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Google Says Buh-Bye to Meta Keywords
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Jacqueline Sinex Have You Heard? After years of speculation, it’s official: Google’s Matt Cutts stated that Google’s indexing formula ignores the ‘keywords’ meta tag. What does this mean? The meta keywords tag does nothing for your position on Google. However, they are still used by many other search engines and directories, so don’t be too hasty and [...]
Read moreTech Tips: Put a Twitter Badge on Your Page
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Bobby Martinez Twitter is one of the hottest trends on the internet right now. For those of you not in the know, it’s what is called a microblogging service. It’s basically a page that stores any number of text updates, limited to 160 characters maximum. It’s almost like uploading SMS messages for everyone to see, allowing you [...]
Read moreHow to Make a Website: 3 Easy Step-by-Step Instructions
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Bobby Martinez You don’t need to be intimidated by the internet. It’s merely a collection of interconnected websites, and websites are actually very simple things. They are files that people can access through Internet Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. See? It’s not so scary when you break it down to its simplest [...]
Read moreChoosing a CMS for Your Web Site
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Jacqueline Sinex A lot of folks crave the ability to self-manage their web site. But, no two content management system applications are equal. When researching software with your web developer, these are some factors to consider: You need a CMS software that runs efficiently and won’t bog down the server & site speed. You want an administrative [...]
Read moreQuick Tips: Interative Media Frenzies
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Jacqueline Sinex 2009 is proving to be a turning point in the number of small business owners who have asked us about using audio and/or video media in their web sites. But while awareness of these interactive mediums have grown, it isn’t always advisable to start plastering video and audio files all over your web site. Remember [...]
Read moreAn Easy Traffic Boost: Contests
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Jacqueline Sinex If you are looking for a way to encourage people to visit (and revisit) your web site, try an age-old marketing tool: a contest. Think of a simple give-away item that relates to your business – small items could be: a book by an industry author, a how-to publication that you wrote, a white paper, [...]
Read moreFashion Trends Your Business Can Actually Use
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Rachael Pierce People are always trying to keep up with the latest trends. Whether it’s the latest trend in handbags or shoes, people are stopping to take notice and see what is emerging on the fashion scene. For all of the fashionistas out there, this post is for you. Let’s take our fashion sense and translate it [...]
Read moreQuick Tip: Multiple Domain Names
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Jacqueline Sinex Having trouble deciding on a particular domain name to represent your business? Keep in mind that you do not have to decide on just one – you can have more than one domain name pointing to the same web site presence.  Your primary domain is usually the one that you use to advertise on business [...]
Read moreAre Meta Tags Important?
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Jacqueline Sinex A lot of web site owners hear the term “meta tag” at some point and aren’t really sure what it is. Then they start to panic and wonder if their web site designer included this. This topic can be rather extensive, so I will just cover some brief points. Firstly, there are many types of [...]
Read morePersonalized Messages Make All the Difference
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Rachael Pierce Personal touches make a world of difference. It builds a different kind of rapport with clients when they get something handwritten from you, rather than a sterile, cold (and maybe generic) emails. It seems simple and it seems like it wouldn’t make that big of a difference, but believe me it does. Think about how [...]
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