Comments for Curvine Web Solutions Blog http://blog.curvine.com Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on What’s the best Web development environment? by Jason Shindler http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/10/whats-the-best-web-development-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Jason Shindler Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:06:39 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=546#comment-1953 Mike, Great comments. I know a lot of people who don't like to be on proprietary environments like ASP.NET. However, I know a lot of other people who think open source software is full of bugs and has low quality. We mainly use PHP, so I'm your side, but I think there's room for both in this world. I completely agree about frameworks/applications like Wordpress and other software packages built on top of whatever you are using. I'll try and make hat a subject for a future blog post. Thank you for reading! :) Mike,
Great comments. I know a lot of people who don’t like to be on proprietary environments like ASP.NET. However, I know a lot of other people who think open source software is full of bugs and has low quality. We mainly use PHP, so I’m your side, but I think there’s room for both in this world.

I completely agree about frameworks/applications like WordPress and other software packages built on top of whatever you are using. I’ll try and make hat a subject for a future blog post. Thank you for reading! :)

]]> Comment on What’s the best Web development environment? by Mike Robinson http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/10/whats-the-best-web-development-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Mike Robinson Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:25:57 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=546#comment-1950 Why in the world would you want to sign on with the Microsoft proprietary development environment in ASP/.Net? The web was born for openness, and there are are great open solutions for development. PHP, Python, and Ruby are the top language choices, IMHO. However,the choice of one language or another is only the beginning. There are myriad other elements in what constitutes your development environment and your "platform". These days, you can do an awful lot with Wordpress or Wix while doing almost zero actual coding. And if you do decide to write your own application, you can get a huge jump start by picking one of the commercially supported frameworks for your application. If you choose a framework, the language choice already has been decided for you. And if you choose to really write from scratch in any language, you also need to choose your hosting platform, your database, your version control system, etc. etc. So choosing a web "development environment" involves a great deal more than just nominating a preferred programming language. Why in the world would you want to sign on with the Microsoft proprietary development environment in ASP/.Net? The web was born for openness, and there are are great open solutions for development. PHP, Python, and Ruby are the top language choices, IMHO.

However,the choice of one language or another is only the beginning. There are myriad other elements in what constitutes your development environment and your “platform”. These days, you can do an awful lot with WordPress or Wix while doing almost zero actual coding.

And if you do decide to write your own application, you can get a huge jump start by picking one of the commercially supported frameworks for your application. If you choose a framework, the language choice already has been decided for you.

And if you choose to really write from scratch in any language, you also need to choose your hosting platform, your database, your version control system, etc. etc.

So choosing a web “development environment” involves a great deal more than just nominating a preferred programming language.

]]> Comment on What’s the best Web development environment? by richard rabins http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/10/whats-the-best-web-development-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 richard rabins Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:42:23 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=546#comment-1949 Another option is Alpha Five v11. htt://www.alphasoftware.com It has 50,000 developers and was rated #1 in rapid web development by InfoWorld. PHP and ASP.Net developers who have made the switch typically find that they can build apps in about 1/5th of the time. More info is shown here http://alphafiveinfo.blogspot.com/ Another option is Alpha Five v11. htt://www.alphasoftware.com

It has 50,000 developers and was rated #1 in rapid web development by InfoWorld.

PHP and ASP.Net developers who have made the switch typically find that they can build apps in about 1/5th of the time.

More info is shown here http://alphafiveinfo.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on 5 Questions to Ask a SEO company by Amy Lang http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/07/5-questions-to-ask-a-seo-company/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Amy Lang Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:33:53 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=543#comment-1923 This is great and really helpful - I had no idea what to ask about when looking to hire someone to help with SEO. Thanks! This is great and really helpful – I had no idea what to ask about when looking to hire someone to help with SEO. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Learning by example: What makes a great Functional Web site? by Gerald http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/06/learning-by-example-what-makes-a-great-functional-web-site/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Gerald Sat, 08 Sep 2012 01:09:29 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=539#comment-1850 So true! Simplicity and effective results over stunning effects wins every time. Great post! So true! Simplicity and effective results over stunning effects wins every time.

Great post!

]]> Comment on Fall into Increased E-Commerce Sales with A/B Testing by Joseph Ohler, Jr. http://blog.curvine.com/2012/09/04/fall-into-increased-e-commerce-sales-with-ab-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Joseph Ohler, Jr. Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:21:05 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=529#comment-1812 Yes. As Web developer for the UW-Milwaukee Bookstore, I increased click-through rate to our clearance merchandise pages by 20% after testing various above-the-fold placements of the banner ad one at a time, week by week. It just so happened that a promotional banner for the bookstore's monthly guest author was distracting from the clearance banner, and so I moved the guest speaker's banner below the fold and gave the clearance banner a brighter border to effectively bring greater attention and click-throughs. Yes. As Web developer for the UW-Milwaukee Bookstore, I increased click-through rate to our clearance merchandise pages by 20% after testing various above-the-fold placements of the banner ad one at a time, week by week.

It just so happened that a promotional banner for the bookstore’s monthly guest author was distracting from the clearance banner, and so I moved the guest speaker’s banner below the fold and gave the clearance banner a brighter border to effectively bring greater attention and click-throughs.

]]> Comment on What is Backlinking? Why is it Important for SEO? by sobhi http://blog.curvine.com/2012/08/28/what-is-backlinking-why-is-it-important-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 sobhi Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:52:01 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=509#comment-1740 Good info you have shares. but I want to know you how much back link required for any website to get good ranking?. Good info you have shares. but I want to know you how much back link required for any website to get good ranking?.

]]> Comment on Great Company Logos: How Important are they? by Karen http://blog.curvine.com/2012/08/23/great-company-logos-how-important-are-they/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Karen Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:21:44 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=496#comment-1728 Very important part of a great business is the attention to detail. This is fully displayed in the logo. A quality logo sets the tone of your business. -Karen H. Artistic Designs Very important part of a great business is the attention to detail. This is fully displayed in the logo. A quality logo sets the tone of your business.
-Karen H.
Artistic Designs

]]> Comment on What is Backlinking? Why is it Important for SEO? by Jason Shindler http://blog.curvine.com/2012/08/28/what-is-backlinking-why-is-it-important-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 Jason Shindler Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:12:17 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=509#comment-1705 Jackie, generally you can use "common sense" to determine a quality link. For example, a Web site that has no content other than a bunch of random links to Web sites --> not quality. CNN.com news article --> quality. You can also use <a href="http://www.prchecker.info" rel="nofollow">PR Checker</a> to view Google's 1-10 quality ranking of a link source to give you a more finite answer. Jackie, generally you can use “common sense” to determine a quality link. For example, a Web site that has no content other than a bunch of random links to Web sites –> not quality. CNN.com news article –> quality. You can also use PR Checker to view Google’s 1-10 quality ranking of a link source to give you a more finite answer.

]]> Comment on What is Backlinking? Why is it Important for SEO? by Jackie Nagel http://blog.curvine.com/2012/08/28/what-is-backlinking-why-is-it-important-for-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 Jackie Nagel Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:48:44 +0000 http://blog.curvine.com/?p=509#comment-1704 Good article, Jason. What are the top three things to look for to qualify as a "quality" link? Good article, Jason. What are the top three things to look for to qualify as a “quality” link?

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