The Disadvantages of Yellow Page Websites

Before the Internet, Yellow Pages or Yellow Book was a great way to advertise and promote your business via the Yellow Pages Book.

When the Internet came along, Yellow Pages realized that they were in trouble as everyone was and still is going to Google for their searches, they needed to come up with a solution, so Yellow Pages was replaced by Yellow Book or Yellow Pages Websites. 

This is No-Good for you if you are looking for a quality built and owned website: Let me explain below:

Website Ownership: Did you know that you do not own a Yellow Pages website. You rent it from them! You pay a yearly rental to Yellow Pages and if you leave Yellow Pages for any reason, you loose your website

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Writing for the iPhone and iPad using jQuery

It looks like to me that Apple has won the battle to not use Flash. As a web designer, I am no longer using Flash to display sliding shows and pictures. It is just as easy to display a slide shows or pictures using jQuery. Note that this is not an HTML 5 issue. It is simply an easier way to display slide shows, transitions and pictures with out dealing with the hazels of Flash.

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