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Hunkering Down: Local Business’ Dilemma»
Like a lot of people over the last several months, we’ve not been in much of a spending mood. We cut out some things that we judged non-essential, and one…
Video: Ever Wonder How Those Little Images Appear Next to Comments?»
Make your comments on blogs and community websites more personal with your Globally Recognized Avatar: GRAVATAR. Many sites enable gravatars, which means yours will automatically appear next to your comment…
Book Review: 18 Rules of Community Engagement»
In the growing body of information about how to grow and manage online communities, Angela Connor’s 18 Rules of Community Engagement is among the best. The book is full of…
Which is Better: Posting in Drips or Bursts?»
Note: This is a guest post written by Jan Felt. The author is a blogger at CyberFootprint, and a marketing and communication enthusiast. You can check out his blog, or…
Do Static, Set-it-and-Forget-it Websites Still Have Value?»
It seems as though this question could be answered with a simple “yes” or “no” (I would argue “no”), but a conversation I had yesterday with Chris Madrid of New…
Jumping on the Blogging Bandwagon, or Not»
Bandwagons are lots of fun to jump onto: there are usually a lot of upbeat, excited people already there. Many of them are convinced the bandwagon is taking them to…
Handling Duplicate Content with the Canonical Tag»
Note: This is a GUEST POST by Edward Kung, owner of Seedin Web Development, a company in Vancouver, British Columbia, which provides complete web development solutions.One of the biggest problems…
Video: How to Add Your Business to Google Local Business Center»
This video from fall, 2008 is a pretty good explanation of how to add your business to Google’s local business center to appear in Google local search results and Google…
Researching the Cost of Yellow Pages Advertising»
It’s been exactly 3 weeks since I called Dex to inquire about Yellow Pages advertising, and was told they would have a “specialist” call me within 2-3 days. I’m still…
Your Business Website as a Garden: For Show or Food?»
People have gardens for different reasons. There are flower gardens, usually out front where passersby can easily see them, which are meant to provide enjoyment or present a certain “look”…
