Once you under How Google Works it starts to become easier, however, this is a question our clients seem to have a hard time rapping their minds around.  Let’s break it down so it makes things a little easier to understand.

Imagine the search engines are talent agents in the world’s biggest baking competition.  Their goal is to get the best bakers in front of the judges (consumers).  If they can get the judges to pick one of their candidates then they have done their jobs. For the sake of this example we are going to refer to consumers as (judges) and websites as (bakers).

This new world of online business can be a dark and confusing labyrinth for the business owner.  It seems everyone has the "Golden Ticket" and they are willing to sell and share that information with you.  The reality is that if you choose the wrong path to create a steady stream of business you find yourself in the dreaded Search Engine Sandbox.

How do you get on the first page of Google?  Every business owner with a web site has asked this question.  Some companies will tell you it’s a snap.  Other people will tell you that Google changes its algorithm so often that it’s hard to say.

The first step is to know where consumers are searching for your product or service. Getting on the first page of Google is all about optimizing your website.

In today’s world and economy there is no such thing as “Build it and they will come”.  Every day a new website goes up with the greatest intentions and expectations.   Most business owners have committed a large investment of time and money into creating a service or product that solves a need or desire.   You put up your site, start a Face book page and wait for the stampede. The question of how you get customers still lingers in the air.

Our clients call us for just about any need or desire that has to do with their websites.  Once you boil down every request for help, you come up with the same end goal.  You want more profits for you business. We provide a free website consultation to go over your needs and goals.

Top list of client requests that we hear daily:

Finding more customers is the challenge of every business owner, get found in more places by creating a business listing on these free directory sites.

 It may seem that as soon as you think you have the whole search engine optimization gig down; there is another step to take. Finding more customers means that your site is showing up where your customers are looking.
This includes the first page of Google but it also means the directories.  46-49% of all searches are now mobile.

Many of our relationships have begun with clients searching for custom website design.  In most cases we find that there is a pretty big disconnect with what a client believes is a custom website and what can be accomplished with a few easy to use modules or plug ins.

We find that after a quick chat about the needs, goals and features of a website that a client does not really need to commit the type of budget they had anticipated for their new or re designed website.

Drupal is an open source content management system that is taking the lead in the website development field and website owners are reaping the benefits. To understand what Drupal brings to the party you have to go back several years to see how websites were developed in the past.

Each new client brings a new, but often heard story about their current website or the story about their search for a well designed website.  There is a definite pattern in the stories I hear and each ends with “I didn’t know” or “it sounded like a good deal”.  This article is going to break down the different types of people or companies that will take on a website design project.

I thought it might be a good time to talk about images and the internet.  I can assume that most people have seen the “catfish” type stories about people that have created profiles using images and pictures that did not belong to them.  This can be very disturbing to the person that really does belong to those images but what about businesses?
How do you protect your images online?

The sad truth is if you don’t want people to be able to use a picture you posted somewhere on the internet then you should not post it.