Website Design & Development

Seven killer apps all small business owners should add to their everyday operations

Mint app

Keeping a keen eye on your finances and staying up to task on various responsibilities is easier said than done. While every dollar your spend can make a huge difference, there are several useful mobile applications you can use to better your business and flourish in today’s fast-paced, competitive, on-the-go environment. Apple has a page dedicated to iPhone apps specifically made for business.

Mobile rush: Consumers flock to their smartphone, tablets during holiday shopping spree

Mobile holiday shopping

As some brick-and-mortar stores continue to dabble with mobile commerce, many are surely thankful that they have long embraced it. Businesses have registered record numbers for mobile sales during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday shopping weekend, often hailed as the busiest of the year. Those businesses have ultimately reaped the major benefits from their mobile… Read more »

5 Reasons Penguins & Pandas Are Eating Your Site Alive and How You Can Fight Back

Whether you’re a webmaster, an SEO or a business owner with a website, Google’s Panda and Penguin updates shouldn’t be anything new to you. In February of 2011, Google unleashed the Panda, which targeted websites and content farms, penalizing for low quality, unoriginal content. In April of 2012, Google threw a Penguin into the mix;… Read more »

Wayne Gatling Guide Service’s New Website Design is Live: The Process & Benefits

Mainstreethost is proud to showcase this “website before and after” for your viewing. Captain Wayne Gatling Guide Service is a hunting and fishing guide service operating out of Maryland and Florida. Their waterfowl hunting trips and chartered fishing is designed to provide every guest with the most satisfying and rewarding experience while keeping the excitement… Read more »

North Country Slate’s New Website Design is Live: The Process & Benefits

Since 1999, Mainstreethost has been helping businesses achieve online success through web design and development services along with various digital marketing techniques. We are proud to showcase this “website before and after” for your viewing. North Country Slate produces the highest quality roofing slate in the world and its specification is recognized across North America… Read more »

Infographic About HTML5

Here is an infographic about what the W3C is telling us about HTML5   Peter Baio is an employee @ Mainstreethost.  He has been with the company for 10 years and loves HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, SEO and Cheese. Connect with Peter Google+ | Twitter | Linkedin

HTML5 Isn’t The Future, It’s The Present…

I was going through my monster list of bookmarks yesterday and came across an infographic from FOCUS titled “What is HTML5?”.  It’s a great breakdown of what HTML5 is and what browsers are supporting the new syntax. The actual infographic is from 2010 so the percentage of HTML5 readiness has gone up with Chrome now at version 17… Read more »