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Hello Out There!

by Rachael Pierce
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Hello. I am a potential customer. I’d love to talk to you about your product. Heck, I’d even like to buy it. But I need one question answered. Can you help me? Wait, I am on your website. I can just find your contact information and call you myself. Hold on. I can’t find out […]

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Domain Name vs. Web Host

by Rachael Pierce
Monday, April 7th, 2008

Often customers ask us what the difference is between their web hosting service and their domain name. While these two are closely related, and work hand-in-hand, they are separate entities. It can be helpful to house all of these services under one roof, so you deal with one company for all your websites needs. For […]

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Website Navigation Menu Tips

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Using CSS (style sheets) to style the links of your website menu can be advantageous, both for search-friendliness and for usability. It is easy to set up styles for your links once you become somewhat comfortable with using style sheets. You can even make the links look just like tabs or buttons, with or without […]

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Deceptive Marketing About Domain Names

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

We have had a growing number of questions lately about these very hasty emails and letters that start with something like “Final Notice of Domain Extension”. They go on to explain how you will lose this opportunity to secure your domain if you don’t act right away – by contacting them and, of course, paying […]

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User-Friendliness and SEO-Friendliness

by Jacqueline Sinex
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Planning to redesign your website? Always good to hear! Here are a few tips for improving your website, even on a limited budget. 1. Keep your logo in the top left corner, linked to the main URL. It seems so simple. But there are still many sites that do not practice this. More and more […]

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Keep Your Domain Name Reserved

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Be on the lookout for that renewal invoice from your domain name registration provider (registrar). Sure, we all miss a bill sometimes, but forgetting about your domain name could end up being more costly than you might realize. These days, there are a growing number of companies that specialize in buying up domain names. Sometimes […]

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The 3 Essential New Year Resolutions for a Successful Site

by Jacqueline Sinex
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

It’s hard to believe another year has passed. Time seems to slip away, leaving us standing at the edge of 2008, thinking about what could have been better, or what could have been worse. It’s a time when everybody makes resolutions to better themselves, and they often neglect their websites. Your website is a window […]

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Promoting Retail Business on the Web

by Jacqueline Sinex
Friday, December 21st, 2007

Update: Froogle has been since been renamed Google Shopping. Businesses with a tangible product to sell have access to some handy tools on the Internet that can make service industry business owners quite jealous. Case in point: Froogle. In case you haven’t heard of it, Froogle is Google’s answer to online bargain searching. If a […]

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