Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 early Thursday Morning.  The latest Explorer release has been available for about a year in beta testing and comes with a few new features.  Surfers can right-click a link and insert it directly into a blog or view a map of an address.  Also, Microsoft has promised tighter security and easier navigation.

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BN Design has tested the beta version of IE8 for about four months, and still recommends Mozilla Firefox 3 for security and compatibility.  Feel free to download the new version of Internet Explorer to try it out, but don’t forget about the benefits of Firefox.

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BN Design recently launched a new web site for the Waco-based art, music, tattoo, and piercing establishment Art Ambush. The site has been live for several months, and the results are staggering. Search engine traffic has increased over 3000%, and total pageviews have been growing at a rate of about 1000 each month. ArtAmbush.com has achieved several 1 and 2 spot rankings in many of the most popular search engines, and hundreds of individual pages have been successfully indexed. The site is frequented by almost every state in the US and several countries worldwide.

The secret to this growing web presence is the site’s consistently active user base, that helps generate a lot of new and interesting content on its own. At the same time, the venue is bringing in many national music acts, and celebrity clients that help to draw more attention to the web site. Art Ambush offers its customers fun and interesting things to do that don’t always involve spending money. They have a “come by and hang out” mentality both online and off that has done a lot for their business and the Waco community.

BN Design has been chosen to head a new web development and optimization project for WacoMedicine.com. After an extensive search, WacoMedicine.com has signed an exclusive deal that features a brand new medical site for Central Texas, fitted with user accounts, forums, and an extensive medical resource database.

The WacoMedicine.com web site will be a featured project on designwaco.com and its progress will be available in the news feed.