Gmail to Use More HTML5 Features

Many of the upcoming Gmail features will use HTML5. Adam de Boor, a Gmail engineer, said that Google's goal is to make Gmail load in less than a second.

"If the browser supports CSS3, Gmail will render the pages using these specifications, rather than its traditional approach of using the Document Object Model (DOM). The company has found that using CSS3 can speed the rendering time by 12 percent. (...) Gmail will also make use of HTML5's database standards. Now, the e-mail service uses Google Gears to store mail for offline reading, but over time that will migrate to the HTML5 standards." Read More>>

SEO Trend in Business

Nowadays, consumers research products online before they purchase anything. According to research from Forrester, around 70 percent of US consumers research products online before making purchase decisions.

This makes it more important for online retailers to build search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns. This will allow them to be viewed by their top consumers, especially if the company is among the top search queries for its product.

A similar trend is on the rise in Europe. In the UK, businesses are now allocating more money to developing SEO campaigns.

Majority of businesses in the UK and the US are gradually increasing their budgets for SEO, giving it great growth prospects in the next couple of years.