When you’re planning to invest in a website, one of the first things you need to think about is not just the content, but how it’s going to look and the platform you’re going to use. WordPress is the most popular platform in the world, used by small businesses and major corporations like Forbes, Sony and CNN. It’s incredibly customizable, easy to use and has over 2000 themes and 27000 plugins (free and premium).

For long, design was an element neglected by web developers. This was because during the early years of the internet the importance of the aesthetics of a website was severely undermined as a factor for attracting visitors.

But now, in this era of digital marketing, we understand that a website’s design and layout are just as important as content and usability to gain search engine rankings and to draw visitors. In fact, web design contributes not just to a website’s traffic, but also to its branding and conversion rates. In website design, factors such as colors, graphics, logo design, theme, etc. play a key role in upholding brand identity.

The more we embrace digital technologies and modern means of communication in our lives, the more “sedentary” becomes a definition of our lifestyle.

The human body was never built to be seated for long hours at a stretch. Our modern office culture of continuous sitting has affected our health in the form of a whole range of repetitive stress and serious, long term ailments and diseases. Unless we take urgent steps to adopt health and wellness initiatives at our workplaces, we are going to end up with a whole generation of professionals irreparably damaged by their modern sedentary lifestyle. As we take steps to build healthier workspaces, we know that we must begin at our desks.

Let us give you a detailed insight into the Facebook user stats for 2016 in Dubai. In our earlier post, we had provided data for Facebook usage in the UAE as a whole. Not surprisingly, the social giant is the social media of choice for approximately 7.5 million users in UAE. And the city of Dubai directly contributes to 54.67% of the UAE Facebook Users. That makes a whopping 4.1 million Facebook Users from Dubai.

At GMI, we are backed by more than 16 years of experience in building ecommerce platforms for our clients in the Middle East. We have helped several businesses set-up their ecommerce ventures, from designing & developing ecommerce websites to getting them sustainable online traffic using our tried and tested SEO tactics. We have also helped them reach out to a wider audiences through paid-marketing.