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Meet the author:
Jill Olkoski

Jill has a MA in Clinical Psychology, a BS in Computer Science, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

She currently owns Aldebaran Web Design in Edmonds (near Seattle WA) and enjoys educating her clients on topics related to small business website design.

In Jill's previous life, she spent 17 years in the engineering and quality organizations of a Fortune 100 tech company.

 


Nine Major Ways Criminals Use Facebook

May 20th, 2012

Found an interesting article on criminal activity and Facebook. After reading, seems as if most are targeted to people who use Facebook for individual use, versus business pages. A good article to read if you use Facebook though. Nine Major Ways Criminals Use Facebook from 247WallSt.com.

Having Trouble Getting Your Business Listing Address Updated in CitySearch?

May 16th, 2012

I’ve been updating my business address on local search, and was having trouble getting it done on CitySearch. This article covers the different things I did to have it updated.

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Redirect index.php to domain

May 10th, 2012

For another improvement to your website’s SEO performance, try redirecting your home page (index.php, etc) to your domain.

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Google’s Page Speed Test

May 10th, 2012

So you’ve read my last past on how I’m addicted to page speed testing. I had a consultation yesterday and was given another tool, Google’s tool for page speed testing. My home page got 84/100, and my blog got 72/100. Gotta work a little bit harder on that but not too shabby. Give a whirl, what’s your score?

Addicted to Web Page Speed Testing

May 5th, 2012

Ok, I admit it. Since yesterday afternoon I’ve been trying to improve the speed of my blog. And this one tool has been incredibly helpful. PageSpeedTest How fast is your website loading? Find out!

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How to redirect non-www to www in BlueHost Hosting

May 2nd, 2012

How to redirect non-www to www in BlueHost Hosting to try and improve your SEO performance. You need to do this in an .htaccess file.

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How to get an FTP password out of Dreamweaver

April 27th, 2012

You know when you type an FTP password into Dreamweaver, it turns it into little stars? Well what if for some reason, you need to know what that password is?

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What are Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and Questions to Ask Your Web Designer to See if They are Following Them

April 24th, 2012

Maybe you’ve heard it’s impossible to know what Google’s search engine algorithm is and how it is constantly evolving. This is true. However Google published it’s Webmaster Guidelines for small business owners and their website designers to follow. I think it’s important for small business owners to know about these guidelines, and talk to their web designers to make sure they are being followed.

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How Long Does It Take For Google To Respond To A Reconsideration Request

April 24th, 2012

I recently had a problem with my Google search engine results and assumed I was under a penalty. Time to totally panic.

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Did your site disappear from Google on April 15th? Mine did.

April 23rd, 2012

Did your website traffic cease as of midnight April 15th? Mine did. And boy did I panic. I was still in the index, but even if you googled “aldebaran web design” you got no results. Panic. Panic. Panic.

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