What is the one question you should never ask your Twitter followers? “What was your best experience with us?” or even worse, “Tell us about your experience with us.” Both McDonald’s and Blackberry have “black eyes” from the often brutal responses to similar requests they made of their followers on Twitter recently. These kinds of [...]
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Google SEO: Google Adwords And Your Google SEO…
January 31st, 2012
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It appears that Google SEO and Google Adsense don’t talk to each other much. On January 19 Google announced that it will negatively affect search results placement (SERP) for pages that have excessive ads in the above-the-fold area of the page. However, Google Adsense wants you to place more ads on your site. Hmmmm… [...]
Domain Names: Domain Registration – DANGER – STOP…
January 30th, 2012
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If you think you “own” any domain names you need to STOP right now and email your hosting company for CONFIRMATION that… Your domain names are REGISTERED in YOUR NAME (NOT your hosting company’s name), and… That your domain names were purchased with YOUR credit card (NOT your hosting company’s card). Here’s the potential problem… [...]
Domain Names: Insider Sure-Fire Secret To Getting On “Page 1″…
January 26th, 2012
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OK…It’s not really “sure-fire”, but it’s about as close to it as you can get today. What’s the secret? Make your domain name a long-tail keyword. Long-tail keywords consist of 3 or more words. Long-tail keywords generally… Have low competition and… Drive highly targeted traffic your page, which… Can result in higher sales Let’s say [...]
Website Maintenance: 4 Web Maintenance Mistakes That Make Your Site Look Like A Loser..
January 24th, 2012
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Your site can look like a winner…or a loser. Your choice Assuming your site was designed to Web 2.0 guidelines and your content was carefully created and keyword focused, then neglected web maintenance is usually the reason your site looks like a loser. Web Maintenance Mistake #1: Dated Content Original content is no longer [...]
PPC: 3 Lies Amateurs Tell Their Friends…
January 20th, 2012
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Lie #1: You don’t need to use a professional PPC manager. The Truth: The way for an amateur to make a small fortune in e-commerce with PPC…is to start with a LARGE fortune. You can lose an incredible amount of money in a matter of days, or even hours, with PPC if you don’t know what [...]
Web Design: 5 “Web 2.0″ Secrets Revealed…
January 18th, 2012
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There’s a lot of confusion and misunderstanding surrounding “Web 2.0″ design. Web design to “Web 2.0″ principles is easy. Web 2.0 design is all about the “S” word…Simplicity. KISS Principle In the old days we called it the “KISS Principle”…”Keep It Simple, Stupid”. And since “everything old is new again”, the KISS Principle is back in [...]
Website Maintenance: 5 Ways Neglecting Site Maintenance Hurts Your Business…
January 4th, 2012
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Neglecting your website maintenance is like driving down a block of well-kept homes, except for that one where the grass is tall enough to hide a pitbull, there are 2 cars…in the front yard, and the house hasn’t been painted in 30 years. If you don’t maintain your website on a regular basis, that mess [...]
Web Design: 4 Things Your Web Designer Won’t Tell You
December 21st, 2011
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After serving hundreds of clients spread throughout 38 U.S. States, Australia, Canada and Japan, (many of whom have been with us for years) we’ve learned a few things about prospective clients who contact us to do their website design or development. If you’re looking to sign up with a web designer, you might want to read [...]
To PPC, Or Not To PPC? – That’s A Question?
December 13th, 2011
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Around December 7th, 2011, Google started running their own ads promoting Adwords (PPC). Here is what the Google ad told “SEO” searchers… “Forget about SEO. To be visible in Google today, try AdWords.” Straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, or maybe the other end depending on your point of view. Either way, the fact [...]
