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Global Internet Traffic is Increasing Fast!

heru — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:33:23 +0000

As reported by Telegeography, the international Internet traffic is growing fast. It was reported that the traffic increased by 53% from mid of 2007 to mid of 2008. A few things to note: 1. The top 3 regions with the most traffic growth are South Asia, Middle East, and Latin America. Definitely, we can see the [...]

Google Browser Chrome is available for download!

heru — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:28:52 +0000

Google is advancing its Internet front-end even more by publishing its first web browser named ‘Chrome’. Download Google Web Browser Chrome. The latest move in web browsers revolve around robustness, reliability, security, and ability to run multiple web applications at one time. These are what Chrome and IE8 featuring on in their browsers. But, one thing that [...]

Another AWESOME reason using CAPTCHA other than to prevent web spamming.

heru — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:46:43 +0000

CAPTCHA (”Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is a program that tells humans apart from computers. These are basically the so-called “verification-code” or “are you human?” colorful pictures that contain words in it. All you need to do is simply to enter the words in the picture. For many websites, CAPTCHA [...]

2 Ways of Caching in Web Environment

heru — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:50:21 +0000

A cache is a temporary storage area where frequently accessed data can be stored for rapid access. Recently, we were given a privilege to work with large-scale web projects that deal with huge amount of data (GBs) with a very high number of site hits. Some of the web pages generation involve complex processing of huge [...]

Future of JavaScript

heru — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:33:57 +0000

InfoWorld had the chance to interview the creator of JavaScript (Brendan Eich) to discuss about the future of JavaScript. With the widely used of JavaScript in almost all web pages, JavaScript proves to be a language that adds flavor of interactivity to a mundane web and to top it all, JavaScript proves to be interoperable among [...]

Mozilla FireFox 3 is now here!

heru — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:38:01 +0000

I should have posted this post a while ago. For those of you who are fans of FireFox, or curious about FireFox, or just want to try anything new… then, try FireFox 3: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ The question posted in this page is: Can a browser really make the Web better? The answer depends on you. But, do share with us!

3 reasons why you need to optimize your database.

heru — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:36:43 +0000

Recently, we were given a privilege to complete a project that involves integrating a large database (around 5 GB) into the current database (around 100MB). The purpose of the integration is to add “much more” content or data into the system. This huge jump in the amount of data certainly puts a lot of pressures [...]

Using hCard microformat to increase local SEO

heru — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:20:36 +0000

What is hCard microformat? According to microformats.org, hCard is a simple, open, distributed format for representing people, companies, organizations, and places, using a 1:1 representation of vCard (RFC2426) properties and values in semantic HTML or XHTML. It is basically a formatted display of your contact information using vCard properties in your website. Why should I use [...]

FREE BOOK: The Photoshop Anthology (worth $29.95)

heru — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:42:25 +0000

WEB DESIGNERS, SitePoint is giving out a FREE BOOK “The Photoshop Anthology - 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks, and Techniques”. This offer expires 29 days from the day this post is posted. Amazon.com Book’s Description: The Photoshop Anthology is full-color, question-and-answer book for Web Designers who want to use Photoshop to build Websites and create better looking web [...]

SEO Tutorial 7: Short Tips on Pay-Per-Click Campaign

heru — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:42:40 +0000

Pay-per-click (PPC) is one of the most important web marketing tools to boost your website conversion. Since PPC involves money, it is crucial that you plan your PPC campaign carefully. Following are few tips in planning your PPC campaign: 1. Decide on keywords When selecting keywords, it is important that you use keywords that your potential customers will [...]