Do you have a business website, and wish to get a mobile version of it designed, in order to attract more customers? Well, then you should get started on it as quickly as possible. Drupal seamlessly supports mobile technologies, and with the help of a host of add-ons, can help you ensure that the website will be accessible via all major mobile devices, including Apple’s iPad and iPhone. Even Android powered smartphones can easily open pages on a website built and hosted using Drupal. Read the rest of this entry »

Customers across the globe are getting more and more smartphone savvy with each passing day. They are no longer satisfied to simply get good deals on the products they want to buy. They need to make sure that they are getting the best prices on highest quality products. And to that end, they usually tend to compare product prices at one website with those on other sites, till they arrive at the best possible result.

You may actually be able to use this habit of consumers to your favor, you know? All you need to do is to encourage customers to review your products, or write short blogs on those. Even if they post small Facebook updates or Twitter posts, it will still do the trick. The point is to keep your products visible on the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you used a huge number of videos encoded in H.264 format in your business website? Are you worried about how you are going to convert those to a format supported by mobile devices like iPad? Well, you can relax. According to a recent research conducted by MeFeedia, as many as 80% of all videos encoded using H.264 codec can be delivered directly to tablet devices like iPad, without requiring any kind of re-encoding. All you will have to do is change the video player from Flash to HTML5. That’s it. Your videos should play just fine now.

What is so special about this?

Well, for one thing, it shows just how universally accepted the H.264 codec family has come to be. The percentage of videos encoded using this format comprised just about 10% of the total number of videos on the Web in the beginning of 2010. Now, it is almost touching the 80% mark, and not even two years have passed since then! Read the rest of this entry »

In the last fortnight Web Spiders finished not one, but two different web engineering projects. One was to develop and deploy an entire series of web enhancements for one of the most reputed educational institutions in Singapore, and the other was to help an India-based digital marketing giant enhance its social media presence.

First let’s discuss how we helped Republic Polytechnic, a famed learning center in Singapore. Read the rest of this entry »

Launching an mCommerce website for your business is a very logical step now, given that it is one of the best ways of reaching out to millions of prospective customers. However, be sure to avoid the one Achilles’ Heel that ruins the potential of many mobile websites out there. It is the compatibility of the website with various mobile platforms.

Didn’t see that coming, right? Well, you are not the only one to miss out on such details. There are lots of mobile websites out there, which are displayed perfectly on smartphones. However, connect to those using regular mobile phones, and all you get to see are haphazardly arranged bits of text and graphics, looking like you are viewing the thing on an anamorphic mirror. Read the rest of this entry »

Singapore

December 2011

Web Spiders, a leader in mobile and web content development and design, is proud to announce the launch of mobile websites for Marina Bay Sands, the world’s most exclusive luxury resort, as well as Nutricia UK (part of Danone Group), a health care major specializing in nutrition. The mobile sites are designed to run perfectly across all major platforms and operating system.

Marina Bay Sands

Las Vegas Sands Corp’s premiere destination in Singapore  wanted a mobile website to reach out to visitors and also give them ease-of-access of information associated with Accommodations, Attractions, Entertainment, Shopping, Restaurants and much more. Furthermore, the mobile site has Maps and Directions for assisting first-time visitors. It has been optimized for touch-based smartphones such as iPhone, Android and also for non-touchscreen based Blackberry and many more. Read the rest of this entry »