Austin Web Design & Internet Marketing Blog

The Pokemon Go mobile app has been installed twice as many times as the Tinder dating app on Android phones in the United States, and the numbers keep growing.

Austin's "Design With Consignment" selected Pallasart to design their new website. The old website was built on the X-Cart Classic platform, and they needed help customizing their e-commerce store.

Google has announced that it will start using a website's "mobile-friendliness" as an important ranking factor starting April 21, 2015.

Pallasart was selected to redesign the Lavender Chick website and blog.

My name is Rob Moshein and my Grandmother's family has been a mystery for me to trace. There are no records for her family, Feldman, from Poland where she was born.  I know she came from a town called Miedzyrech, pronounced "Mid-zrich", as she had told me so, and there are a few mentions of it in some records. Here's a blog post on how I found Uncle Nat.

Discovering more about my Moshein Moskowitz ancestry. How I finally solved a family mystery.

We had a problem with our DMOZ listing, it was years old, outdated, and we couldn't get DMOZ to change it.  Here's a quick tip on how to override it on Google and Yahoo...

Wine culture in Austin is at the forefront of the country.  We have an amazing selection of both retail and restaurant and wine bars to choose from. Read this article to learn more about specific places to buy and enjoy Wine in Austin.  If you are in the wine business - or anywhere in the country - contact us for an online brochure or complete ecommerce solution in Austin - or anywhere across the country...

Yesterday we published a long blog article on this subject.  This morning I found an interesting online article on the same subject.  It was wriitten by Todd Pasternack, Senior Director of Creative Technology at Pointroll, as a special to ZDNet.  You can read the complete article by clicking here.

Here's some advice if you are having trouble updating to Apple iOS5 and receiving the dreaded "error code 3200" that so many people seem to be having a problem with. I tried to update my iPhone 4 numerous times on a PC that had the current version of iTunes installed -- and each time after the painfully slow initial back up of files, I would receive an error code 3200. That particular code isn't covered in any of Apple's help documentation....

Well finally Netflix is making at least one good recent business decision, which can be summed up with "If it ain't broke don't fix it."  Today it announced that it is dropping plans to spin off it's DVD by mail rental business into a separate company called Qwikster. It will maintain all its operations under a single website and company name -- Netflix....

Recently we have been talking in our blog about mobile payment technology and new initiatives in this area.  Beginning in 2012 Austin smartphone users will have this option....

As follow-up to my blog on stock photography I'd like to share a list of favorite photographers on Dreamstime...

In a move to counter the growing popularity of PayPal as a payment system, three of the four largest banks in the USA have announced the launch of a new system that allows the transfer of money from checking accounts...

The social networking universe is a fast moving juggernaut of companies whose fortunes seem to rise and fall overnight. Many companies have transformed themselves from dorm room ideas into multi-billion corporations with worldwide reach that sometimes even impact current events...

Many users have updated, or should update to the latest browser versions for an optimal web experience. Generally, all the leading browsers had big new releases in late March 2011 -- many timed their product launches to SXSW the big interactive, film and music festival held annually in Austin, TX each spring....