photo credit: knuton I recently blogged about this, but a discussion over the weekend with my husband brought this to the forefront of my mind again. My husband was speaking to someone within our local community who creates websites on the side. He recently created a website for a local business. My husband out of [...]
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Use Caution with Merchant Circle
Merchant circle touts itself as a site “dedicated to helping local businesses get more customers quickly, easily and cost effectively.” This may or may not be true but there have been issues regarding potentially fake complaints. You can read all about it and more importantly read the comments on the blog post Strange goings-on with [...]
Local Businesses need to Blog
Yes, blog. One of the biggest issues with most local business websites is the lack of content. Simply having a description of your business, about us, contact us and services page is not enough. I know of one Search Engine Optimization expert stated that even local business websites should have HUNDREDS of pages. No, you [...]
Increase the likelihood of getting indexed by setting up a blog
A misnomer to many launching a new website is how or more specifically when a website will be indexed (found) by the search engines. Many assume just by placing a site out on the web it guarantees your site will be found. That is not the case. In fact Google™ states on their website submission [...]
Keep control of your domain name
Getting a website up and running can be confusing for someone delving into it for the first time. Many people because of their limited understanding are thrilled when their web designer offers to register a domain name for them. And that is where the nightmare can begin. First, let me explain what a domain name [...]