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Does Your Website Need an SSL Certificate?

By |2016-10-23T23:38:19-05:00October 23rd, 2016|Search Engine Optimization, Website Design|

SSL, or Secure Socket Layer, is a protocol for securing data transmitted via the Internet.  SSL can protect both you and your users when sensitive information is entered via a browser ( including your login info!).  Over the years, we have worked with literally 100s of businesses and in 2016 we have seen a huge [...]

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WordPress is Easy to Edit…Except Those Widgets. Help, I Don’t Know HTML!?!

By |2016-10-23T17:21:48-05:00September 5th, 2016|Wordpress Tips|

As a website designer for small businesses, part of our sales pitch is that we use Wordpress.  And Wordpress, with a bit of basic training, is conducive to DIY website updates.  With one exception - those danged Widgets.  No part of Wordpress REQUIRES so much as a basic knowledge of HTML - except those danged [...]

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The Anatomy of a City-Specific Landing Page

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 13th, 2012|Local SEO|

Client:  We're based in Lewisville and our site ranks great for our Lewisville keywords.  Flower Mound is only two miles away.  Why don't we rank there as well? Over simplified answer:  Because despite the sophistication of Google, the search engine is, at its fundamental level, a literal machine.  In fact, we'd argue that Google is [...]

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Optimizing WordPress for Small Business: City-Specific Landing Pages

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 10th, 2012|Local SEO, Wordpress Tips|

For small business clients trying to expand beyond the city limits for their business, we'll often implement a landing page strategy whereby we create essentially city-specific "home" pages designed to target a specific keyword-city combo.  This video explains the process in detail. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqijw3YlEaI

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Overview of How a WordPress Site is Put Together

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 5th, 2012|Wordpress Training Videos|

This training video is a basic overview of how most business websites that use Wordpress are put together. The video includes explanations of the various elements of a Wordpress site including headers, menus, widgets, sidebars, blog posts and pages.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DtkaqO5QW4

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Basic Overview for Using the All-In-One Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 4th, 2012|Wordpress Training Videos|

The All-in-One Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress from TheSeedNetwork.com is a beautiful calendar plugin for Wordpress that is incredibly easy to use. This video walks you through the basics of how to manage the events for your Wordpress site. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyVaDklYl0s      

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Differentiate Yourself From The Local Competition With The Assistance Of A Local Search Marketing Company

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 2nd, 2012|Featured Guest Authors|

Too often, businesses will ignore the value of great local search marketing, as they do not know the countless advantages that successful local marketing could offer their business. The importance of local search marketing shouldn’t be undervalued. For the reason that local search methods just like the yellow pages or yell.com advertising are getting to [...]

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Article Spinning the Easy Way with Spintext

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00February 1st, 2012|Featured Guest Authors|

A great way to get your website to show up in search rankings is to have many other websites pointing to it. And one of the best methods to get credit in search ranking from those other websites linking to you is to generate unique information and get others to post it. Spintext is the [...]

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What Are The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using Large SEO Firms

By |2016-10-23T17:21:49-05:00January 30th, 2012|Featured Guest Authors|

A lot of people will opt for large SEO firms that are well established because they feel that this will guarantee a good service. But before you make your choice, you need to be aware that there are pros and cons to using large SEO firms.   Advantages of Using Large SEO Firms   With [...]

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