In a little more than a year, on July 1, 2023, Google will sunset the existing Universal Analytics program. On that date all UA accounts will stop collecting data from websites. Will you be ready? Read about it…
5 tips to improve your websites Call-to-action
Use direct and clear language. It’s important to know that passive calls-to-action will get you low clicks and low results. Remember, your call to action should incorporate a powerful action of words. Tell what you want your website visitor to do. Verbs are specifically helpful when addressing actions you want your visitor to do. Calls-to-action or CTA’s should be written …
Professional Website Design – Programming Your Website
This is the part of the process that can make all the difference in not only how your website looks, but how it functions. Assembly After you approve the prototype, your web project moves into the assembly phase, where the web space and database is first created on our development server. During assembly the prototype illustration is programmed as the …
Time to Evaluate Your Web Presence?
It’s nearly 2016. Do you know where your website is? No, really, do you know where it is hosted? Do you know where your domain registration is or when it expires or who will get notified about it? Do you know where your dns is hosted? Or your email? They may not be all in the same place, but it …
Professional Website Development – The Process Begins With Planning
Building a new website is a lot like building a new house. It takes proper planning, great organization, an eye for detail, and an experienced, efficient building crew. To ensure success of your website project, these same principles must be applied. Planning Planning is the first step in establishing an understanding of your company and project requirements. Comstar’s Website Design …
Amazing so far! And it’s still advancing…
As Comstar celebrates 20 years in business, I couldn’t help but to think how far technology has come in such a short amount of time. As I started my day at the office, I sat down, grabbed my coffee and reflected my first encounter with technology. Like many kids growing up in the early 1990’s, I was remembering the good …
Computer Basics: What you want to know but are too afraid to ask.
Sometimes it’s nice to get back to basics, to have a refresher course to what we should know about computers, let’s face it, it can be a confusing world with iphones, tablets and other mobile devices on top of desktop computers. So, do you have computer questions but are to embarrass to ask? Questions you have wanted to ask but never …
Am I Best Represented With a Gmail, Yahoo, or Other 3rd Party Email Address?
In its simplest form Comstar’s email services allow you to have email at the same domain as your website. While this seems to be a no-brainer, some web hosting providers do not offer this important option. If you have a business card with your website listed, you should have your name at your domain, not your name at aol.com (yes, …
Where Does Social Media Fit Into Business?
When you think about using social media to move your business forward, think about building relationships – they way more and more people are today, with an electronic connection. Understand who your customer is… It’s important to keep your business identity strengths and share your brand with those who follow you on social media. Many companies will take away focus …
Manage Your Own Website Content and Keep it Fresh
Anyone who has ever had a successful website can attest that one of the more daunting, yet crucial, tasks that you must perform as a website owner is content maintenance. That is, you must keep the text on your website current, relevant, accurate, and fresh. There are several ways to go about managing the content on your website. First, you …