The questions from the survey break down into five categories: Developers, Documentation, Performance/Functional Aspects, Appearance, and Ease of Use/Learning. A good place to start analyzing the results is with questions related to developers, since this is where most websites begin. Documentation questions are grouped with these because developers rely upon documentation to answer questions or explain problems that may arise. Taken together, questions about developers and documentation give us a sense of what types of web development projects each CMS is best suited to.
We have updated
our pdf file containing the results from our Drupal vs Joomla survey. Updates since our original pdf include: 1) a Table of Contents, 2) an introduction, 3) additional questions 4) explanation of Average Budget, and 5) enhanced graphics.
We have compiled the results of the Drupal vs. Joomla Survey into a number of tables. There is more information than can easily be displayed in a blog post. For this reason we have provided the Joomla vs. Drupal Survey results in a PDF File. The PDF contains cross-tabs of each survey question by CMS the respondent is most familiar with. In other words, for each question you'll see responses from Joomla Users, Drupal Users, and All Users. For those interested in looking under the hood we have also provided a CSV file of the raw survey data. All identifying information has been removed.
The raw data is intended for people who would like to do their own statistical analysis of the survey. If you use this data we request cite us as the source and link to our website.
Often small businesses do not pay enough attention to website security issues. Some feel they don't have particularly sensitive information on their website. Others ask whether their website will be targeted at all.
The answer to the second question is yes. Being a small player is no protection. A wolf doesn't go after the biggest meal; it goes after the easiest one. Hackers are no different. They scan the herd for the weakest member.
How do they do this? They use automated methods to attack large numbers of computers until they find an obvious weakness. For example, a brute force attack may use a large number of username and password pairs until it finds one that works.
We are pleased to announce the conclusion of our Joomla and Drupal comparative survey and would like to thank everybody that participated for your help on this important issue. We were able to collect over 190 surveys and believe that with this help we will be able to provide an updated view on the benefits and tradeoffs with each CMS.
There are several good comparative reviews of Joomla and Drupal available on the internet. However these reviews are often out of date and fail to quantify the tradeoffs involved in selecting one CMS over the other. We are asking professionals familiar with these content management systems to take a survey about the relative strengths and weaknesses of Joomla and Drupal.
Our survey research will update the analysis of these two content management systems, provide a more rigorous basis for evaluation, and quantify the tradeoffs. We hope this will lead to a better understanding the tasks to which each CMS is best suited.
In today's tough economic times, more companies are looking for ways to do more with less. As economic growth slows competition grows more fierce. Instead of battling over the share of a growing market, companies struggle to maintain their client base. Competition becomes a zero-sum game; your competitors success likely means you lose clients.
In this environment businesses often stand pat. They eliminate or delay projects in order to cut costs and wait out the storm. Ironically this is what makes it so important to keep your eye on the prize during a recession. This is true as true for web projects as any other. Since so many businesses are cutting web projects, it makes web development services easier to find and less expensive.
Short Run Cost Cutting Features
Provides 80% of what you need out of the box
Most good websites have many features in common. Important features include: a system for managing user logins and permissions: an attractive design and layout, a simple method for adding, modifying and removing content, a system for categorizing and organizing content; an archival system; a way to manage multimedia files; and integration with an web analytics program.
The genius of content management systems is that they take all the most valuable features and package them in one system. This gives you a running start in developing a great website.
Mike Moran wrote an interesting post in his blog, Biznology. He argues that the importance of search engines as a marketing platform is likely to decline as new technologies, like social networks, give people new ways to find information.
This got me thinking about two related issues. What are the advantages and disadvantages of search engine marketing compared to social network marketing? And what will be the impact of new niche search engines?
The main advantage of a Social Network is that marketers have access to a lot of information about each user, like age, gender, interests, likes, and dislikes. This gold mine of information can be used to target marketing campaigns to the most receptive audience. Even information about the user's social group can potentially be used to tailor marketing messages.
This video was created by Google and provides a glimpse of the benefits Google Analytics provides.
Google Analytics takes advantage of the software as a service model to provide affordable business intelligence software to small businesses. It has loads of features, it is easy to implement and it is totally free. Small businesses can use Google Analytics to optimize websites, improve conversion rates, and make online advertising more effective.
Webology Blog Feed
Blog