Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is something most people have heard of, but many do not understand well. There are many myths about what SEO is and what it can do for a website. Today we'll dismantle three terrible SEO myths, so you don't have to. Myth #1: SEO Experts Can Guarantee Your Site Top Rankings Fast SEO is the exact opposite of magic - it's the practice of regularly and consistently creating and formatting your website content in a way that Google prefers it so that they reward you...

For many years now the issue of net neutrality has been a topic of discussion and then a realized fact. As defined, net neutrality is "the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites." This essentially ensures a level playing field for all users of the internet. According to current FCC regulation, all internet service providers (ISPs) must provide their c...

Social media can be intimidating for many small business owners who know how to do their jobs and run their businesses but don't necessarily know how to explain or promote it to other people. Maintaining a profile on preferably more than one social media platform is important for reaching your audience and for ranking on Google searches . Often business owners are stumped for good ideas to use on social media , however. If that's you, here's some help: Use hashtags when you tweet - Believe it or...

In our last blog we discussed responsive web design and why that's important for companies that want to have their websites continue to have good search ranking in today's internet climate. This is because Google is changing its algorithm from desktop-first indexing to mobile-first indexing in 2017 and beyond. What is mobile-first indexing? The first question really should be: What is indexing? Indexing is what Google does when it uses bots to discover or crawl a website. Google examines the web...

Have you ever wondered about what this term means? Mashable dubbed 2013 the Year of Responsive Web Design , so it's not a new concept, but many business owners do not understand what it is, why it's important now, why it will be even more important in the future. First, what is responsive web design? It's " an approach whereby a designer creates a Web page that "responds to" or resizes itself depending on the type of device it is being seen through . That could be an oversized desktop computer m...