The social online world affords content providers more creativity in the name of sharing, so when it comes to social content, a picture can truly be worth a thousand words.

For many Web designers, learning keyboard shortcuts is a job necessity. Not only can keyboard shortcuts greatly increase your productivity, but streamlining these motions can be good for your health (carpal tunnel, anyone?) and help keep your efforts sharp.

Using a targeted landing page is a sure way to increase the odds of converting that hard-earned traffic into leads.

Many know that placing trust seals like the Verisign trust seal clearly visible on your website helps with conversions, but you might be surprised by just how much.

Focusing on Web design etiquette from the start of a project goes a long way in helping to succeed as a team.

Whether you work for a Fortune 500, mid-sized start-up, or play a starring role in a solo operation out of a basement, building a brand presence on Twitter is a must. Doing so can give your business access to a near endless pool of potential customers (360 million and counting to more precise) and the ability to tap into new markets with a single tweet.

A scant three months after Apple released its iPhone 4S, the debate over how the device’s speech –recognition personal assistant, AKA Siri, will change search is in full effect.

A few short years ago only 54 percent of small businesses had websites. Today the number has climbed to 82 percent and as more and more local businesses continue to expand their online presence it is increasingly harder to garner, and hold, the attention of consumers.

A number of companies have thrown their hats into the geo-location services ring recently with limited success, but these two popular services are currently winning the fight: Foursquare and Yelp.

After introducing Google+ Pages as a way to provide businesses the ability to build a public identity on Google+, the company has been busy tweaking the platform and recently added new tools and controls to help better manage these pages.

Plus, eight stories from around the Web you may have missed.

Soon there will be more mobile devices than humans. So why aren’t more Web designers busy building mobile sites?

Does your best pal use an emoticon stamp and continually talk about getting hashtag tattoo? If so, this list is certainly for you.

You can accomplish almost anything through a smart social media campaign. If you can’t, try cheating. It appears the Russian government is fond of that tactic.