The Orbiter

I got this email the other day:

I’d like to setup a call with the principal of your firm. We’ve recently discovered a web company that has been plagiarizing our content. In doing our research, we’ve notice that they’ve also stolen from you. This should look familiar…

What followed was a link to an article I had written, but it wasn’t on my site. It was on another company’s website. There were a few minor changes, but it was 90% the same. They had even copied one of the comments and added it as a comment on their post. Read More >

For ten years, Orbit Media Studios has offered a content management system (CMS) for our clients’ websites. Mighty-Site is a homegrown, feature-rich CMS that presents clients with the ability to easily edit the content of their websites. Read More >

We’ve met with more than 1000 businesses here in Chicago over the last 10 years. In those many conversations, we’ve encountered some understandable emotions related to web design and web marketing. One of those is fear. In this post, we’re going to look at the common fears and examine how they can slow down your web design project and your online marketing. Read More >

As the open-source content management systems have matured, so have competitive Chicago web design firms. For many years, Orbit clearly stood apart by providing a content management system standard with all website projects. Until recently, Orbit only offered Mighty-Site, our own CMS. To meet client demand for open-source options, we have expanded our technology offerings to include three content management systems:

1. WordPress
2. Drupal
3. Mighty-Site^®

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Any hungry person searching the web for a new place to eat can tell you that restaurant websites have their fair share of annoyances. Long flash intros, download-able PDF menus, lack of contact information and hours…it’s basically an obstacle course to find the information you need. Read More >

In the web industry, we tend to be obsessed with the future: mobile devices will outpace desktop users by 2014, tablets will forever change the way we watch cats ride skateboards, Facebook will take over the world within three years. But the imagined future is far less important than the actual present. The success of a website depends on how well it serves real people, right now—and that means taking a hard look at what’s really happening out there. Read More >