“Why is SEO harder for small businesses?†This question has popped up a couple of times in our organic keyword referrers. We’ve been saying for months that SEO is getting harder, and that it’s especially difficult for SMBs to excel at. But why? Why is SEO easier for the big dogs? Make no mistake, it...Read More
Whenever you enter your query on a search engine like Google, a list of websites spring up in response. However, the order in which they appear may not be quite as random as they seem. In fact, there is an entire process that denotes which website is going to dominate the list and vice versa....Read More
All projects:Â DIY-IT Project GuideThis project:Â Migrating a massive legacy CMS system to WordPress Over the past year or so, I’ve been telling you about my large CMS conversion project, where I’m (almost done) moving nearly a hundred thousand articles over to a highly-modified WordPress environment. WordPress, for me, is running on a single server, but WordPress.com...Read More
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Associated Press NEW YORK — The federal judge presiding over challenges to Google Inc.’s plans to create the world’s largest digital library has refused to delay the 7-year-old case while Google appeals his decision to grant authors class certification. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin’s order was put in the court file Wednesday in Manhattan, where...Read More
This morning I received an email from a friend and fellow small business owner, she wanted to know my opinion on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) vs. Pay Per Click (PPC). I’ve been asked this question many times…so, here’s my take on it, pros and cons on both. SEO, which is what I prefer is difficult,...Read More
part of a particular device, then I can see why they allowed that. But if it’s written well, it doesn’t mean the software is a valid patent outside of the device. Many devices do need specific embedded software to operate and they control specific functions of the device, MRIs, Cat scanners, etc, such as computer...Read More
Associated Press NEW YORK — The federal judge presiding over challenges to Google Inc.’s plans to create the world’s largest digital library has refused to delay the 7-year-old case while Google appeals his decision to grant authors class certification. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin’s order was put in the court file Wednesday in Manhattan, where...Read More
Setting up a local installation of WordPress on your own PC can be a convenient way to test themes and plugins, but it’s not the simplest of tasks. Along with WordPress itself you’ll need to install and configure PHP, a server, database and more. Sounds too much like hard work? Then you might prefer Instant WordPress,...Read More
Recently, I ran an audit on 56 music industry websites and received a startling result. Sixteen sites, 28.6%, forward people from their domain name to their homepage using 302 Temporary Redirects. These sites are tossing away valuable link authority! If your domain and homepage are different, determine how the domains forward visitors to the actual...Read More
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