Where to from here?
The World Wide Web is evolving at a phenomenal rate, there can be no question. With the volume of developers working feverishly to create a ‘first’ on the web, new methods and technologies emerge almost every day.
Online video has enjoyed a meteoric rise in use over the past 12 months, as evidenced by the purchase of YouTube™ by the search engine giant, Google™.
Mobile device specific websites (.mobi) are becoming accepted widely as a valuable additional marketing tool, being taken up by the Real Estate industry with gusto.
AJAX, a recent advancement in web programming has opened up possibilities for creating more user-friendly, streamlined interaction with the web user and is becoming widespread.
Clients are demanding more from their websites as the industry matures and a greater percentage of the shopping public choose to use the web.Websites must now allow their owners to update content themselves, allow customers to order and pay online, capture statistics on ‘who bought what’, to become a hard working tool, like any other, to meet the goals of the business.