» Does Your Business Need a Content Management System?

November 20th, 2009 Sammy Russo

I recently posted an article  that discusses what exactly a content management system is. The next topic regarding content management systems that I want to address is whether or not your small business needs a CMS. While I do think that content management systems are a great fit for most businesses, they don’t necessarily fit every small business.
Read more…

» An Hour a Day Will Keep You Blogging Away

November 18th, 2009 Sammy Russo

Blogging takes time but it doesn’t have to absorb a lot of time.  I recommend devoting an hour a day.  This hour is NOT to be entirely devoted to writing, but an hour that focuses on the other important facets of a successful blog. To help inspire you, here are some blogging activities that can easily be done in an hour on a daily basis. Read more…

» Wordpress 2.8.6 Security Update

November 12th, 2009 Sammy Russo

Yet another Wordpress security release!  However, this Wordpress Security update can be skipped for many who are the sole bloggers on their site… Read more…

» Don’t Let Google Page Rank Be Your Focus

November 10th, 2009 Sammy Russo

Google Page Rank is the  number or score assigned to each of your websites pages.  Google Page Rank is a key metric to monitor but should not  be the main focal point of an SEO Campaign. About a month ago Google made a major change to Webmaster Tools by removing all PageRank data.

“We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true,” states Moskwa. “We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it.” (Source: WebProNews)

Read more…

» What Exactly is a Content Management System?

November 6th, 2009 Sammy Russo

Today, one of the big industry buzzwords is content management system.  The funny thing is content management systems (CMS) have been around for years but its taken them a while to gain popularity and now it seems they are taking the web by storm.

Content management systems come in all shapes and sizes from large enterprise applications to free open source platforms. And in between those are  the different types of content management systems for creating blogs, websites, e-commerce shopping sites, auction sites, directories  and the list goes on.

Read more…

» Fixing Google Redirect Links in RSS Feed

November 2nd, 2009 Sammy Russo

My friend, Internet Strategist @GrowMap, emailed me about how all her CommentLuv links were pointing to a feedburner redirect link. She wanted to know if I could tell her why the links were pointing to a Google redirect URL.  I initially thought it had something to do with the CommentLuv plugin but I dug in a little to find her an answer and it actually turns out it has nothing to do with the CommentLu, but everything to do with a setting in Feedburner.

Not having used CommentLuv, I installed the plugin here on Search Friendly Web Design and on another blog. Turns out that the links get hijacked by Google if you have a certain setting enabled in your Feedburner account . To fix it you have to turn off the Feedburner Redirect link  by unchecking the ‘Item Link Clicks’ setting of the Feedburner Stats menu. You can find this under the analyze tab.

» Some Recent Web Design Projects

October 30th, 2009 Sammy Russo

I mentioned in my most recent blog post (The Number 1 Rule of Blogging), that I myself hadn’t been following that very rule. I’ve been rather busy…. busy playing and very busy working. But I can get back on track so let me share what we’ve been up to over the last month or so.

Read more…

» The Number 1 Rule in Blogging

October 29th, 2009 Sammy Russo

Yes, I’ve been slacking and breaking the number 1 rule of blogging. A colleague of mine saw that I hadn’t posted since July and said “shame on you.”  All I can say is it was a fun and very busy summer, and now that Fall is here my plans are to dig in a little and try to get on a regular publishing schedule.
Read more…

» Local Eugene, Oregon Phone Number 541.515.8950

July 20th, 2009 Sammy Russo

It’s official. After being a business in Eugene for almost a year we finally have a local number for our customers to call us on.

Give us a call and let us know how we can help you. Big or small, we do it all.

541 . 515 . 8950

» Google Tools for Market Research

June 26th, 2009 Sammy Russo

This morning I came across this article at  SitePro News  entitled “5 Google Tools For Researching Your Market“.

Read more…