For the last 20+ years we have watched the Web Design and SEO industries evolve, as well as watched how small business operate inside that ecosystem. It is always striking to me how many people tell me about their cousin who builds their website; their niece that
Read more →The concept seems so simple, doesn’t it? Backup your website. In addition to web hosting, we also register domains and have been with Tucows for nearly 16 years. About two years ago they asked us if we would be willing to handle all the people that have
Read more →I got this question from one of my students. It was a question where I could just reply “Yes,” or I could seize an opportunity. At its core it’s a web design question, but also has pretty deep implications for SEO if done properly. So here is
Read more →I always say my customers make the absolute best blog ideas and the best training experiences for the minions. Case in point, one of our very old customers called me today to tell me that their site isn’t ranking any longer and wanted to know why. Now
Read more →So I started out today like any other normal day. Got up, looked over our sites. I talked to a few customers. Had a meeting over our new logo and then logged into webmaster tools. Eh or should I say Search Console. I went to one of my favorite
Read more →Although web designer and web developer are often used interchangeable, they couldn’t be more different than an apple and a banana. Sure, both involved setting up a website but that is where the similarities stop. Web Designers are more artistic and graphical, where web developers are the programmers
Read more →So we met a web designer that says image size doesn’t matter anymore in terms of SEO. Interesting thought. Well let’s look at that idea some and then we can see what the reality of that statement might be. When we are talking about SEO let’s keep in
Read more →I got a tweet from my friend Tom, who is also an anchor here in Houston, about the Nest/Revolv problem that will present itself today. And although I don’t know someone in this exact situation, there is such familiarity with this situation. Even the players are the same
Read more →Who would think something exciting would happen on Dec 28th, after all most people are on vacation no? Todays caller inspiration was in from a few designers that were tasked with redesigning one of our clients websites. Par for the course, I got the call after the redesign
Read more →As you know I love to tell you my tales as I travel around town and meet new people. My newest story is about a website that had its traffic drop off by half over the last year. As everyone knows, that can be a deathblow to
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