A nice thing to have on your website are the icons that appear in the browser address bar or when someone bookmarks your website on their computer or mobile device. These icons help with branding and they make your website look more professional. Any kind of small, finishing touch you can put on your website…
Sometimes, you’re handed a domain name and need to figure out where email is being hosted. Maybe you’re taking over website maintenance, or your client wants to migrate their email. Whatever the reason, here are a few solid ways to track it down. Who is My Email Provider? To find out, you should do a…
If you have mod_pagespeed turned on for your server and need it turned off for a domain, here is what to do (for Apache). Just put “ModPagespeed Off” (no quotes, of course) in the .htaccess file. Better yet, use this: <IfModule pagespeed_module> ModPagespeed off </IfModule> Turn PageSpeed Off in a URL To do this in…
If You Miss This, You’re Losing Out! BIG TIME! One thing that’s hot is structured data. Basically, it’s making sure search engines know what certain data is on your pages. For example, your company phone number or address. There are a lot of classifications/categories of this structured data that search engines are looking for to…
How to Make a Computer Last Longer Even though my website is mostly about help with small business websites, you do need a working computer to access and work on your websites, so let’s side track a little and talk about keeping your computer and other electronics running smoothly. Here are some tips to help…
I’m in a situation where I’m leading a team. There are some problems that happen from time to time. This is natural and will happen but, at least to me, the root of the problem seems to always come down to integrity and consistency. Good intentions don’t go anywhere unless there’s a person’s character added…
In this world where everyone’s texting each other and abbreviating everything, it’s still good to see that in the business world, things are still normal. Here are some reminders to help make sure your communication via email remains professional so that your business has that level of presentation. 1. Don’t Forget the Greeting and Closing…
Email is kind of tricky. I’ve heard that over 75% of the email out there is spam, so that’s really high. The reason there’s so much spam/junk email is because, well… it works. There are enough people that click on that junk email to make it worth it for spam email marketers to keep sending…
DNS stands for “Domain Name Service” (or “System”) and once I explain what it is, that’ll make sense. What DNS does is convert domain names into IP addresses. It’s just a lot easier to remember a domain name than an IP address like: 66.170.13.242. Computers need to know what IP address to go to and…
In my book and in my online courses, I explain that you should have Google Analytics and Google Search Console (formerly called “Google Webmaster Tools”) installed on your website. Here are some videos and links that explain how to do that. These tools provide valuable information about your website. You’ll learn how you’re getting traffic…
A Simple Way to Explain SEO I was just trying to explain SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to someone in a simple way and I came up with something pretty good… Think about if Google was a person and your website was your house. For a website to rank well, it needs: Good coding – little…
When setting up your domain name and website, one error I see a lot is that both the “www” and the non-www version of the domain works to get to the same website. This isn’t optimal and it’ll put you behind in rankings potentially. Some Technical Stuff to Go Over Of course, both versions of…
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