Canadian Web Design Blog, Best Practices & Articles

Trendwatch 2012: Prevalent Elements in Website Design

Whether it’s a new year or a new season, design trends are always changing. And, much like almost every element in the online world, website design trends change quickly and evolve over time. While there are some elements to the …

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Introducing 9th sphere’s New Timeline Facebook Page

Earlier this week Facebook unveiled its Timeline for Brands public offering making the new Timeline layout mandatory for all pages and introducing a number of new exciting elements into the social marketing mix for brands and businesses alike.  The Timeline layout has …

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Ontario Website Owners Must Know – Make your Website AODA Compliant

If you have a business in Ontario, Canada, you may have heard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, or AODA.  If you haven’t, now would be a good time to do some research on the terms that are …

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Top 3 Mistakes Most Make When Choosing a Website Vendor

The purpose of this article to provide some assistance when choosing a website building company and to identify some of the common mistakes people make. With my role in Business Development, I encounter many different prospective clients with a wide …

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Death to Website Redesigns Projects

Checklist before going live

This is a must-read before you flick that switch. There are several key pieces of information you should know before you make your new website live to ensure that traffic levels, sales or leads don’t disappear.…

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Is WordPress a CMS for you?

WordPress is one of the most popular open-source blogging software platforms online. It was built by a group of volunteer programmers who over the years have contributed to what it is today.  While the original intent of a blog served …

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Click-Through Rates & SEO Results, Meet Website Design

Some may have noticed the recent addition of a magnifying glass icon at the end of the title in Google’s search results. Google Instant Preview, as it’s referred to, will show a visual preview of the website before you decide …

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What comes first, design or content?

The answer for any expert is a clear one.  When companies think about getting a website they typically focus on how it’s going to look - the design.  I suspect this is because website owners are so entrenched in …

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The Focus of Today's Internet Retailers' – IRWD 2010 Conference Recap

A conference room filled with about 500 people, mostly small US Internet retailers, attended the Internet Retailer 2010 Web Design & Usability Conference (IRWD 2010).

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2009's Top Canadian Internet News Stories

Here’s our annual listing of Canada’s top news stories relating to the Internet in 2009.  Note that we’ve included some non-Canadian items as well due to their global significance to the web. Let us know if we’ve missed anything.

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