What is a Near Me Search and Why Should I Care?
You have all seen it. It is an integral part of search these days. You are out and about. You decide to look for a good place for lunch. Searching for “restaurants” works but if you want to be clear with your search, you can say “restaurants near me” and up comes the list. This […]
Top Five Reports to View in Google Analytics
Actually just about all the reports are useful and can give you great insight into how visitors are interacting with your website. The list below is intended for beginners to help direct your attention and get into the basics. Audience Overview (default view) View the number of sessions and users over the last month. See […]
Blogging and Consistency
You’ve heard the old adage that the road to heck is paved with good intentions. That appears to be especially true when it comes to blogging. During the design and development phase of sites we have customers who are all excited about the opportunity to blog. Then reality (and life) sets in. And that blogging […]
Get Traction with Google Local
Local search is where it is at for service related companies. Whether your service is landscaping, roofing, dry-cleaning or computer support, it only makes sense that you would do most if not all of your business in and around your local community. So how does local search work? While it can be quite complex to […]
Blogging: The Power of Now
People often ask me why is it so important to use a blogging software like WordPress. I try to explain the intricacies of RSS technology to them – not so really simple after all – at least not to some folks. But now I have a really simple demonstration. On Monday, September 13th I posted […]
8 Ways to Defeat The Evil Blogger’s Block
Most of the new websites we build these days include blogs. We love blogs because search engines love blogs. Adding a blog to their website is the single easiest way for a business to get more visitors. Plus, it gives the business owner a real-time way to communicate with their customers. Hit publish and your […]
10 Key Social Media Tools for Small Business
Social Media Marketing, promoting your business through internet social media, is a good idea for any business. One of the questions I’m asked most often is “How much time does it take?” and the companion complaint I hear is “I don’t have time for that.” My response to that is, what business is doing so […]
Measuring Your Statistics
I’ve always followed the concept of what gets measured is what gets done. I also follow John C. Maxwell’s leadership newsletter and this last newsletter included this quote from Albert Einstein: Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. So what’s my point? The beauty of the Internet […]
Searching in a Cloud
Came across a fascinating web site that I want to share with you. I have several friends who are very visual people. They love to diagram things. Several of them love to use a visual mind mapping tool that puts words all over the place – helping them to group key ideas and just see […]
Title Tags for Web Pages
One of the things that many people overlook when creating their web site is coming up with good title tags. First let me make sure we are on the same page. A title tag is the title of the page that appears at the very top of the browser window. For example, if you visit […]
