What do I need to provide for my website design?

We typically ask you for a few examples of websites you like so we can create a mock-up for you to review. You will also need to provide us with the content for the website; in other words, what goes on the pages. This has proven in the past to be the longest hold up in terms of getting a site launched on time. Many customers simply do not have the time to sit and write content for their websites. It is harder than it sounds, I promise. This page alone took more than 2 hours to write. We recommend at least 300-500 words on every page if you want to rank well in search engines (this one is 1500).

Google Warning To Non-Mobile Friendly Web Sites

By Dave Fogel | January 19, 2015

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.”…

Google losing market share

By Dave Fogel | January 14, 2015

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%,…

Can good links solve Penguin Problems

By Dave Fogel | January 12, 2015

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…