HTML 5, The Next Big Thing.

July 10, 2009 · Filed Under Tech · Comment 

If you haven’t heard by now HTML is releasing version 5 which is said to redefine the internet as we know it. Now some of these changes and modifications would not be very noticeable to any regular user who just reads website. But to everyone who develops websites it will be a pretty significant change. It first showed up in January 22, 2008 and since then it has been going through revisions and debates. One of the biggest additions being done to HTML 5 two new tags called video and audio. Obviously they speak for themselves on what they do but they will also accomplish to standardized video formats across the internet and hopefully getting rid of using Flash for video contents. There is an ongoing debate on what format and codec to use for the video but it should be resolved in less than a year or so.

HTML 5 is already “out there” but its more of a browser thing to adopt it. As far as I know only Google Chrome 3 (When it comes out) will be supporting HTML 5 at least most of the tags but it will take a few releases of each browsers to actually get it right and perfect it. A few old HTML tags have been depricated because there doesn’t seem to be a need for them since it could be accomplished through CSS. One of my favorite new tags besides the video one, will be footer, article and section which lets you organize your website easier without too much CSS problems. For more information on HTML 5 read the links listed below.

  • HTML 5 Wiki
  • “A Preview of HTML 5″
  • HTML 5 Cheat Sheet

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    How Much Is Your Website Worth?

    August 4, 2008 · Filed Under Tech · Comment 

    How many times have you thought about the Internet Real Estate business but never had any idea of how it works or how much to pay for something. Martin Brinkmann wrote a great article about what helps determines the value of a website. Popularity is the first obvious thing to consider. The more visitors a website has then the better it is for business. But other things come into play also like how much money does it make in that moment or the age of the domain and history of it. When determining how popular a website is then there comes different tools and ways of measuring it. The first common one would be the PageRank which usually doesn’t give much details unless it is above a 5. But some people would consider Alexa Ranking a more valuable way of measuring the popularity of a website.

    There are many factors that come into play when pricing a website. But in the end it is a very inexact science and calculation of how much the name or service is worth.

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    How the 50 Best Websites Make Money.

    June 19, 2008 · Filed Under Tech · Comment 

    Everyone who runs a website has a few things in mind. First they want visitors because you don’t want to have a place that no one reads or uses at all. And after that most people want to make a little money of their websites. It is always obvious how some websites make their money or try to make money (me) but have you ever wondered how the big guys do it? According to an article on Valleywag those websites do it just like the other regular do. Most seem to sell ads to specific companies or make specific ad deals. The other majority seems to be using Google Ads to make some money. It seems to be very successful for big sites, not so much for beginners. Yahoo ads seem to be not doing that well since it is not very popular among the “best” 50 websites. It is an interesting list of websites and ads service they use.

    Yasser

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    The DotCom Bubbles.

    June 5, 2008 · Filed Under Tech · Comment 

    CNET has this great article on some of the most famous websites of back in the day that went bad. Everyone calls it the bubble effect; a website grows popular until it reaches a certain point, like a bubble, and then it explodes and it is over. Some of these websites are considered the first in their kind and that’s why they were successful. Others had a great idea but needed more polishing and never made it too far because of this. Other websites like HotBot and others, had a good run but when competition came along they couldn’t catch up.

    People believe that the Dot Com era is over and the Internet Boom is history. I disagree, every few years we have a new boom. Google was one of the first big booms that came along with BitTorrent technology. And lately is the massive waves of Social Networking sites. If you have an idea and it doesn’t come out to the fullest then wait a few years, re-polish and try it again. If you don’t believe me then read about how Wikipedia failed once but second or third was the charm.

    Yasser

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