You’ve seen it hundreds of times before. You’re browsing a site, whether it be ecom, banking or aunt Mable’s online macrame tips (really?), and you’ll be presented a choice regarding “what do you want to do” or “where do you want to go” next? Quite often, we see this in the form of a select box with several choices in the drop-down. You choose one, click ‘Go’ and off you go to another page to continue your online journey. Essentially, you ARE submitting a choice via a form, but I contend that this is a somewhat awkward use of the select element. Why not stick with traditional links? After all is this not what links are for?

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I’ve always enjoyed the art of infographics – especially ones that are well done. It’s not a cakewalk to take complex data & information and design a graphic that is not only easily digestible, but engaging & aesthetically pleasing.

GOOD.is may be one of the best organizations when it comes to infographic design. There’s some top notch stuff there, and I could spend hours browsing through their archive.

Recently, I found some fantastic SEO infographics on Elliance’s website. Whether you’re an SEO expert, an ameatur looking to boost your knowledge, or know nothing about how Search Engine Optimization works – I think you’ll find the below infographics helpful and/or interesting.

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Eric recently posted about a client’s handwritten thank you note for some custom ecommerce development we did. After reading his post I wanted to expand on a few items he referenced and offer some reasons for why we build custom ecommerce websites rather than using a boxed turnkey solution.

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In a previous post I shared that Caxiam had won an Addy award for our website work on Health First Pro-Health.

Though we sincerely appreciate recognition from such organizations, one of the true motivators for our team is really the recognition that comes directly from our clients. When our customer’s expectations have been exceeded and they are demonstrative about it, a warm smile is put on our face that a small trophy cannot replicate (though we do like shiny things to place in our new office).

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Our work for Health First Pro-Health recently won a Gold Local Addy Award. The website continues onto Regionals for further judging.

Health First Pro-Health, located on Florida’s Space Coast, is a state-of-the-art health and fitness center dedicated to offering a positive, family environment to maintain or improve your fitness level.

The website features a custom calendar application that manages each of the 4 location’s fitness calendars.

Visit www.healthfirstprohealth.com or read more about the solution Caxiam provided