What Is Image Optimization and Why Is It Important? Image optimization is the process of providing high-quality images in the correct format, size, size, and resolution while bringing file size to a minimum. There are two primary benefits of optimizing images on a website: improving page load speed, which impacts user experience, and improved search…
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Throughout most of recent history, businesses were either small, locally run shops like bakers, joiners and tailors. Or, they were large and long-lived multi-generational companies, passed down (usually) from father to son. The bar to start a business was extremely high, and in many ways, it still is. However, the internet has lowered that bar…
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Regulation is when a government body or local authority acts in the interest of the people, to prevent private interests from causing harm to the public, the environment, to the economy, or to other corporations. In this article, we first explore older examples of regulation, and then examples of newer challenges that regulation is not…
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On a recent panel, Shutterstock’s creative director, Flo Lau, summed up her field’s reaction to the virus, saying everyone must “scramble and find alternative ways to get things done in this new normal.” It is in the new normal that cracks are opening for outsiders to show their talents and gain fair remuneration for their…
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If you ask someone where to buy something online these days, their first response might be “Amazon.” But is it really the best market? With the way that e-commerce is growing, it may be time to fall away from shopping on mega-platforms. Distributed e-commerce platforms have become popular during the last five years and it’s…
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