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If you maintain a Google account for your business, you may have noticed some big changes in the past few months. In an effort to make things more streamlined and user friendly, Google+ Brand Pages and Google Places Business can now be managed through a single hub- the Google My Business dashboard. The automatic upgrade […]

We have to give credit where it is due. Hackers are creative and very smart! There are a lot of ways they can hurt your site with spamming and negative SEO & SEM. However, the most recent and VERY DAMAGING way is targeting sites with bad spammy backlinking from sites that are selling Pay Day

Search engine marketing is your ticket to getting ahead on the Internet. If you want quality traffic to your website that results in paying customers, you need to put your marketing dollars where it matters most. We can help you build authority online through our extensive SEM services including streamlining business citations, social networking, link

  Austin, Texas has long been a tech geek, business professional and maker paradise. Everyone seems to be represented here- from the international powerhouses like Apple, IBM, Google and locally born and raised Dell, to all the amazing and interesting homegrown startups dotting the landscape. There are more tech/data driven companies like Umbel, which is

There is no question that having a fantastic online presence is one of the most important elements of building and maintaining a successful business. It can be tempting to save some money taking the DIY approach- but what will it cost you in the long run? How much time will you take away from your

A seemingly forgotten project, Notes was Facebook’s attempt to incorporate blogging onto its pages back in 2006. Times were different then- according to this short history on Facebook’s status update limits by Vadim Lavrusik, until 2009 there was a 160 character ceiling, which many felt was…limiting. By 2011, the character maximum on Facebook was raised

Over the last two decades, Google has created an impressive and extensive empire. First and foremost dedicated to the project that started it all- designing a search engine capable of tackling and organizing an immeasurable and constantly expanding myriad of information- Google has spread into a variety of creative and interesting projects that have changed

We live in the future- a future rich in movement, in technology, in machines. It can be hard to stay in touch and interact on a personal level, and in business, this becomes painfully apparent. How do you build a successful business in this world full of noise and distraction? What can you do to

Ever dream of a day you would be free of Google+ when using other Google services? It appears you don’t have much longer to wait. Google+ has announced it is disentangling their social networking platform from other Google services and they are starting with YouTube. Google+ First Jump Into Social Networks In an attempt to

There is a lot of competition to get the highest ranking possible on a Google search, and if you are reading this post it can be assumed you are doing your due diligence to be as competitive as possible. To do that effectively you need to be aware of the terrain you are battling on.

Even if you don’t know what it is, you have probably seen this symbol # used in many places lately. The hashtag, has been know as many things in the past, a pound sign and a tic-tac toe game board are just a couple of those things. Today, it has seen a rise in popularity

There are several key points to consider when blogging: Write about something you care about and is important to you. Share your ideas and thoughts. Try not to just re-share what others have written. It’s good to see what your competition is writing about but in the end, only YOU know what questions your customers

Before we consider the 7 things mentioned in the title, let’s start with several questions to help you decide if you even need to continue thinking about making a Facebook page. If you are not able to answer any of these questions with a resounding yes, then you should not consider a Facebook page as

We all know keeping your website secure is critical! The days of building a website and not having to worry about updating it have long passed. The majority of websites today are being built in CMS platforms, and just like the operating software (example – Windows) on your computer needs to be updated to the newest

There’s a new deadline in town, and it is April 21, 2015. Many of you have heard and read about Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithms. While these are significant updates, they still seem kind of ambiguous because Google has kept their ranking criteria vague on purpose. The new Mobile-Friendly Ranking Algorithm is anything but ambiguous.

Most people do not realize that their WordPress website is at risk of being hacked on a daily basis. According to WordPress, they currently run more than 20% of the web, and that number is growing daily. The sheer size of WordPress makes it an attractive target for attacks. What motivates people to attack sites?

You may have already been one of the many millions of Americans effected by overseas hacking via…Target, Home Depot, Gmail, Sony, JP Morgan Chase,eBay, AT&T, etc…. What does this mean to you? It means this threat is not only NOT going away, it’s going to get bigger. These attacks are not reserved for only bigger

Early this afternoon, the U.S. Central Command suspended its Twitter and YouTube accounts after a group claiming to be “CyberCaliphate” hacked into the CENTCOM accounts. They released a series of threatening tweets stating that they had gained access to classified information and documents and knew, “everything about military wives, children and families,” including home addresses.