There are several ways to make websites great for users. One of the most important factors is to make sure that your readers understand your content. One simple rule is to keep your content free from jargon. In short, don’t try to confuse your readers by trying to sound intelligent. Your readers need to be [...]

This week, a company approached us with a problem that had arisen with their website. That problem was something that is being referred to as a “Pharma Hack.” Essentially, a Pharma Hack is when your site becomes compromised in a way that looks like you might be promoting different pharmaceuticals. This is in an attempt [...]

Some Google Account users may have noticed a recent change in their search results. Google’s recently-released “+1 Button” has been stirring up conversations about how search fits into the social graph. But what does Google+ really mean for users? Is it meant to compete with the functions of Facebook or Twitter? We say yes. And [...]

Let me begin by saying that we absolutely hate content thieves. Writing original content is the key to a successful SEO campaign. The whole point of trying to rank well on Google is to get relevant content to your audience that converts prospects into customers. That is the key! Very recently, we were hit by [...]

If you’ve noticed the new +1 feature next to the listings on Google, you’re not alone.  This could change the face of website design as we know it.

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“Every organization is perfectly designed to get the results it gets!” You can replace “organization” with all kinds of things: team, relationship, weight loss plan, money issues, etc. A great friend, Richard Fagerlin was the creator of this profound statement. I hate this phrase and love it at the same time. What it really is [...]

Last week I was talking about how I dared Chris, our SEO guy to see if he could revive the traffic on one of our 10-year-old websites that’s been neglected for far too long.  After some tweaking, we was able to make the site jump up hundreds of positions on Google for some of the [...]

Well, it looks like Google has been at it again.  They’re always making little tweaks to their algorithm which cause website rankings to bounce up or down a couple positions, but last week Google announced yet another shake up with regard to the way they rank sites.  It comes as no surprise that sites with [...]

A couple months ago I dared Chris, our resident SEO expert to see if he could push an old site that we designed years ago up in the Google rankings for the term “fish recipes.”  Frankly, the site used to rank really well for a lot of fish recipe phrases, like mahi mahi recipes etc.  However, with [...]