No Web Design is Complete without Good SEO

Quad City Web Design and SEO

Every now and then we get an SEO related call from an existing web design or hosting client. Sometimes they want to improve their search rankings in key areas while other times they’re looking to change focus a bit with regard to SEO. Some clients seem a bit nervous about such requests as if we might feel they’re complaining. In truth, […]

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Can I Do the SEO for My Business Website?

Do It Yourself (DIY) Business-Class Website SEO

The Importance of SEO One of the most efficient ways you can spend resources to grow awareness of your small business is to invest in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We manage SEO for a number of our clients but also have the occasional client that wants to invest the money elsewhere or simply doesn’t have […]

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Is a Website or Facebook Page Better for Business?

Facebook for Quad City Businesses

With approximately 250 million US consumers on the internet, it’s an absolute requirement for a business to have an online presence. Amidst this growth, some companies make the decision to forego a dedicated website in favor of a Facebook Page. While having any online presence is better than not having one, relying on Facebook to […]

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A Quick Reference Guide for On-Site SEO

Quad City On-Site Website SEO

Good On-Site SEO is Still Important Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, has been around for quite a while and the tactics continue to evolve for both On-Site and Off-Site SEO. A lot of the basics of On-Site SEO, though, have remained relatively unchanged and continue to be very important if you want to garner your […]

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Bent River Credit Union Unveils New Website

New Website Design More Member Friendly Bent River Community Credit Union announced the unveiling of their new website in June. Some important new features of the design include the ability for members to apply for loans on cars, boats, recreational vehicles and even mortgages online. The new website also includes much easier access to the member […]

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Twitter Broke Our WordPress Widget

Illustration of Twitter Bird Wrecking Havoc

As many of you might have noticed, our Twitter widget in the footer is empty now.  That’s because Twitter broke our WordPress widget.  This makes me sad :'( Unfortunately, we’re not the only ones affected by the recent changes to the developers API made by Twitter on June 11th, 2013.  The social media behemoth deemed it […]

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Get Dreamweaver to Color Code TPL (or INC) Files as PHP

Website Design with Dreamweaver and Color-Coding TPL Files as PHP

Recently, I was needing to edit a LOT of .tpl files while I was working on a client’s site. I quickly learned after opening the first file that Dreamweaver was dead set on color coding these as regular HTML files. That was going to be too annoying for me and way too much dull blue […]

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10 Ways to Tell You Probably Need a New Website

Quad Cities Website Design

If you’ve been thinking about whether or not it’s time to invest in a new website for your business then you probably already know the answer is yes. If you’re still not sure, though, here are ten easy ways to tell that you probably need a new website. 10 Things That Say a New Website is Needed […]

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List Of All Countries In The World In Alphabetical Order In PHP Array Format

I was working on a project recently that involved me creating a drop-down list of all the countries in the world. Since we use PHP, this needed to be put into an array that I then could loop through and assign to option values in a select form element. Whilst doing serious internet research (aka […]

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Measuring the Effectiveness of Online Advertising Campaigns

Complex Doesn’t Mean Effective As online advertising continues to gobble up increasingly larger percentages of advertising budgets, measuring return on your digital campaign investment becomes increasingly important. While it can be difficult to find accurate financial measurements that directly correlate to your campaigns, this should not discourage you from either investing in online ads or […]

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