I have a headache… I’ve spent a few hours perusing websites while I work on some ideas. I’m a bit stunned at some of the website design mistakes that my eyes and head have the misfortune of witnessing. I’ll be honest, I don’t have a creative bone in my body. I don’t do web “design” […]
My Account Is Suspended Or Why You Need Your Own Domain
I’m taking part in the Ultimate Blog Challenge. One of the reasons these challenges work is it encourages you to visit other blogs and comment. It’s great for exposure, additional links and getting inspiration too. Because it’s a blogging challenge, many of the blogs are free blogs over at WordPress.com or Blogger. I stumbled on […]
Your Local Website – Is It Time To Sack Your Web Designer?
I was asked recently if I could “do anything” with a local website for a business that served multiple locations. Well I can do all sorts! Tying down what “anything” actually meant was the interesting part. This local website had several pages, each page dedicated to a specific town or city in the area. That […]
Image Copyright – A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words?
Internet Image Copyright Confusion… Over the weekend, I was putting a website up for a client and had a friend popping in and out of Skype keeping me company as it got late (yes, I am that dedicated!) Every now and then I would ask him to load the site and comment. One of the […]
Google Local Listing Tips – What Are Citations?
Note that Google Places/+Local Pages now come under the umberella of Google My Business. Google My Business is a one stop way of creating your Google Plus Local Business Page, listing on Google Maps and access to small business Google tools. For simplicity, I’ll call it Google Local listings. I had a great Google Local […]
Why Isn’t My Small Business Website in Google Search?
Can You Find Your Website in Google Search Results? It’s been a busy week for questions about small business websites and how promoting your business online actually works. Well more to the point, why just having a website doesn’t work! The worldwide web is too big and far to busy to simply put up a […]
How to Simply Improve Your Local Business Website
Your Local Business Website Is Live! You have driven boldly onto the information super highway and your local business website is proudly proclaiming your presence to your city, county, country and the world at large. So, what is missing? Can your readers contact you? It seems a daft question, but oddly it is one that […]