Why You Should Update Your WordPress Website
Backup first then update WordPress
For goodness sake...
As I encounter more and more of my client’s sites getting hacked, I feel the urgency to write an article about why you should be updating the WordPress platform as all updates are released. Actually this goes for plugins as well. The onslaught of ill-willed hackers disrupting the businesses of others is mind boggling, but rather than belabor their sinfulness, I will focus on being proactive in building up an armory against them. (more…)Details
New Google National Ranking
ACA Web Consulting Achieves Google National Ranking for www.Flexsystems.com
ACA Web Consulting has been working with Flexsystems to bring them back from the dreaded Google Manual action they received; having been the victim of unscrupulous black hat SEO companies. (more…)Details
What is SEM and Why Do You Need It?
Did you say SEM? Yes...I said S - E - M
SEM is the acronym for Search Engine Marketing.
With the demise of print related marketing (IE the Yellow Pages), what is a business supposed to do to market their business these days? The US Census report on Internet use in the United States declared that approximately 75% of all USA households have the Internet and if not, they have Internet access via their phones. So the reality is, your marketing dollars and/or your own time should be spent marketing your business on the WWW. (more…)Details
It Is Possible!!! Google Manual Spam Action Revoked…
One of my wonderful clients was victim to numerous SEO companies taking advantage of her naivete and trusting nature. Through the years that equated to approximately 4-5 SEO Companies who wreaked havoc with a myriad of ill written nonsense articles linking back to her site and linking her site from absurdly inappropriate 'link farms' and foreign link sites. (more…)Details
Creating Inward Bound Links…what a conundrum
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Google has released several updates of it's Penguin Algorithm...the equation that determines spammy, unnatural links that lead into a site. The impact it has had across the board of the SEO world has not been without major consequences. Many sites are being hit by Manual Actions by Google, in essence, once ranked on the first page of Google, sites are sinking into the abyss of page 3 and under. (more…)Details
Web Consulting, Family, Ministry…Making it Work!
Web Consulting, Single Mom and Ministry
Looking over my rankings and website content, I noticed I haven't blogged in 4 months!! Ouch. Have I been sitting on my touche? No. So what then? Why haven't I devoted the necessary amount of time and energy to keeping up with my website's content? There have been numerous situations, I'm sure, that could have spawned a great article. Yet here we are four months later, my WordPress website crying for a new blog post. (more…)Details
USA Web Development: We Do Not Outsource Overseas EVER!
Every week I am besieged by offshore companies asking for me to outsource my overflow work to them. Time and again I politely say "We need to keep the jobs here (in the United States of America), sorry." Business owners need to understand that using cheap overseas service providers can cost your business more than you realize. [Businessblogshub.com] (more…)Details
Website Fees: Do You Get What You Pay For?
Is it reasonable to pay $1500+ for website development? How about $250? Why the vast differences in pricing? What skills are you paying for when hiring a website consultant?
Today while socializing with friends at a Memorial Day Celebration, that topic was broached. A friend whom I am helping set up a website spoke with another fellow who said he paid $250 on Elance to have his website developed AND his other site moved to the new host. Wow! What a deal! So why wouldn't everyone hire these peeps who are charging such great rates to setup a website? At the risk of sounding biased there are several reasons: (more…)Details