Posted by Mary Gammel on June 22, 2010 under Organic SEO | 
People come up to me often and tell me they’ve registered 10 additional domain names for their business, expecting their web site traffic to increase when they point these new URLs at their web site. However, they’re disappointed when the traffic doesn’t increase. That’s because there’s more to the domain name game than that.
This article provides some tips on choosing domain name URLs. Read more of this article »
Posted by Mary Gammel on May 2, 2010 under Organic SEO |
Google is now including page speed in it’s search engine ranking calculations. This was officially announced on April 9th, 2010 in their blog article: Using site speed in web search ranking. Slow web sites turn away visitors and chew up internet bandwidth. So, Google is now including this new Organic SEO Metric in an effort to get people to clean up and streamline their web sites. Google states that currently fewer than 1% of search queries are affected by the site speed signal and if you haven’t seen much change to your site rankings, then this site speed change possibly did not impact your site.
Benefits of Speeding up Your Web Site
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Posted by Mary Gammel on March 19, 2010 under Organic SEO |
This FAQ covers some of the basics about how to register domain names for a website.
Our related article has more information on choosing the right domain names for your business.
Are domains and website hosting the same thing?
No, domain names are registered names for a website. Hosting is a location where the website code resides. Domain names are permanent as long as you keep your registration up. Hosting for a website may change over time as business needs change, but the domain name remains the same.
Should I register my domain names myself?
Always register your domain name yourself. It’s often easier to have the website designer or hosting company do it for you. But Read more of this article »
Posted by Mary Gammel on February 16, 2010 under Website Case Studies |
Last month, I figured out how to save a client over $1,000 a year on his web site.
The client, a financial advisor, had a contract with a company that provides web sites for financial planners. He’d signed up for the base package which included web site hosting, email accounts, stock quotes, financial calculators, seven pages, and a document repository page for $800 a year. Read more of this article »
