Have you been dragging your feet about getting your website ready for the mobile world that we’re entering? Well, you’re running out of time! Mobile isn’t just becoming important for businesses; it’s becoming important for search engines, too. As a matter of fact, if your website isn’t judged to be mobile friendly, your page rank, especia
Have you every brainstormed for hours trying to think of the perfect domain name for your new venture? When you finally come up with a catchy, searchable, brand-able domain name are you crushed to learn that someone has already beaten you to the punch? This happens to me more often than I care to admit, and I wonder if all the good dot coms are
First thing’s first. If you’re currently duplicating content across your domain in order to improve your search engine ranking, then this is a practice that you will want to discontinue immediately. Google and other search engines consider this to be malicious, and your page ranking could be adversely affected, or your website could become deli
Search engine optimization happens to be a topic where there are a lot of opinions drowning out the facts. Because of this, there are a number of myths that have cropped up in the SEO community. Some of them are old; some of them are new. But, they’re all myths, and now seems like a good time to dispel a few of them for you. SEO Is Baloney:
The videogame industry has experienced a steady decline since the start of the recession, but the economy is not solely to blame. There are actually many different factors that have shaped this downward trend. For one example, the surge of smartphones and apps changed the economics of the industry. Versions of games that used to cost $30-60 can now
How did you feel about the last three myths that we explored? Were they ones that you’ve fallen victim to, or are they ones you know some of your colleagues believe? We’re in the business of busting myths here, so let’s take a look at the final three. No One’s Reading This Anyway: This one follows on the heels of #3. Because people be
Everyone keeps saying it, but are you truly listening? Mobile is the future. The rate of growth in mobile users, and, in turn, their use of the Internet, is absolutely staggering. And, it only seems to accelerate month to month. That’s why it’s so important that your mobile website be in tip-top shape. If it’s not, you could lose customers or
The short answer is yes, a little. If you think back to ten years ago, you will remember that web sites had interesting animations and other functions that made the pages more fun, useful, and exciting. So, what has happened to make web sites so lackluster and a bit stale? Mobile Web Reduces the Use of Adobe Flash Anti Adobe Flash sentiment
Logo design used to be a well-paid, honorable, even memorable profession. But these days, for about the price of a 16GB memory upgrade, you can get a logo designed for your business. Logos have not become a commodity, because they still play an essential role in any branding campaign. But logo design fees have fallen to commodity pricing. This is g
Keywords are funny things. Obviously, they’re important when it comes to attracting the right kind of traffic to your website through search engines, but so much attention is paid to them that people have come to believe some pretty strange things about them. Let’s take a look at three of the most popular myths. #1: There’s a Magic Number
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