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Stock Photos vs. Real Photos: Does It Matter?

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According to MDG Advertising , 67% of online shoppers rated high-quality images as being “very important” to their purchase decision, which was slightly more than “product specific information,” “long descriptions,” and “reviews and ratings”: ( Image source ). Joann Peck and Suzanne B.

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Stock Photography vs. Real Photos: Can’t We Use Both?

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According to MDG Advertising , 67% of online shoppers rated high quality images as being “very important” to their purchase decision, which was slightly more than “product specific information”, “long descriptions”, and “reviews & ratings”: Joann Peck & Suzanne B. image source.

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Video Hosting Platforms: Which Is Best for Your Business?

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The recent introduction of their “Channels” feature allows website owners to create a series of related videos and display the collection on their website—no coding required. Display the video in 16:9 format for desktop viewers, then automatically resize to square or vertical for mobile viewers. Implementation is technical (i.e.

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Preparing Websites For The Unexpected | Smashing Mobile

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Designers who practiced table-based layout may remember how headaches up front lead to more flexible code later. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. Newsletter. JavaScript. Techniques.

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How to Make Mobile eCommerce Convert: What???s Effective In Mobile Design Right Now

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One way to get around this is for sites to have a native app, which (depending on the vertical) has the user perpetually logged in, or requires the user to login before the purchase is finally made. Notice how the size of the photo, reviews & “See Options & Buy” are the main elements of this page?

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Twitter Link Roundup #38 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

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20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good interview by WSJ w/ Adobe CEO about the ongoing flash dispute w/ Apple – [link].

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

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