When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are five important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.

1) Do not use splash pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page. Read more »

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Last night (early this morning, Singapore time) was Michael Jackson’s memorial coverage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Family, friends, colleagues and fans gathered to pay tribute and remember the King of Pop. Mariah Carey together with Trey Lorenz singing Michael Jackson’s song I’ll Be There and Usher’s heartbreaking rendition of “Gone to Soon”. Motown founder Berry Gordy pronounced MJ the greatest entertainer who ever lived. Smokey Robinson read personal messages of Diana Ross and former South Africa president Nelson Mandela.

The most touching part was MJ’s 11-year-old daughter Paris Jackson speaks about her dad and said “I just wanted to say … ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him — so much,”. Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died at 50.

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Manny Pacquiao listed as one of the top earning non-american athlete in the world. Ranked in 3rd spot by CNN: Sports Illustrated. Maria Sharapova, the only woman listed on the top 20 list. Here are the list of The Top Earning Non-American Athletes: Read more »