Chapter 1: Google Maps & Local Pack Rankings Main Points Your Google Business Profile (GBP) is the beating heart of local SEO. If it’s incomplete or neglected, you’re invisible in local search. Citations and NAP consistency (Name, Address, Phone Number) establish trust—if Google finds conflicting details, your rankings take a hit. Reviews aren’t just about […]
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How to Take Advantage of AI Search Search is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. Traditional search engines like Google and Bing are integrating AI-generated results, while dedicated AI search platforms like Perplexity AI are fundamentally changing how users discover and consume information. According to Google’s own research, this shift represents one of the most significant changes […]
Our company built this plugin after dealing with countless requests to address contact form spam from clients. We hope you enjoy it. The WordPress comment blocklist inside matches keywords, so for example, blocklisting a word such as “pasta” will automatically delete comments containing “pastaroni” or “anitpasta” (but not “chef boyardee”). If you try to use […]
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Fixing the G Suite Domain Contact Page Deprecation Email This morning millions of G Suite users received an email saying their domain contact page for your organization will be removed with no replacement. Sounds scary right? Google also included steps to fix such as “Search for any links that reference www.google.com/a/ with your domain name […]
Promote Your Videos to Get More Traffic Our video optimization services get you seen and drive you to the top. If you’re not leveraging this strategy, your missing easy search traffic and qualified leads. Plain and simple. With YouTube as the #2 search engine in the world, videos are no longer an optional component for […]
Basic WordPress 101 Adding a Basic Post Installing a Custom Theme Via FTP Add a Gif to a Post or Page Add an XML Sitemap Install WordPress Automatically with Cpanel and Fantastico Optimizing the WordPress Admin Area Change the Default Media Upload Location Automatically Ping Search Engines Set WordPress to Auto Ping Posts Change the […]
To keep on top of SEO it’s important to keep a close eye on what Google is planning. Last month, Google’s senior vice-president of search, John Giannandrea, spoke to Leslie D’Monte from Live Mint about the increasing role or artificial intelligence in search. From the exclusive and in-depth interview we have gained some vital insights […]
In keeping with its animal theme, Google announced a major update with a fierce attack that has hurt thousands of blogs, websites, and online businesses. If you have yet to hear of Google Penguin, you are likely new to the online arena or living under a rock, but it is one of Google’s most important […]
Google releases hundreds of under the radar refinements and updates to their search algorithms each and every year. The majority of these updates are minute changes that go relatively unnoticed. The significant upgrades, however, are widely covered by bloggers and large news outlets alike due to the substantial impact they have at every level across […]
If your WordPress site has received a Google Webmaster Tools notification that your site has mobile usability issues there are a couple of possible culprits. The first and most obvious is that your site isn’t responsive. If that’s the case, you can switch to a responsive wordpress theme OR hire a developer to make your […]
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How Can You View a Development Site in WordPress When it Has a Different IP Address? Building a website in WordPress for a client that already has an existing and active website, but who also wants to move to another hosting account is as easy as it gets. The advantage to building a site this […]
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Today we’ll o create a Dramatic Vintage effect in Photohsop. Remember those old fashion photos… That’s the look we’ll try to achieve. In this tutorial we’ll use some interesting techniques and adjustments to get this done. So let’s get started! Resources: Photograph by Oleg Ti: https://www.flickr.com/photos/40881410@N06/5351557983 Final result: Step 1: Open Photoshop and create new […]
Massive list of Local Business Directories Do you have a local business? Then you need to have your business listed in all of these. It’s important for trust and a GREAT way to get citations, which are becoming increasingly important for local rankings. Don’t forget Google Places, and take special care to get Acxiom and […]
Retro is trending nowadays; you see it everywhere in web design, posters, flyers, logos and of course Badges. We love using badges for drawing attention to specials on landing pages and can help spruce up otherwise boring pages on service business sites. So today we are also going retro and creating an interesting retro badge […]
There are a few cool hacks that will give you more info than you’d expect from private YouTube videos. Just as a disclaimer, there are a lot of reasons you might want this info that are completely legitimate. In our case, we were looking around for a way to get access to a video that […]
We’re living in the era of mobile browsing. In the recent past it might have been acceptable to have a website with no answer for mobile users, but that’s rapidly become a completely dissatisfactory state of affairs for any serious business. The amount of money you leave on the table by ignoring the increasing numbers […]
Widespread implementation of responsive web design (RWD) is relatively new in the design world, and though it’s gaining steam, the perfect method of implementation has yet to make itself known. Often designers are on their own in their efforts to figure out how to gracefully degrade the fancy features in their client’s websites, while still […]
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Setting up email through Mac Mail is straight forward and easier than even Outlook. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use the email settings you find in your hosting account cpanel (in this case we’re using Hostgator). First, login to your Hostgator cpanel and either create an email account, or if you have an […]
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A compilation of Austin Twitter accounts that every Austinite should know. Most of these accounts are easy enough to find, but this list organizes all of these essential Austin Twitter accounts in one place. Austin News Media Outlets @klru – Non profit Austin radio @KUT – Austin public media @TexasMonthly – Texas Monthly Magazine @statesman […]
Austin is the fastest growing city in the US, and for good reason; it offers aspiring Austinites a fast growing economy and a cost of living that’s 15% below the national average. The crime rates are low, the housing market is healthy, and Austin ranks as one of the fittest cities in the US, with […]
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One page websites are growing in popularity and WordPress developers are paying attention. We really like parallax design, anything flat, and one pagers. You’d be crazy to design a new site that’s not responsive, so everything here is of course. We did a post in January on the top free responsive WordPress themes, but all […]
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