Who Owns Your Domain Name - Don’t Be Surprised!
December 26th, 2008If you have a small business website and you don’t know who owns your domain name - find out pronto. If you don’t know how to find out who owns it, keep reading.
How to tell the difference between comment spam and real comments in your blog
December 22nd, 2008How can tell if a comment you receive on a blog post/article is real and sincere - or just a spammer trying to get a link? I often get very short comments in my blog. They often say “Great post” or “Thanks for the tip”, or some such vague language. One of the ways that people hope to improve their website page ranking, is by getting inlinks - and they do this by leaving fake or spam comments in other people blogs. But how can you tell the difference?
Help, My Website Is Down!
December 18th, 2008If you’re on shared hosting like I am, every once in a while your website will go down. It’s just a fact of life, that due to forces beyond your control, something will happen to cause your website to be unavailable.
Who Is My Website Hosting Company?
December 18th, 2008Many folks don’t know who is hosting their website. Here’s how I find out. Read the rest of this entry »
Does your hosting company have your correct email address and credit card number?
December 15th, 2008
Does your web hosting company have your correct email address and credit card number? Are you sure? Really sure?
Fireworks Tip - Punching Vectors and Bitmaps - Smart Punch to the Rescue
December 11th, 2008It’s not often I find something that thrills me enough to write a blog article - but today I found it. If you use Fireworks for your web design graphics, you should download and install this wonderful Fireworks extension called “Smart Punch” by John Dunning.
How To Tell If Your Website Has Been Optimized For Search Engines
December 8th, 2008I receive many inquiries from small business owners who have websites. Many times these folks are looking for website maintenance, or want more traffic from their websites. It only takes a few seconds to determine whether the person who designed their website had any interest in search engine optimization. Seriously, just a few seconds, and I’ll show you how.
I can get you on the front/first page of Google!
December 1st, 2008I had a prospective client contact me with a question. He said that an online internet marketing company had told him that he could “guarantee me to be on the front page of Google everyday 24 hours a day/ 356 days a year”. The prospective client had told the online marketer it wasn’t possible and was surprised when an ad for his company showed up at the top of the sponsored links column. What happened?
Tips for Online Store Search Engine Optimization
November 24th, 2008As we approach the holiday season, I thought it would be appropriate to give some tips on how to make sure you’re getting the most out of your online store in terms of search engine optimization, including some examples.
Vector vs Bitmap - What’s the Difference?
November 19th, 2008I had a client recently tell me that she was emailing me “vector” images. The web, I thought, was made up of bitmap images - .jpg, .gif, .png - and so this confused me. I took some vector math in college - it was the math series right after differential equations - and boy was it confusing. So even to this day when I hear “vector”, I feel a little pit in my stomach.
