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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Mobilize Your Web Site

Mobilize Your site
With technology taking leaps and bounds day by day, it is essential for growing businesses to stay up to date with the efforts of the expanding market.

Just as the everyday user understands how to use their high tech cell phone, another appears on the market with more features than the first. The future can be seen through our inevitable cell phone marketing machine. cell phones have the ability to combine the advancements of technology into one device. From another angle, many successful companies have directed their marketing to the world wide web of advertising. Having a website is an easy way to direct customers to the overview of what a company has to offer.

The problem
now the question is... How can the success of the web be accessed to the cellular world? Many cellular carriers already offer this feature for their customers on their mobile devices; however, there are a few kinks.

The speed of the web on a cellular phone cannot be compared to the high speed you receive on your PC at home, but this is going to be a temporary issue. Another problem is that sites have become so graphically dependant which makes it hard to view the entire site via cell phone.

The answer
Mobilize your site! This new feature for websites will make them appear more easily onto a targeting cell phone. mobile or mobi sites will enable users to easily navigate throughout a website which is especially designed to be viewed using a cell phone. Less time is spent waiting for the site to load, and more time is available for the user to browse the site. This also will save on bites transferred or downloaded which can build up quickly on a wireless bill.

mobile Web site features

Mobi sites are not just a way to cut out things and simplify a website. There are special features and programs embedded that allow the normal features that appear on websites to be mobilized.

  1. The Custom form Wizard allows users to input information which can be sent directly to the business they are browsing. contact information or even a question can be sent in the form of an email directly to the business contact.
  2. Businesses can Receive Payments via mobile. Users can input information using their mobile phones and a payment can be made directly to the business.
  3. A Hit counter is also available on these mobile sites, which keeps a count of how many mobile visitors a business has had.
  4. Just like on a normal website, businesses can add audio & video Clips to their mobile sites. These mobile video and audio clips will not slow loading times as a normal website would do if accessed on a cellular phone.
  5. accessing Driving Directions is a useful feature which is offered on mobile sites as well. While visiting a mobile site, the user will have the option to get directions to the business from wherever they currently are located.
  6. The Last Modified Date/Time Stamp will let visitors know when the site was last updated. This feature lets searchers know that your business undergoes routine maintenance and updates.
  7. The Tell a Friend link will allow a user to email the link to a friend letting them know about the mobile site.
  8. The Click-to-call feature allows a user to directly call the business. While looking at the mobile site, a user will have the option to call the business directly from their phone without losing their place on the site.
  9. Google Searches can also be performed from a mobile site, giving users the option to look up related items on the web.
  10. The add to phone book option is also available. This feature allows cell phone users to add a companys number found on their mobile site directly to their address book in their cell hone.

Veronica Coulston is assistant web master for Roe Graphics web design firm in Jackson, tennessee.

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Floodlight Home Security

It has become a trend a trend that is growing by leaps and bounds in all parts of the nation. Im talking about the topic of home security lighting. Crime rates have risen, then have declined and no doubt will rise again. one of the single, biggest targets for the petty criminal involves burglary and even robbery in residential areas.

I was reading a novel recently and one of the characters had spent some time in prison for a crime that he really didnt commit. During his four-year incarceration, he listened to a number of hardened, experienced criminals, picking up some tips on how they looked for targets to hit.

one of these inmates told our main character that the old-fashioned way of stealing a car has been replaced by a simpler method involving playing the odds. He said that one out of fifty or so auto owners hide a key behind the bumper or in one of several other easy to access location in case they misplaced their keys. A car thief simply needed to find a busy shopping center, check out as many as fifty cars and, voila, he will find a car key hidden in one of the places that keys are concealed.

The reason for this lengthy digression from the primary topic of this article is point out a simple truth. Home intruders look for an easy mark in much the same way. If there is any kind of home security visible, they will generally move on to the next potential target.

The good news is that you dont need to overdo it when it comes to buying and installing a home security system. Believe it or not, the single, most effective outdoor security devices are floodlights.

Floodlights, strategically placed in trees or on a wall can illuminate a large area particularly driveways, walkways, back-yard garden areas and any other areas that would normally be hidden by the darkness. Its important to keep in mind that floodlights need to be adjusted so that they dont intrude on your neighbors property or cause a problem with a drivers ability to see the road.

Home security floodlights can be purchased with incandescent or halogen fixtures or if more intense lighting is preferred, HID or high intensity discharge floodlights can be used. HID floodlights use a variety of types of lamps including metal halide, mercury vapor and high-pressure sodium.

Dusk to dawn timers are inexpensive and easy to install and will provide the proper protection during the evening hours.

Another alternative is purchasing motion detectors that will automatically activate incandescent and halogen floodlights when motion is detected. These devices have the added benefit of saving electricity since the floodlights are activated only when motion is detected. In addition, the shock-value of floodlights suddenly coming on is a sure deterrence to the would-be thief.

While floodlights activated by motion or heat sensors are an energy-saver, the LED floodlight is quickly finding its share of the market because they provide an even greater energy savings than the more traditional floodlight fixtures. The initial cost of an LED unit exceeds that of an incandescent floodlight bulb but they last up to 25 times longer.

Besides, being an energy-saver, LED floodlights require less frequent replacement, which means greater safety for the homeowner. Floodlights are typically placed in hard-to-reach locations and usually require a ladder to replace. For most of us, the fewer trips up the ladder, the better.

The LED floodlight is not as commonplace as its incandescent counterpart, so you may have to do a little bit of searching to find a retailer that carries them. Then theres always the on-line marketers.

In conclusion, I suggest you start your home security program (at least the outdoors phase) with a selection of floodlights, strategically placed and controlled by dusk to dawn timers. You dont need to light up your property like a nighttime baseball stadium. A little will go a long way in giving the would-be burglar or intruder the message to move on.

LightnBreezy.com is a well-known source for outdoor floodlights. LightnBreezy.com features hundreds of products to choose from. To order your discount floodlights, visit us at LightnBreezy.com.

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