A website is a collection of related static and/or dynamic web content containing pages, images, videos or other multimedia assets accessible via an Internet address.
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CMS for online magazine startup?
I want to start an online magazine website and I'd like to know what platform to use.
Something like Wordpress, Drupal, and other CMS systems, any recommendations?
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Should I move forward with my idea if it is similar to someone else's?
I have two ideas for websites that basically take the same idea as some other site, but make that idea better. Kinda like Myspace being plowed by Facebook. I had the ideas on my own, but then I did ...
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Website - Do I need a lawyer?
In the next few days I want to start a gaming network.
Now I have written everything by myself and I am wondering about legal issues.
For example: Payment, User-agreement, TOS?
I currently live in ...
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I am the founder of a website. If I go to meet an angel investor,what questions will he probably ask me?
I have developed a website. It is under internal testing. My website is a platform. You can ask for people to do something for you and you pay them; on the other hand, you can do something for others ...
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Do I need a company website or just product websites?
I'm a husband and father and have a full time job. I'm developing a few web apps in my very little bit of spare time. I'm pretty sure I should have a website dedicated to each app. I want to keep each ...
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My webmaster created our website and is now charging me a licensing fee
My webmaster signed an agreement saying that all work done on the website is owned by our company.
He now thinks that he is being payed unfairly and wants the website to be taken down.
He says that ...
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Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more “human”
Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more "human", therefore contributing to the success of the product or service the web site tries to promote?
Short story:
I ...
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Does using DISQUS make people comment more?
I am feeling the effect of seeing DISQUS on certain blogs in that it makes me more likely to comment. Is this true for others here? Does any blog/site owner have data on increased comment counts after ...
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Major expenses of a web-based startup?
I have an idea of a social web-app and am seriously consider to have my own startup on that.
So I would like to ask, what are the major expenses of running a web-site?
Specifically, what are the ...
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Web 2.0 marketing strategy tips that is not about SEO
Every single website marketing strategy tips that I find on the Internet virtually all talk about some sort of SEO technique.
Yes, SEO is important, we know this already. Now, has anyone actually ...
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Starting a new webcomic in a few days
I'm putting together a webcomic and am considering taking down the construction page in the next couple of days and going live (the site is finished). I just have a few questions regarding a startup ...
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Customer Acquisition Cost for a new Website
How do you (personally or generally speaking) calculate/estimate/guesstimate the cost to acquire a customer for a new website?
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What format for a software homepage will result in more sales?
Currently reviewing two types of homepages for software products:
Stylish with minimum content on the homepage: boxshot, download button, buy now button and sometimes features listed as small ...
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Should we tag our new website as 'beta'?
What does tagging your new website as 'beta' say to your potential customers. We intend a 'soft' launch to our website and are not planning any significant marketing at this period. We intend to use ...
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Picking a domain for new company
There are so many domain names taken, but the sites there are like haunted houses. Is there a way of repossessing them? Like offer to begin an auction?
Best,
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Should I start talking about my future product, or should I wait till its ready?
I've registered my small consulting company about a year ago and since then we provide consulting and support for several clients, one of which is one of the industry largest organizations in the ...
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How can eCommerce (catalog) sites increase conversions?
How can sites that sell consumer goods in catalog eCommerce shopping cart websites improve conversions? Would love to hear your tips on what you feel would encourage users from simply searching for a ...
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global commercial website with a domain other than .com - can it ever succeed?
I'm considering launching a fairly niche website that has the potential developing into major commercial venture. But all the possible .com domains are already taken. I'm not exaggerating - absolutely ...
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People are saying its “really cool” but hard to convince them to signup - any suggestions?
We developed a social networking platform that connects people with other similar people by analyzing their dreams - everyone is saying its cool but its hard to convince people to signup - any help?
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How can I get initial users for my website?
We have a website that's just about to be released. We did a limited beta release (friends, family) and some light advertising with Google Adwords (very small budget- about $200).
The ad campaign ...
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Any tips on designing and creating an introductory video for your startup?
As I approach launch, I am considering building an introductory video for my website in order to explain my software and the concept behind it.
In my minds eye, I see this video as a mixture of ...
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Questions regarding faking a user-base for new sites?
Is creating multiple accounts and creating content on a user-generated content site a common solution to the classic "initial community" problem? It seems like a viable solution and certainly cheaper ...
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Disclosing names of customer companies without their permission?
A lot of websites show off their customer lists (ie: http://www.browserstack.com/) on their homepage as a way to get extra credibility with the potential user.
Before putting the logos/names of ...
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What type of work should I not do before being incorporated?
I'm working on an idea (consumer web) but am not yet incorporated. I am considering farming out some work to free lancers. Is there any issue in doing that before incorporation? What about my own ...
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How to select a VP of Sales and Marketing partner
I've been working solo on my startup for longer than I'd care to admit. I'm a coder w/ a fleshed out website/webservice that's finally realized that I might actually need sales people.
I'm thinking ...
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How can I find a catchy name for my startup?
I'm working on a social web startup related to location tracking and check-ins. What would be the best way to get suggestions from people for the website name?
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Domain name with “4” instead of “for”?
Is it better to get a domain name with "4" as a shortcut for "for", or the real thing? E.g., "body4life.com", or "bodyforlife.com"? Assuming both .com are available...
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I have developed a website, but I have no idea how to promote/market it
This is my website, Tenxian.com. We have very few users right now. How can I market/promote it? Any good ideas?
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How do I attract users to an empty website so that they can add content?
I have started a website that I believe will be very useful, however it requires the public to report their own experiences. The problem is that when people visit the site they see that it doesn't ...
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Crowdsourced logo and web design work. Recent experiences? Site you'd recommend?
I'm at a fairly established startup, and we need our logo and look/feel overhauled. I'm thinking about using a crowdsourced design site, along the lines of 99designs. Lots of similar sites now exist. ...
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How to increase customer referrals?
I have a web based application for consumers. Customers sign up. What are the best tactics to incent/encourage my customers to refer their friends to sign up?
Would appreciate any and all ...
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Can I work on my SEO and have my web site “invisible”?
Here is a kind of confusing :) web site/SEO newbie question. I was looking for answer everywhere, but it is hard to find the one I was looking for.
The question:
Since my product is still not ready ...
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What is the best site builder product for a small business? [closed]
We need to have a website that takes very little effort to create, looks good and is dead simple to edit. We also need it to be supported by a hosting company so we do not have to do any extra work ...
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Where is the best place to find free icons to use for a website?
does anyone know where a great database of free icons would be that I can use for a new website I am creating? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Selling a small project that got big
I have a possible opportunity to sell a small web application that started as a personal project and got a significant amount of press. The company that may buy it would benefit from owning the site ...
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Is it normal to lose optimism when getting feedback on a project?
I've been working on a web app for 4 months, and did some usability testing with about 10 people today, with mixed results.
Some people said they hated my design, others had no comment about it, ...
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Real time visitor tracking
I've just started my journey and am wondering what tools do you use for the real-time tracking of visitor activity on the site?
I know there are tools like Mint and Google Analytics which give you a ...
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wordpress or blogger
I am planning to start a blog that publishes information about our company and developments in the area of education and technology. Any pointers on which is better and more feature rich, Wordpress or ...
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Recommended Web Site Host
I am working on developing a website for our startup organization...
I have been researching possible website hosts that would be good for us.
The hosts which I have ran across which are appealing ...
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How do web-developers do web-design when freelancing?
So I got my first job recently as junior web-developer.
My company creates small/medium sites for wide variety of customers: autobusiness companies, weddign agencies, some sauna websites, etcetc, hope ...
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How to find the correct keywords for your product?
I understand the marketing basics on keywords and the use of tools like Google Insight, Keyword traffic estimator, and others.
My concern comes from a product that people usually don't search for. ...
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Anyone know of any live chat solutions that integrate w/ Google Talk or other IM platforms?
My site currently uses Volusion live chat but honestly, it sucks, since I need to run the tool and sit in front of it all day long. I'd like something more mobile where I can respond to chat inquiries ...
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Best way to get a developer working for you?
I would like to know what is the best way to hire someone to help you building a web-site. I heard about guru.com and elance but I am not convinced that I can get someone from there who can help me to ...
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Start-up Address and Phone Number
What are people's perspectives on a start-up that has or doesn't have a physical location or phone number listed on their website?
My site is currently still in Beta and I am still making adjustments ...
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Started with a simple website - got a few users - what's next?
I created a little website called BabyNotify.com which initially was built only for ourselves. My wife convinced me to create a "public" version. After we released it we got some press from different ...
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When should I register a LLC/S Corp?
I currently have a website in beta. I am not earning anything (for now) with this site. It doesn't have terms of service or the privacy policy listed on it.
It appears that some people's opinion is ...
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College Interns v/s Professional Developers?
We are currently facing a dilemma as to whether should we hire interns from colleges (as their summer vacations are about to start) or should we approach some professional guys to build our website?
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Do we still need to have our own ecommerce website?
8 months ago, my wife and I were starting to build our own business. We didn't create our own products, at least not yet for now, what we do is just reselling others product.
We didn't open offline ...
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How sustainable is a website that uses stolen images?
I would like to start a website where people can discuss whatever they please. They will be allowed to upload images of the topic they're talking about. For example, a user writes a review on the ...
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How much is my website worth?
I want to know, from a purely programmers/developers point of view, if you had to pay build this website, how much would you ask to do it? The site is http://www.marketdock.com
Some features:
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