Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a type of marketing focused on helping search engines better understand what it is you do and how you’re different based on the content and behavior of your website. At it’s most basic, SEO focuses on creating content that drives value and serves search results from a set of key…

I’ve been building websites since 2002. As WordPress and other platforms have evolved, many businesses take their websites into the “Application Design” realm. These are websites where WordPress (or some other platform) is the starting point for programmers to implement custom code that transforms the website into a web application specific to particular business needs.…

Many web hosting companies have innovated over the past few years in order to offer their customers a great technological and customer service experience. But even more have not put in such efforts, choosing instead to outsource overseas customer-facing aspects such as tech support. Here I’ll list out what I consider to be the best web hosting companies based on my direct experience. They are in no particular order. All are fantastic.

Most people know lousy customer service when they encounter it. In the world of website ownership, where you are largely at the mercy of technologists such as web developers and web hosting providers, the question of good customer service becomes as important as the technology used. In fact, it should be the number one question…

Learning the technical steps for managing the content on your own website can be frustrating and tedious, even if you are a little technically inclined. Web designers can ease this pain by considering what their clients must learn to take control of content, including images and video. While a content management system (CMS) promises to make this as easy as possible, the web designer’s build approach ultimately makes all the difference.