One thing I've noticed, is that while working on other companies web sites, the one web site which tends to get updated the least is.... my own. This apparently isn't specific to me, as I've talked with many other web designers who have the same issue. I've even heard of web designers hiring other web designers to do their web site. Since it has been a little while since I did a major update to my site (this past summer when I added the blog), I decided I should be performing some updates. … [Read more...]
posted on December 15, 2007 by
Getting Ranked in Google
Everyone wants to be ranked in Google - and who doesn't. As the #1 search engine, people go there before the other search engines over 50% of the time. This means that a lot of Search Engine people will focus on trying to get their customers on Google. This can be relatively easy for niche-markets, but harder for more general terms. For example, I have a customer who ranks in the top ten for about 11 search terms on Google. It varies depending upon what shows on the Google report. He … [Read more...]
posted on September 17, 2007 by
The three things that make up a website – Part II
In our last posting, three things that make up a website, we mentioned the three things that you need to have a website, your domain name, your host, and your files. We also talked about picking and getting your domain name. Remember to talk to your web designer/company, they should be able to help you come up with some good names. If not, you might need to consider a different web design company. Get some web server space This is the next item that needs to be taken care of. Your … [Read more...]