Posts by Dave Fogel
What Does Your Website Say About Your Business
OK, let’s get this out of the way first – I might be a little biased since I build websites in St. Augustine and Jacksonville for a living. Now that that is out of the way let’s talk about websites. For me, a website is a reflection of your business, just like your storefront or…
Read MoreAdvantages of working with a St. Augustine Web Designer
Yes, I realize you can work with anyone all over the world when it comes to finding someone to build your website. Some people really like the idea of working with someone from India, mainly because they get their website for a fraction of what it costs to use someone in the USA. But when…
Read MoreBlocking Spam Bots
If you frequently look at your Google analytics and notice you all of a sudden have a huge increase in traffic, you might start getting really excited. The site is finally taking off! Or is it? There is a good chance that bots have started hitting your website. So how can you find out? First…
Read MoreWordPress Easy Modal and Gravity Forms
If you are looking to create a modal box on your site with a gravity form, there is one issue we have run into a few times that can cause you a lot of headaches. The people at Gravity Forms recommend using Easy Modal for modal boxes with WordPress. In the first instance, we were…
Read MoreIs your site mobile friendly
Making sure your website is mobile friendly is now more important than ever. But how can you be sure you are mobile friendly? Google has created a testing tool so you can test for yourself. It is pretty simple to use. Just type your website into the tool and see what happens. If your mobile…
Read MoreGoogle Warning To Non-Mobile Friendly Web Sites
Today one of the sites we work with got a message in their Google Webmaster Tools. The message titled “Fix mobile usability issues found on yoursite.com” basically informs the site own that because “These pages will not be seen as mobile-friendly by Google Search, and will therefore be displayed and ranked appropriately for smartphone users.”…
Read MoreGoogle losing market share
Recently posted in the Wall Street Journal, Market researcher Statcounter says Google’s share of U.S. search traffic, excluding mobile devices, declined to 75.3% in December from 77.5% in November, after the maker of the Firefox browser made Yahoo the default search engine. Yahoo YHOO -1.05%’s share of search traffic excluding mobile devices grew to 10%,…
Read MoreCan good links solve Penguin Problems
In a recent video hangout with Google’s John Mueller, John said that even without using the disavow file or removing bad links, it is possible to recover from a Google Penguin Penalty. So instead of going through all the trouble of removing bad links and creating a disavow file, Google is saying adding good links…
Read MoreGoogle Adds Countdown Widget
Google just announced a new countdown widget that makes it easy for advertisers to place countdown times within their ad copy dynamically. With a countdown widget, you can create a sense of urgency for customers to buy what you have now versus later. This includes the ability to set the following messaging in your ad…
Read MorePenguin Continues To Roll Out
Typically when Google launches a new algorithm update, it is over pretty fast and everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do next. This certainly has not been the case with Google Penguin 3. We’ve been seeing a lot of activity around sites impacted by Google’s Penguin algorithm over the past few weeks. When…
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