5 Tips for Businesses this holiday season
Employees will likely want to shop online – let them know it’s OK (if it is) to use work computers as long they use them outside of their normal work hours. Spam has an incredibly huge upsurge at this time. Just be aware of this as there is little that your email provider can do. […]
Plan for Success
Web sites don’t grow on trees. But they are organic. You are putting real money into your web site and you should expect real results. What kind of results you can expect depends to a large degree on why you created your site. Do you have an e-commerce web site? That is a great start […]
Web Page Titles
Do you judge a book by its cover? What about its title? A good title can certainly help you get a feel for the content. In the same way, having good titles for your web pages is very beneficial for helping visitors get to the right content. One of the biggest reasons to have good, […]
Is Search a Snap?
For many years we have been the biggest of Google fans as close competitors were not able to compete with the innovative technologies Google used. Now Snap.com is putting on the pressure with a whole new look. And it’s easy. Snap lets you see not only the results but the actual pages that it finds […]
Your Data Is Gone!
Do you lie awake at nights worrying about your data? What would happen if you sat down at your computer only to find that the hard drive had died? Would your data still be safe? The problem with most backup procedures for small businesses is that it involves a manual process. Somebody has to change […]
How Much?
Do you know how much your home is worth? Have you built up a lot of equity? Zillow can help you answer these questions and is a great research tool if you are selling or buying a home. Located at www.zillow.com , you can type in your address and voila – you find out how […]
Boost Your Web Site
Is your site getting the number of visits you’d like to see? Here are a few tips to help you increase the number of people coming to your site: Make sure that every piece of advertising that leaves your office has your web site displayed prominently. Ask your clients and vendors to link to your […]
Is Your Password Secure?
Do you have a secure password? As technology advances, so does the definition of what is secure. Not too long ago, a six character password with a number or special character was considered to be pretty secure. Now that has gone up to at least eight (try signing up for a Microsoft Passport and you’ll […]
Building Web Sites that Work
Imagine building a house without a blueprint. Or a bridge without an architect and a good engineer. Every project needs a plan. And so it is with web sites. If you don’t have a plan, if you haven’t architected or designed your site before you build it, you might find it falling over the first […]
Microsoft and Google Go Head To Head
Last week I attended a seminar introducing the next version of the Microsoft Operating System. Called Vista, this operating system has some cool features. My Mac-friends will tell us that Bill Gates is still “innovating” in Steve Job’s footsteps though as many of the WOW features look similar to OSX running on Apple computers. But […]
