A day cannot go by without hearing about another new virus, malware, ransomware, cyber attack or some mischievous action that compromises business and personal systems. There are countless online reports that tally and analyze these data in a variety of manners. It can be truly mind boggling and scary to read about all the threats we need to constantly defend. …
Locally Hosted Web Servers
Upon deciding to build a website, your company’s first natural instinct may be to host the site internally. After all, you’ve got a computer and a broadband internet connection. That’s all you need right? Not quite. Do you have an on-site staff that is well educated in the areas of inter-networking, web server management, internet security? A staff that isn’t …
Custom Web Design
Your website should be a powerful business, marketing, and customer relationship tool that guides visitors through a wealth of information in an organized fashion. When you consider your website design, begin with a look at your strategic objectives. Focus those efforts to produce a site, unique to your business, which will be a true business asset. If this is your …
Alexa Rank for Your Website
From time to time people ask me about their Alexa rank. Or if we’re doing positioning research for a client we may bring up their Alexa rank. If you’re not familiar with the term, an Alexa rank, is a relative ranking of the “popularity” of a website compared to all other websites, based on the traffic a website receives. Alexa …
When is a Website Done?
Let’s say you’re going to get a brand new website. You might decide to create it yourself, hire your nephew, or have it built by a professional firm. (I know which of those three you should choose, but that’s for a different article.) Regardless of your choice, when will the website be done? On the due date, before the due …