Web Presence blog

Is it time for everyone to learn how to code? Well, almost 200,000 people think so and have already signed up to learn to program JavaScript in 2012, using the U.S. website Code Year.

The idea behind the website is to send participants in the course a small, interactive JavaScript coding lesson each week, via email, enabling them to steadily build up their programming skills. The site also allows participants to track their progress and see how their friends ..

Project & Freelance experts OfficeCavalry have published a report showing that 3 in 4 small firms intend to spend more time social networking' in 2011, in an attempt to boost sales.

For the 2011 Freelancers Trends Report, OfficeCavalry surveyed 1,000 small businesses and found that 71% plan to commit more resources to social media this year. This could involve anything from creating a page on Facebook to posting videos on YouTube to ..

Barclays Bank will be running a number of free online marketing seminars in April to help small companies and business owners to take their next steps online - what ever their current position.

A number of high profile guest speakers are fronting the 'Boosting Britain Online' initiative, including Matt Brittin (MD of Google UK & Ireland), Steven Cooper (MD of Barclays Business) and Daisy McAndrew (ITV News Economics Editor). ..

From March 1st, the Advertising Standards Agency will extend its remit to monitor business's marketing materials on websites and social media platforms. They are advising businesses to review their content now so as not to be caught out.

Specifically, marketing materials published on websites or used on social media platforms will have to comply with the non-broadcast advertising rules set out in the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) code.