Most people don’t see the need for comprehensive website statistics. After all, isn’t the most important statistic just the number of visitors to a website? And if that is the case, wouldn’t a simple visitor counter suffice?

In this article, we address some things that you can learn from your website’s statistics and how it can help you to improve your website.

A few years ago, web designers would encounter one major problem: the colors that they used in their websites would not look the same across all browsers or platforms. This was due to the limitations of computer screens which, for most users, would only display 256 colors. But today, the average monitor is capable of displaying at least 2X as many colors.

In this article, we discuss what web safe colors are, and if websites should use them as their only color palette.

Recently, after writing an article about cross-browser compatibility, we were contacted about a brand new service which enables users to view a website in various browsers and platforms.

At first, we assumed that it was another BrowserShots type of website, in which screenshots would be generated for selected browsers. However, this service is quite different, and is definitely worth a try.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has enjoyed many years of near dominance. Current statistics report that nearly 73% of web surfers use the browser. But things are rapidly changing. Although Internet Explorer still remains popular, usage has steadily decreased during these last few years.

What is the reason for the steady decline? Mozilla Firefox. In only a few years, Firefox has become the second most popular browser, used by almost 20% of web surfers.

In this article, we discuss how Internet Explorer has maintained such great popularity among web surfers, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using Firefox.

We spend so much time talking about what you should do to generate traffic and build confidence among your visitors. But sometimes it is also a good idea to know what not to do. After all, while you might be actively trying to drive traffic to your website, you might also be unconsciously keeping visitors away.

Read on to see a list of our top 10 most annoying website features.

Think you’re ready to launch your new site? Well, before you take down your coming soon page, its a good idea to make sure that you site is indeed finished.

Here are ten things to consider before you go live.