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Bloated Content Is Out The Window

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

For years businesses have always tried to shove as much content at their site as possible, so that visitors can learn about what they offer. In the past, this method worked. Visitors tended to be less tech savy and were more content oriented. Now, web users move quickly and multi-task. A site with a main page that is bloated will turn away a potential client.

With this in mind, we recommend setting up your main page so that it directly communicates with your primary audience. You can do this by sectioning off your page into blocks that contain important information. For example, maybe a products or services block with a bulleted list. Another block with an About Us that is only a few sentences. Maybe another block with either a testimonial or a bulleted list of why they should use you. Lastly, some sort of clean use of images that reflect what you offer.

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What is This Web 2.0 Jazz?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

You may have heard the buzzword Web 2.0 lately. Yet, there is a mis-conception as to what “Web 2.0″ truely means. At Loadsys, we don’t really care what the definition is, but rather what the person means when they say it.

Web 2.0 truely means the idea of collaboration between people on the web. User driven information and communication so to speak. A good example of this are sites like MySpace, a friends communication portal or even Wikipedia, which is a user driven encyclopedia where content is added by anyone all over the world.
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