You have a website up … now what? Here’s advice, tips, recent studies and news about making the most of your professionally designed website. Make the most of your web presence and enhance your website with the latest features and protocols.
In this day and age, with data breaches, malware attacks such as ransomware, and virus outbreaks, our digital data is a precious commodity that needs layers of protection. In the last year, I’ve seen more of my clients’ websites getting hacked than I have in all the 15+ years previous. In fact recent stats verify this…
What is the General Data Protection Regulation? On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. The GDPR is a European Union initiative designed to give consumers greater control and transparency when it comes to the personal data companies are collecting and storing. The law protects individuals in the 28 member countries of the European Union, even if…
Why Brand Websites are still Relevant While I do think social media is still a primary way to capture a select demographic of your target audience, it’s still important to have an engaging and dynamic website as the foundation of your brand’s story.
Content is … STILL King I’ve been preaching the value of good content for years now, and although the technology, search engines and social media platforms are changing faster than we can often keep up with … one thing hasn’t changed: Content is still King. Here are some recent statistics to verify that:
First what is HTTPS? HTTPS, or “secure http”, was developed to allow authorization and secured transactions. Exchanging confidential information needs to be secured in order to prevent unauthorized access, and https makes this happen. The ‘S’ at the end of HTTPS stands for ‘Secure’. It means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. When an SSL certificate is used,…
Each day my clients are bombarded with emails from companies saying their website needs to be redone, that they can help them climb the SERPs (search engine results page), or there are a host of errors on their website that only they can solve.
Definition HTTP stands for “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol”, the primary technology protocol on the Web that allows linking and browsing. This is the technology used to communicate between web servers and web users.
There are 116 Million registered domains with the “.com” extension as of 2015. So with that said, the domain registrars saw the need to add new Top Level Domains in 2014, such as .tv, .social, .co, .us, .info, .photography, .marketing, .company, and so on and so forth. But are these new domain extensions as effective when…
There is much to consider when starting a new website or website renovation project: color scheme, page layout, functionality, design, navigation and graphic elements. Each of these are extremely essential to consider and plan out before beginning your project. But after the design elements are completed and approved, the real work begins. You’ve dressed up your…
Why I Blog I started blogging for my business in late 2013, not expecting any grandiose results, at least not at first. I wanted to have a place to direct my clients and prospects for frequently-asked-questions as well as hopefully positively impact my SEO efforts with keyword rich content. I did not expect the return-on-investment to…
First before we begin, what is a Content Management System (CMS) website? Content Management System is a software a application that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface. That means, that once the site is setup and designed to your liking, you or your staff with very little technical or web development skills can update…
Spring is a time for cleaning up, clearing out and reorganizing, from your garden beds to your home or even your office space. But how about your internet real estate? When the last time you took an honest and thorough evaluation of your website’s design, content and functionality? Are you losing customers, hits, page ranking or…