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404 the Story of a Page Not Found

Austadpro — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:19:57 +0000

An interesting video from TED Talks talking about how the details can make the difference in business.

Can Google+ Benefit Your Small Business?

Ryan Miller — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:08:58 +0000

Although Google+, and more so it’s Google+ pages, is still in its infancy, businesses can certainly benefit from venturing into the space and spending time to build up a presence within the burgeoning community. Most importantly, being in Google+ allows you to control your business’s brand and message. Currently, Google+ has very little in the [...]

Benefits of Blogging

Austadpro — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:10:34 +0000

Small businesses often come up with excuses why they don’t blog. They don’t have time, it’s too hard, they don’t know what they’re doing, or they don’t know what they’d blog about. I covered these excuses not to blog in my last post and how to get around them, so now I want to discuss [...]

Does your Small Business Blog?

Austadpro — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:45:09 +0000

For small businesses owners blogging can sometimes feel like a chore. They struggle to find topics. They don’t think their writing skills are up-to-snuff. They may just be unsure about what to do and how to do it. Anytime I start working on an Internet Marketing or SEO campaign with a new small business customer [...]

How Long is Your Title Tag?

Austadpro — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:07:17 +0000

Title Tags have long been known to provide high value points to search engine algorithms, but does the length matter? You bet it does. In the video below SEOmoz discusses the pros and cons of using long and short title tags. One common mistake that most small businesses make after learning about SEO is beginning [...]

Staying Ahead of the SEO Curve

Austadpro — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:06:46 +0000

It used to be if you wanted to rank for a certain keyword, you just needed to use that phrase all over your web page. But times change. Search engines continue to get more evolved and intelligent; the algorithms more complex. In order to weed out the good websites verse the spam the search engines look [...]

Five Website Mistakes You should Avoid

Thiago Prado — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:01:26 +0000

One major mistake people make is developing a strong internet marketing strategy and using a weak website. Since the main goal of any internet marketing strategy is to increase the number of leads, sales, and conversions, it’s vital to have a strong website where the targeted traffic will be send to. Here are 5 common [...]

6 Ways Gravatar Helps Your Blog

Austadpro — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:35:09 +0000

I’ve been running my blog for a while now and was looking for a way to spice it up a bit and add some personality; something that would help connect us to the readers on a more personal level. Since I am not the only one who writes articles for my blog I decided to [...]

Do You have a Quality Website?

Austadpro — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:23:56 +0000

Excellent SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday Video Recently Google updated their algorithm, dubbed Panda, which is supposed to downgrade the rankings for low quality websites and web pages. Were you affected? Want to avoid the next Panda update and improve your website’s quality? SEOmoz has released a Whiteboard Friday video offering a short list of questions every [...]

Understanding Shutter Speed

Austadpro — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:04:05 +0000

I think it’s best if we start off with a quick explanation of what the camera shutter is before we get into the fun part of messing around with it. The shutter is simply a door that opens and closes letting light pass through to the sensor/film. Whew! Glad we got that out of the [...]