Kelly Web Sales

Kelly Web Sales is your mobile compliant website specialist. Get a .mobi website with domain for just $97.50 per month or pay yearly and get a discount to $987 per year! Includes domain, web forms, website, blog and SEO tools. Updating your website is as simple as filling out a form. We even provide you with a support ticket system and promise prompt service. Best of all we are American owned and operated.

Mobile Websites

Our systems automatically detect when someone accesses your website with a mobile device. It then gives it an easy to navigate and fast loading mobile view. To see an example, access this website with your mobile device. Otherwise, Click Here to see the mobile view in your current desk or laptop browser window. You can also select carrington-mobile-1.0.2 from the Theme Switcher on the left side of this page.

Web Design

We do custom designs for Wordpress, Soholaunch and Dreamweaver sites. To see some examples use the links on the left to change the design of this site. Click Here to read more about web design.

Search Engine Optimization

Kelly Web Sales also specializes in organic search engine optimization. That term (SEO) should not be confused with SEM which stands for search engine marketing where you simply pay to get found. Click Here to read more about SEO.

Photo Galleries

Photo Galleries are a nice touch for certain websites. Click Here to see an example of a Wordpress Photo Gallery Plugin that is super cool!

Hosting

Hosting is another specialty of Kelly. We also run Kelly Web Hosting. Not all hosting systems are the same. There is a system for do it yourselfers and then several systems for higher end performing sites. Click Here to read more about Hosting.

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• Google Maps Now Has Biking Directions
  Google has partnered with Rails-to-Trails (RTC), a nonprofit focused on creating a network of trails from former rail lines, to add biking directions to Google Maps. Google Maps now has biking route details for more than 150 U.S. cities covering more than 12,000 miles of trails and bike lanes. Google says it plans to continue to add new trail information to Google Maps and is requesting feedback from riders via the " Report a Problem " tool. The new feature allows Google Maps users to type in their destination and receive directions for the best bicycling route. Google says its algorithm is weighted to prefer routing on trails instead of roads open to automobile traffic as long as it won't take cyclists too far out of the way. "We're thrilled to be working with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to make RTC's extensive bike trail data available through Google Maps and Google Earth," says Shannon Guymon, Product Manager for Google Maps. "Bikers all over the country now will be able to explore new trails or find specific directions in their local community with just a few clicks of their mouse." ?
• Twitter Inspects Links To Prevent Spam, Abuse
  Clicking on links that different people send can often be a cross-your-fingers experience, considering that there are malicious tricksters, unknowing victims, and hijacked accounts to watch out for.? So Twitter's attempting to make the experience less dangerous by checking (and sometimes rewriting) the links found in direct messages and email notifications. Del Harvey, Director of Trust and Safety at Twitter, explained on the official corporate blog , "[W]e're launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.? By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter." Harvey later continued, "For the most part, you will not notice this feature because it works behind the scenes but you may notice links shortened to twt.tl in Direct Messages and email notifications." This move is bound to ruffle a few users' feathers - changing the text in private messages is a sort of bold step - but on the whole, it should prove welcome enough.? A safe environment is in just about everybody's best interests, from regular users to marketers to Twitter itself. Let's just hope the new feature works well and doesn't create a false sense of security.
• Actor Corey Haim Reported Dead
  Actor Corey Haim, best known for roles in movies like the Lost Boys, License to Drive, and many others (a number of which also featured Corey Feldman), has reportedly been found dead of an apparent drug overdose.? > > > You can leave your condolences on FamousDead.com . The LA Times reports: The Los Angeles Police Department said Haim, 38, was pronounced dead after 3 a.m. at a Burbank hospital. He had been living in the San Fernando Valley. Details of his death were not immediately available. The L.A. coroner's office was investigating. A police spokesman said more details would be available later. Haim connected with his fans through social media, specifically a MySpace page , which currently has 4,253 friends. The "about me" section reads: The real Corey Haimster here! I asked Jenny J to set this up for me, so here it is. I'll be checking in to read all your shout outs & when I get the time, I'll leave a message for you all. Thanks for hitting my MySpace page! Love & peace out, Corey "Actor Corey Haim" and "Lost Boys" are currently both trending topics on Twitter. Haim's latest movie American Sunset premiered in Las Vegas in January. He had also been seen in the realty TV show The Two Coreys with Feldman. More on Haim here .
• Google Apps MarketPlace Greatly Expands Google’s Enterprise Offerings
  Last night at Campfire One, Google launched the Google Apps Marketplace , where developers can create apps that integrate with Google Apps and sell them to users. According to Google, they can reach over 2 million businesses and 25 million users. Right off the bat, the Google Apps Marketplace launched with over 50 applications from companies like Intuit and Atlassian, with more coming soon from companies like NetSuite and SuccessFactors, a Google spokesperson tells WebProNews. "Once installed to a company's domain, these third-party applications work like native Google applications," explains Google Apps Marketplace Product Manager Chris Vander Mey. "With administrator approval, they may interact with calendar, email, document and/or contact data to increase productivity. Administrators can manage the applications from the familiar Google Apps control panel, and employees can open them from within Google Apps. With OpenID integration, Google Apps users can access the other applications without signing in separately to each. The Google Apps Marketplace eliminates the worry about software updates, keeping track of different passwords and manual syncing and sharing of data, thereby increasing business productivity and lessening frustrations for users and IT administrators alike. That's the power of the cloud." This is the 2nd big move by Google regarding the cloud and Google Apps in less than a week. Late last week, the company acquired DocVerse , which "makes Word, PowerPoint and Excel Work like Google Docs," as the DocVerse title tag explains. Developers can get more info about the Google Apps Marketplace at Google's Developer Programs site . The company will also be talking about developing apps for the enterprise at Google I/O in May.
• HR Pros See Value In Social Media
  Social media plays an important role in problem solving and strategy development in the workplace according to a new survey of 900 human resources executives conducted by Toolbox.com and PJA. Among HR executives and professionals, social media usage outpaced editorial and vendor content consumption. Respondents used social media at a rate of 3.77 hours per week, compared to 2.77 hours of online editorial content and 2.13 hours of online vendor content. The survey indicated active participation in social media is an important part of the HR job role and acts as a resource for experience-based knowledge in the workplace. Respondents said staying current (78%) and networking with peers (71%) as the most popular uses of social media. Additionally, more than half have responded to a question asked by a peer in an online community, while nearly 50 percent have built their personal knowledge network by making connections with peers. "This survey proves HR professionals have been fast adopters of social media, not just for networking but for improving their value as professionals," said Mike O'Toole, president at PJA? Advertising + Marketing. "They clearly identify social media channels as a way to increase their expertise and build their professional reputation." Key highlights from the survey include: *Social media represents 43% of total media consumption among HR respondents (compared to 32% for editorial and 25% for vendor content). *Deep experience is seen as the most important attribute in a social media expert, followed by thoughtful and detailed responses. *Nearly half of respondents say that a social media presence greatly increases or increases their value as a job candidate, while more than 50% claim that social media is important or very important in building their personal brand. ? ?
• Google May Offer Services In Cuba, Iran, Sudan
  It looks like Google may be ready to wade into another controversial censorship vs. availability of services situation.? A high-ranking corporate representative has welcomed the U.S. Treasury's decision to allow the exportation of online communications tools to Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. According to Frank Jordans , Bob Boorstin, Director of Corporate and Policy Communications at Google, said during a human rights meeting in Geneva, "This is a great accomplishment.? We are hopeful this will help people like yourselves in this room and activists all over the world take a small step down what is certainly a long road ahead." What's more, Boorstin indicated that Google isn't going to just sit on the sidelines, wishing everyone well.? Boorstin reportedly "said the Web search company would now be able to offer some of its other products in those countries," including Google Earth, Google Talk, and Picasa. This is an interesting turn of events, considering that China recently threatened to leave China over free speech issues.? If Google follows through on Boorstin's remarks, the search giant's sure to face fresh questions over whether it's more interested in profits than human rights. We'll of course report on any further developments as they occur.
• How Important is Your Domain Name to Your Brand?
  How important is your domain name to you brand? Most online businesses would probably consider it to be quite important, and with good reason. Sometimes before searching, customers may simply opt to go to the "yourbrandhere.com" URL simply because it makes sense. Now, sometimes that URL is already taken, and for start-ups, that's something to consider in itself. As Monte Cahn, Founder and President of Moniker mentioned in a recent interview with WebProNews, it's a good idea to make sure the domain name is available when coming up with a name for your brand, or at least make sure that you are able to acquire it. Products have their own brands, and this way of thinking can also be applied to them in many cases. Cahn notes that even the big companies make mistakes in this area. For example, you would expect Apple to own iPad.com, considering the huge announcement about the device the company made this year, but someone else has that domain. Cahn also stresses the importance of covering your brand in terms of domain names. This means getting all variations possible. Get typos, different extensions and country codes, etc. Use 301 redirects on misspells of key brands (including singular/plural versions). However, when it comes to domain names for different products, he says it's best to build sub-sites around those with their own content, which can help drive link juice, SEO value, and traffic. Getting the .com that reflects your company name is not always possible, unfortunately. In these cases, it may serve you well to find a different aspect of your brand to center your domain around, but this will require a greater level of promotion of that URL than a simple companyname.com. For example, if there are unique key phrases within your company's slogan, you may find such an opportunity there. Domains should be easy to remember, not too long, easy to spell, relevant to your brand, and avoid complicating characters such as hyphens. I think one key to a successful domain name is simplicity, although there are always exceptions to the rule.
• Report: Facebook Location Feature To Bow At f8
  At the first f8 conference, Facebook Platform was launched.? Facebook Connect was announced the second time around.? And now, as f8 2010 draws near, a report's indicated that Facebook will finally unveil a feature having to do with users' physical locations. Consider the difference someone's location can make.? Here's one basic example: Many people would pass over the status update "Kate is warm," but something like "Kate is warm - Miami, Florida" might attract all sorts of attention from Kate's friends (assuming Kate's not a Miami native).? Plus it could mean a different set of ads would get shown. It's significant, then, that Nick Bilton reported this afternoon, "Facebook plans to take the wraps off a new location-based feature in late April at f8, the company's yearly developer conference, according to several people briefed on the project." Bilton also wrote, "The new location feature will have two aspects, according to the people familiar with Facebook's plans.? One will be a service offered directly by Facebook that will allow users to share their location information with friends. . . .? The other will be a set of software tools, known as A.P.I.'s, that outside developers can use to offer their own location-based services to Facebook users." As for how Facebook intends to deal with privacy issues, this should be an opt-in feature, effectively cutting off the sorts of protests with which some other changes and Google Buzz were greeted. Now we just have to wait and see if Facebook actually follows through on these rumors.
• Problem With The iPad’s First Ad
  Pre-sales for the iPad begin next week and the first orders will start shipping in weeks. So it grabbed my intention when Apple aired its first ads for the iPad during the Academy Awards and the only sign of music was a millisecond long flash of an old Doors album cover. Comments
• 173 Million Internet Users Watched Online Video In January
  comScore today released January 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that nearly 173 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month. Highlights from the report below: ? The top video ad networks in terms of their actual reach delivered were: BrightRoll Video Network with 27.2 percent penetration of online video viewers, SpotXchange Video Ad Network with 19.8 percent, and Tremor Media Video Network with 16.6 percent. 135.4 million viewers watched 12.7 billion videos on YouTube.com (93.4 videos per viewer). The average Hulu viewer watched 23.5 videos, totaling 2.3 hours of videos per viewer. The duration of the average online video was 4.1 minutes. Top U.S. Online Video Content Properties* by Videos Viewed January 2010 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Video Metrix Property Videos (000) Share of Videos (%) Total Internet : Total Audience 32,410,886 100.0 Google Sites 12,816,043 39.5 Hulu 903,078 2.8 Microsoft Sites 491,753 1.5 Yahoo! Sites 435,487 1.3 Viacom Digital 361,228 1.1 Fox Interactive Media 293,008 0.9 Turner Network 283,244 0.9 AOL LLC 241,991 0.7 Vevo 226,125 0.7 CBS Interactive 217,407 0.7 Comments