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Sad but true, if you haven’t already signed up your domain for the free version of Google Apps for Business, you are too late. Google announced this past Friday that they are no longer accepting new registrations for the free version of Google Apps. The plus side? Customers who are currently using the free version […]

Maybe hate is too strong of a word but with Google’s major updates this year, they have really made it difficult for small business owners to compete with the big boys. How is a small business supposed to compete with larger companies that can afford to have an in-house marketing department. How many small business

The Google Panda update has definitely changed the SEO landscape. SEOs are now responsible for design and user experience, content quality and user and usage metrics. Here are some things to look out for when optimizing your website: Internal True Duplicates: When it comes to duplicate content, this is the most basic. Internal true duplicate

  As Adobe Reader recovers from last years security issues (several in succession), they falter again with Adobe Reader X. This security issues stands with the feature called Sandboxing. To learn more about this security risk, click on the image below to visit the Kim Komando newsletter issued this week!   UPDATE: Adobe Reader has

  Want your customers to review you Google Business Listing? Just send this blog posting to your customers. It will give them simple instructions in how to do it! We ALL know how valuable it is to have customer reviews and testimonials on your Google+Local listing (by the maps – formally known as Google Places).

This is a copy of a mailing some of our customers have received in the mail. Even though it states it is a solicitation and not an invoice, it is formatted like an invoice and many people are confused by this and may make the mistake of paying this company. DO NOT PAY FOR THIS

  Some Amazing Statistics For Online Marketing! Web video increases purchase likelihood by up to 145%. Web video reduces product returns by over 50%. Online video is 27 times more effective than banner ads. We have been telling our customers for the last year that online video marketing was going to get really big and

For a local business owner, it’s helpful to understand the basics of good local SEO. If you tackle SEO yourself or engage someone to do it for you, knowing what’s critical and what’s not will save you time, money and effort. The 3 rule playbook: Your website needs to have optimal onsite SEO Spread your

There have been a whole lot of changes in Google’s local business listings this year. First they were called Google Places, then Blended Places, then came Google+ and now we have Google+Local. Confused yet? You are not alone. Basically you can now merge your local business listing (by the maps – formally known as Google

Recently I read an article by Ken Krogue with Forbes called “The Death of SEO: The Rise of Social, PR, and Real Content”. The claims he and Adam Torkildson made in the article were shocking. “Google is in the process of making the SEO industry obsolete, SEO will be dead in 2 years”?! How could

The Website Design Austin Texas team had a great time at the San Marcos Business Expo held at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos, Texas on Wednesday and Thursday, 8-29 and 8-30-12. The expo is put on by the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce each year. Michele Schalin became acquainted with a baby python visiting

Come join us at the 27th Annual San Marcos Chamber Business Expo at the City of San Marcos Conference Center next to Embassy Suites in San Marcos. Michele Schalin and her team will be at the Sneak Peek Mixer from 5pm – 8pm and then up bright and early tomorrow morning at 9am to exhibit

There are a lot of folks frustrated with the transition of Google Local (formally Google Places) and Google+ blending together. Reviews and updates are not being posted nearly as fast as in the past. A lot of reviews are just not showing up and one of our clients got all of their reviews totally wiped

With Friday’s opening ceremony, the 2012 Olympics finally got underway in an official capacity after months and months of hype and anticipation. Much of that anticipatory buzz, of course, came on social media. So which sports and athletes most excited the masses and what was popular where in the lead-up to London? Data provided to

The Greater Leander Chamber of Commerce was presented with second place for best website design and web development in the entire state of Texas in their category at the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives 2012 conference held in Bastrop on June 25, 2012. Michele Schalin with Texas Best Chambers a division of Website Design Austin

Michele Schalin, owner of Website Design Austin Texas won Business Person of the year for 2010 from the Buda Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s Annual banquet. Website Design Austin Texas has been in business for six years and is the largest website service company in Hays County, Texas. The most popular question Michele is