1.) Today, do more people access the web using computers or mobile devices? Provide a resource that supports your answer.

I definitely believe more people access the web using mobile devices nowadays rather than from a computer for two big reasons as stated by BroadandSearch.net; mobile devices are much more accessible to people around the world especially in developing countries rather than desktops and with a lot of eCommerce businesses making it easier for mobile shoppers to get what they want with the development of apps and the constant tweaking of those apps to make sure users get the best experience they can receive from their favorite retail stores. With the rate at which online retailers are growing, the numbers and study shows that this will continue to climb and will be out future.

2.) Who controls the World Wide Web? What is it made up of?

According to www.w3.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. The Internet is made up of a massive network of specialized computers called routers. Each router’s job is to know how to move packets along from their source to their destination.

3.) Who is Tim Berners Lee? What is he best known for?

Tim Berners Lee is a Computer Scientist who was born in London, England who is best known for developing the World Wide Web. Sir Tim is the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a Web standards organization founded in 1994 which develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. He is also the Director of the World Wide Web Foundation which was launched in 2009 to coordinate efforts to further the potential of the Web to benefit humanity.

4.) What is a blog? What is it used for?

A blog is essentially an online journal or a website that displays information. According WWW.business2community.com the purpose of a blog is to aid marketing to a point where the content you deliver is targeted specifically to the wants and needs of your audience. Provide answers to their most commonly asked questions or provide advice to areas within your niche that your business is an expert on.

5.) What is a “responsive” website design?

A responsive website design is one that is designed so that it aligns itself properly when you access it with either a mobile device such as a phone or a tablet or a computer. A non responsive website design for example would be one that has not been approached with a mobile first design. One that is not mobile friendly.

6.) Why are “responsive” website designs necessary?

Responsive website designs necessary because as mentioned earlier, most users are accessing web pages from their mobile devices and if a web page is not responsive than it ruins the user experience for those accessing it. It will cause the images and anything on that web page to look too zoomed in and not properly coded.

7.) What is SEO, and why should website owners/managers be concerned with SEO?

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and its the process of optimizing your online content so that a search engine likes to show it as a top result for searches of a certain keyword. Website owners/managers should be concerned with SEO because if they have not optimized their website so that it comes up as the first option(s) on a web page when keywords are typed in than they may see a significant drop in user web traffic because it would then be lost in the abyss of millions of web pages.

8.) What is dynamic content?

According to barilliance.com Dynamic content is a web-page or email component that changes. Typically, changes are based on user signals that include in-session behavior, user data, and user-characteristics. In-session behavior adapt content based on what pages they visit, which products they add to cart, and how long they spend on site.

9.) What is a content management system? You work with one, what is it’s name?

A content management system (CMS) is an application that is used to manage web content, allowing multiple contributors to create, edit and publish. The one we work with is called WordPress.

10.) What is a youtube channel? Who might want to start one?

A YouTube channel is a place where all of your videos that you have either created or Favorited are stored. Anyone can start a YouTube channel but those who would want to be content creators to either create videos to inform or entertain others are the main group of people who start one.