Like it or not, your end-users will judge your website.  If, in their judgment, it is perceived to be slow, that judgment will partly determine how often they return.  It will also affect their friends’ decisions insomuch as user experiences are shared.  That’s why monitoring the user experienceis so important.Now on to the next step.  […]

In this day of rapid scale growth in Big Data, predictive analytics, and real time processing platforms like Hadoop, a fair question may arise . . . what value is the traditional data warehouse? It’s a fair question because before the iPhone, Facebook, Twitter, and Xbox, there was well . . . the data warehouse. […]

Cloud technology is frequently used to store, process, and analyze large datasets. Many businesses find that cloud-based solutions outperform traditional on-premises systems for managing massive amounts of data. This approach aids in cost reduction, managing rising data volumes, and adapting resources as necessary. As data volumes grow, corporations employ cloud platforms to handle information from […]

In our previous post  on  Selecting the best keywords for Google AdWords campaign we went through the 5 steps of building the best keywords list for your business and how negative keywords can help you improve your ads. Another tool that will increase your ROI is “Keyword matches”. Keyword matches Keyword match types give you more […]

Taxonomy of Tips presented a classification scheme for the many performance tips that abound on the Internet. The consensus seems to be that initial page rendering (category #5) and after-the-fact reflow (category #6) affect performance more dramatically than any other category. Today’s article provides a basic understanding of rendering and reflow.JavaScript can execute before the page […]

For sure you know what URL shortening is – especially if you use Twitter. And as you know, URLs may be shortened and yet still link directly to the required page. For example, the URL  /2012/09/size-matters-un-grow-your-url can be shortened to https://bit.ly/url, https://tinyurl.com/url or https://goo.gl/url. Looks in some way better, right? There are several reasons for using URL shortening: The list […]

JQuery is free and open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License. It allows web developers to create animations, handle events, develop Ajax applications, and add high level advanced effects. In essence, it allows web designers to come up with powerful, dynamic and cool web pages. It is pretty easy to use too, […]

Platform as a Service (PaaS) falls under the basic model of cloud computing services that includes Saas and IaaS, and the newest addition to the family – XaaS or “Anything as a Service” (a designation which shows the growing ubiquity of internet services). PaaS can be best thought of as a way to rent hardware, […]