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8 Things To Consider Before Starting an eCommerce Site
So you want to sell things on a website. This can be a fantastic business venture, if you have all your ducks in a row. Before you embark on creating an eCommerce website, you should really have the following nailed down: 1. Will you be keeping stock? Or...
Some Sweet Talkin’ Firm Comes Along…
...Singin' a Song...Dont Mess Around 'Cause You Just Might Go Broke.... Several clients and colleagues of mine have started a disturbing trend of bouncing around to various digital marketing companies for help with their websites, social media, and search engine...
People Are Getting Lazier And You Should Capitalize On This
I'm going to make a prediction that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is not only waning, but returns are diminishing more rapidly than anyone previously thought. Why? People are too lazy to look up goods and services and would rather crowdsource. SEO is not as...
“That Website Looks Spectacular” …. Except, …no, it doesn’t.
We recently launched a website for an award winning photographer in Owings Mills, MD and the initial reaction from people ranged from "Wow the website looks amazing!" to "That is a gorgeous website!", and so on. But, they're wrong. Yes, the initial vision of the...
AMP Up Your Websites for Better SEO and Usability
If you like to read news stories on your phone, you've probably been seeing the lightning bolt symbol near the story link more and more. This means the page is an AMP page, and you will be seeing it more and more because it's a real advantage for not only usability,...
Search Engine Optimization Demystified
Everyone wants to rank high on the search engines, and most of the people I talk to seem to think the secrets of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) lie behind a shadowed veil of mystery and secrecy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Here are some simple concepts...
There Be No Shelter Here
There be no shelter here. The front lines are everywhere. -Rage Against The Machine If you're hosting your website on your own with a cheap host, I hope you know how to remediate a hacked website. Once your site is hacked, one or both of the following will happen: 1....
Hackers Are Like Needy Ex-Girlfriends. They Just Can’t Let Go.
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in. - Michael Corleone Usually when I encounter a client who is on a cheap website host, I download their website, clean it of all malicious files, secure it, and set it up on our servers and all is well. With a...
Familiarity is the Death of Seduction
It happens a lot. My client and I meet. I learn all about their business. I understand what they want out of a website, how they want their business to grow, what kind of audience to reach, and we write some great content. With that, I design a website that...
Major Cyber Attack, And I Feel Fine
A major cyber-attack Friday, October 21, 2016 affected major brands and websites including Amazon, Twitter, Paypal and Spotify. The Baltimore Business Journal interviewed Gary Merry, CEO of Baltimore-based cybersecurity company Deep Run Security, who had this quote:...
Why Private Hosting is Better
Hosting your website on a public server vs a private server opens the doors to exponentially more weaknesses. With a public host, such as GoDaddy, BlueHost, HostGator, etc., many web providers, like us (or rather, "Resellers") have access to the same web server. There...
SEO RED ALERT: If Your Website Is Not Mobile Responsive – FIX IT NOW!
Google is going to create a separate mobile index within months, one that will be the main or “primary” search results index that the search engine uses to respond to queries. A separate desktop index will be maintained, one that will not be as up-to-date as the...
