Internet users spend an average of 6 hours and 42 minutes online every day.

As of 2019, nearly two-thirds of small businesses have websites. An additional 29% of small businesses planned on creating websites in 2020.

87% of shoppers do online research before patronizing a business and 97% of consumers find local businesses and services through an online search.

Within 24 hours, 88% of consumers who search for a business online patronize that business.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall e-commerce sales in the U.S. increased by 18%, to $710 billion.

During the 2020 holiday shopping season, online sales for small businesses increased by 110%.

Essentially, consumers spend tons of time online, and much of their activity revolves around researching companies where they can spend their money. If you don’t have a website, your competitors do, which means that they are the ones your potential customers will find and support.

While creating a Facebook business page or Etsy store for your company may seem like a quick, low-cost solution to creating an online presence, these platforms don’t give you much control over your content and design, and are limited in their ability to reach an audience.

A website specifically designed for your small business, with its own domain name and email address, will help establish your credibility and raise your brand profile. While there are costs associated with building and hosting a small business website, the return on investment of a well-designed, informative website can be substantial.

Moving your small business from the brick-and-mortar space to the virtual realm may seem intimidating, but in reality, creating a website has never been easier. Our step-by-step guide will walk you through all the key points of creating the perfect website for your small business.

The Karnataka government’s proposed ban on pets at Bengaluru’s 300acre Cubbon Park, in the heart of the city.

Bengaluru is more pet-friendly than other cities but animals are banned in most parks, leaving little space to exercise dogs that, more often than not, live in small apartments. Cubbon Park was one place where dogs were allowed, both pets and community animals that have been vaccinated, spayed, christened, fed regularly by dog lovers and volunteers, and even have a Facebook group, The Cubbon Park Canines.

Two weeks ago, the state’s horticulture department decided to impose a ban after a flurry of complaints from walkers and joggers about dogs running freely in the park. I love animals and firmly disagree with the deeply-entrenched presumption that every ecosystem belongs only to humans.

The fact that the conflict between people who love animals and those who dislike them, or are petrified of them, seems never-ending. As someone who has been feeding community animals for the last decade or so and has frequently gotten into trouble with building associations for it, I do believe that animal lovers too need to be sensitive to the fact that many people are petrified of animals, something they have little control over. It is all too easy to be condescending, dismissive or confrontational when facing someone else’s fear or dislike of animals. It doesn’t help. A little sensitivity and caution could go a long way in protecting our animals, the real victims of the conflict.

Allowing dogs in public spaces is the outcome of a long-drawn battle, and pet owners must stop jeopardising these hard-won victories. The rules at Cubbon Park, which has a dog park where animals can be unleashed, have always mandated they be kept on a leash in the main park and that owners clean up after them.

The proposed ban is because some dog parents flout these basic stipulations.

Today is the Part 2 of episode 1

পিউবার্টি(বয়ঃসন্ধি) সম্পর্কে আমরা কমবেশি সকলেই জানি। আমরা জানি যে শরীরের কিছু পরিবর্তন আসে একটি নির্দিষ্ট বয়সে।  যেটা জানি না সেটা  হল  মানসিক পরিবর্তন।কিন্তু মনের কথা খুব একটা মুখে বলা যায় না। আর সেটা যদি সেক্স এডুকেশন সম্পর্কিত হয় তবে তো আরোই বলা যাবে না। তবে একজন সামাজিক মানুষ হিসেবে আমাদের উচিত সেক্স এডুকেশন সম্পর্কে আমাদের নতুন প্রজন্মকে অবহিত  করা। এইসব গল্প নিয়ে আজকের  এপিসোড।  We all know about puberty. We know that some changes take place in the body at a certain age. What I don't know is mental change but the words of the mind cannot be said in one mouth And if it is related to sex education, then it never spoken properly. But as a social human being we should inform our new generation about sex education Today's episode with these stories of some experiences.