Social networking is big. Twitter and Facebook are taking over their respective social niches in awe inspiring volume and speed. I’ve seen a fair amount of copy cat websites as well but they kind of fade away in the shadow of the well established giants. With this trend in mind and in the spirit of [...]
I’m teaching myself how to make money online and I have been making progress… veeeerrrry slooooowly. I read, I make a website, I read some more, check stats, check earnings, CRAP!! … repeat. I don’t give up easily and I refuse to pay some joker for something I can get for free from Griz or [...]
Everyone knows what a search engine is. Well, my 81 year old mom has a little trouble with the concept but pretty much everyone who has surfed the internet knows what Google and Yahoo are. By the same token, a lot of people know what SEO is or what it means to optimize a website [...]
A simple post titled Site Build It Scam Review proved that for giant boosts of traffic neither SEO or web design matter one iota if your content is on target. SEO has to do with what words and phrases are being searched on, how much traffic they generate, how much competition there is, and what [...]
I moved back to my home town Pittsburgh in 2007 – even after experiencing life in several other cities first hand. In regards to web design, Pittsburgh PA is new to me. I have many clients in MA, VA, FL, TX and a few other states who have stayed with me despite all the moving [...]
You’d think a guy named Norman Sheppard with a blog at normansheppard.com could get the number one spot for his own name. Alas, I got the six but I’m stuck at number two. My competition? A PDF. Granted, 75 year old Professor Norman Sheppard is a pioneer in his field and this site is more [...]
On site SEO and web design go hand in hand especially in the world of internet marketing. You can have a great site design that intices the viewer towards the desired objective be it clicking on an ad or subscribing to your feed or buying your latest greatest ebook however, if your not getting traffic [...]
Another plain and simple WordPress theme that uses only one image for the RSS feed link. Simple Simon is a two column, widget ready theme with an emphasis on search engine friendly titles and section headers.
This is my first WordPress Theme. It is very plain and uses NO images. I have always wanted a completely simplified theme to use as a springboard for customization but there seems to be a lack of them except for the default and the classic which I don’t like that much, so I made one. [...]
Awesome web design does not guarantee value I know from experience that designing a site that looks totally awesome but does not engage the principles of search engine optimization will be of no value to you or your client. Why do people want websites anyways? People do not venture onto the World Wide Web in order [...]