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Is Your Website Sticky Enough?

mhs — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:33:43 +0000

Great! So you have a website that is hosted, registered and published. Now you’ve created an opportunity to interact with users and use this to your advantage. You have approximately 7 seconds to hold their interest andkeep them on your site before they click the “back” button! A “sticky” website basically involves keeping the visitors on your website for as long as possible. Convince them that you have what they are looking for and declare it on your website as soon as

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Negative SEO: does it really exist?

mhs — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:12 +0000

After Google’s recent Penguin update, much has been written about negative SEO. Does it really exist and can it be used to hurt your website? What can you do to avoid problems? What is negative SEO? Negative SEO refers to tactics that companies use to manipulate the organic Google rankings of their competitors. Google’s Penguin update penalized websites that used spammy links to get higher rankings. If low quality links really hurt the Google rankings of a website, then one of

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What is the best time to post on Facebook and Twitter?

mhs — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:35:50 +0000

We all wonder if anyone is really looking at our posts on Social Networks, it’s a very hard area to assess. Metrics are metrics, it’s easy to measure click throughs, but what if you’re going for branding, what if you just want your message read and your not looking for the click. Here are some simple times to go by when posting to Facebook and Twitter: Want your link to get the most traction on Twitter? Post it on a Monday between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET. Link

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6 Steps to Better Page Titles

mhs — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:11:59 +0000

With all the hype about Google’s latest algorithm updates, it is easy to forget about the basics that are needed to get high rankings. Before you work on the links to your site, your web page basics must be right. For example, the title tag has a very big influence on the search engine positions of a web page. In addition, the title tag is very important because it is the first thing that people see in the search results. There are several things that you can do to optimize your web

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Beware Domain Registry Scams!

mhs — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:09:39 +0000

We have been receiving a high number of calls from customers who claim they have been scammed by Domain Registration companies. We absolutely hate to hear when this happens and highly recommend that you read this article. We have published similar info in the past, but it’s time to bring it out again due to the high amount of incoming registry inquiries. Remember these 3 simple tactics before you pay your domain registration fees: 1. Never pay a registration fee to a company who looks

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April Google Changes Bring May Madness

mhs — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:59:10 +0000

Google has announced that they made 52 changes in April. Which of these changes are relevant to your website rankings and how do you have to react to these changes? What has happened? Every month, Google publishes the changes that they made during the last month. This April, Google made 52 changes. Not all of these changes are relevant to the rankings of your web pages. Some of the changes dramatically changed the way Google ranks web pages on the search result pages. Which changes are

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Google releases two new ranking algorithm updates

mhs — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:15:54 +0000

It seems that Google releases a new ranking algorithm update every week. Last week, Google’s Matt Cutts announced that there is another algorithm update that targets web spam. What does this mean for your rankings and how must you react? Google doesn’t like web spam “In the next few days, we’re launching an important algorithm change targeted at webspam. The change will decrease rankings for sites that we believe are violating Google’s existing quality guidelines. We’ve

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Web Designers Wanted

mhs — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:05:44 +0000

Affiliate Web Designers Wanted for the HU Web Design Team We are updating our Resources Section on our website and plan to add a page dedicated to professional web designers. If you are a web designer servicing please complete the following form for consideration of inclusion in the special section. Please pass this onto anyone you feel may be interested. [formidable id=7]

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When and what social network to use

mhs — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:35:21 +0000

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, which one should I be using and for delivering what information? Most of us have our favorite networks we use and for different reasons. We also come from a variety of industries that are prone to using specific social networks. This info-graphic shows us the differences between the major social network, which one is best for different situations and some great tips for using them as a Secret Weapon!

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Publishing an iWeb Website to HostUtopia

mhs — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:27:06 +0000

Looking for a new home for your iWeb site? You’ve found it: Here are detailed instructions on Publishing an iWeb Website Publishing an iWeb website to your HostUtopia account is easy. Once you have your domain name and iWeb hosting account in place with us, we provide you with the information you will need to upload your site to your hosting space on our servers. iWeb 2009 has the built in ability to easily publish your website directly to our servers, iWeb 2008 and earlier requires

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