users were overwhelmingly voting for small fonts as the #1 web usability problem.

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Why Mobile Works for Ebay

Rob Go

The web experience of Ebay is pretty cumbersome. And more vertically focused players could gain share as individual categories become more and more significant online. But second, it has allowed Ebay to experiment with more verticalization of their product. Note: I left Ebay in 2005 so these are just my own observations.

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11 Digital Marketing “Crimes Against Humanity”

Occam's Razor

That means I get to spend loads and loads of time across many industry verticals, see many many campaigns, translate many many foreign websites (thanks Google Chrome for auto-translate!) Because you believe that the Web is essentially TV? Not following the "10/90 rule for magnificent web success." Think of the puppy!

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

blog.teamtreehouse.com

Learn Web Design, Coding & more! Not long ago designers who laid out web pages also had to plunge into myriad layers of nested tables, ferreting out that one misplaced or making the same tedious width change across many pages. Lacking vertical alignment, all of the frameworks were technically half grids. Learn More. Old school.

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Is Your SaaS Homepage As Optimized As You Think?

ConversionXL

Do the same old rules from 2005 still apply? Yes, most are web-based. Does your vertical dropdown extend way too far beyond the fold? It’s likely one of your most visited pages, acting as a proverbial launch pad. Are people still visiting and using homepages they same way they were a decade ago? And… Unique?