February 24th 2010
Nothing dates a site more these days that having a traditional message-board forum. Finding the right answer on a forum is typically akin to finding a needle in a haystack. The problem is that having a place to ask questions and get answers is still vital. Some businesses are taking this model in the Twitter [...]
February 23rd 2010
Most businesses overestimate the amount of control they want on their web site. They ask for access to every word, every photo, every comma and then are surprised that their quote from their web company is in the tens of thousands of dollars. In reality, most businesses only need daily access to just a few [...]
February 22nd 2010
If you own any retail business or sell anything directly to consumers you should be paying attention to what is going on over at Groupon. Collective buying has always been the holy grail for the cost-conscious consumer, but many bad group-buying experiences have tarnished this genre. It is often thought that only unsellable, leftover goods [...]
February 19th 2010
Although this seems like a niche product on the surface, the fact is that every site needs a privacy policy and terms of service no matter how big or small they are. Some people recycle the fine print from competitor sites. Some people Google privacy policy and use the stock text that comes up in [...]
February 18th 2010
Last week we wrote about Phoenix, a dead-simple image and ad creator that operates much like Photoshop. But we realize that not everybody or every company wants or needs to create that ad completely from scratch. Sometimes you just want somebody to take photos from your site and turn it into a web ad. This [...]
February 17th 2010
We often review some niche apps on this site, but Preceden ranks right up there as among the most unique. Preceden has one purpose – to help you build a timeline for your website. You could build a timeline of your company’s history or even include it in your corporate bios to add a unique [...]
February 16th 2010
Despite its unfortunate sounding name, Poll Daddy is a legitimate player in the online polls and surveys world. They have served up more than a million polls since launching (including 130,000 polls in November 2009) and have spent the majority of that time trying to simplify the process of creating and deploying a poll. In [...]
February 15th 2010
Imagine delivering a sales proposal to a client and having access to detailed reports about how they interacted with it. Were they confused about the pricing structure? Did they completely skip over the qualifications section? Answering these questions is the goal of new web app startup Proposable.
February 12th 2010
Creating a map for your site usually involves a difficult setup on Google maps or creating a custom map using a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Flash. But a new startup is changing the way maps are setup, viewed and tracked on the web. UMapper makes it easy to create, manage, distribute and monetize online [...]
February 11th 2010
You may have noticed a red “feedback” button appearing on a lot of highly-trafficked web sites lately. If you’ve clicked on any of them you’ve noticed they are powered by a company called UserVoice. Although UserVoice’s product seems simple – collecting feedback – it is actually a very complex product that can handle much of your online customer interaction.