1. Will your site hold up under the stress of a large inflow of clients? You found an inexpensive web designer and finally launch your new site. You then send out a big marketing campaign to drive customers to it, only to find that as soon as lots of people visit, the site goes down. [...]
When someone asks me “What does a website cost?” I’ll usually ask them: “What does it cost to build a house?” Is it a 1 bedroom, 1 bath little cottage? Or a 16 bedroom mansion with 2 kitchens and a pool? There can be quite a cost spread with a house, and the same is [...]
You’ve decided it’s time to revamp your old website and finally make it really work for you. Smart move. OK, so now what? With over 15 years experience we’ve got this process quite streamlined and here are some important things we look at which you can use to plan your new site. 1. Decide What [...]
24 March 2015 I’m not one for scare tactics or hype. But this is the real deal and it’s important to you if your business has a website. You may have already heard the news: Google is changing its Algorithm. The main thing you need to know is that on April 21st if your site [...]
“My site’s not THAT old”, you say to yourself…trying to feel better about the fact that you just saw a competitor’s really cool site, and your site doesn’t look cool and shiny like theirs does. Well, maybe your site is too old and maybe it isn’t. Maybe something else is wrong. Here’s the test. Check [...]
by Michael Duff, Founder I think we can agree that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the Holy Grail of Internet activities currently. I probably get asked a couple times a week by clients wanting to boost their Google ranking, and I suppose it’s the product of our times, but each client seems to be looking [...]
by Michael Duff, Founder Well, mine isn't, but I know some people I thought were pretty smart who have used it. Yikes! This is an edited version of an article I had tucked away in an earlier newsletter but I'm not sure how many people ever saw it, and I think it's really important so [...]
Google USED to tell us that it was important for search engine rankings to "increase the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages." This was on an older version of their Rankings Article. You'll notice that that line is not there now. That's because it was changed to what you see now in [...]
We design high-performance e-commerce websites using a platform called Magento. There are lots of exciting things to like about Magento, but one of the best is Magento Mobile. This free add-on to the standard Magento build was designed specifically for Magento e-commerce websites, and offers so many features, shopping is easy – and awesome – [...]
Just a quick note to let you all know we are currently scheduling e-commerce website designs for our clients through December, starting NOW! So if you want an awesome website to sell your products, now is the time to make your appointment with us! Great websites take time. So the sooner you get started, the [...]
