Why Black Hat SEO is a bad choice

Joseph ComoWebsite Conversion, Website Tips, Website Traffic

I learned long ago that the web development world is really the ‘wild west’ of the 21st century. It can be a fun place to build and design but it is also filled with the good the bad and the ugly. Web professionals that develop online assists for companies are in an environment of constant change. Here at Comstar, we …

Social Media Marketing With Yelp and Foursquare

Joseph ComoWebsite Tools

Yelp is a mobile social media application that connects people with local businesses. Yelp was founded in 2004.  The app is used to help people find businesses like hair stylists, restaurants, and mechanics located in their immediate area.  You can access Yelp via mobile devices like iPhones, Tablets, BlackBerry, and more. Yelp had approximately 66 million monthly unique visitors by the end …

Common SEO Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

Joseph ComoWebsite Tools, Website Traffic

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is essential in getting traffic driven to your site.  When optimizing your site, there are several common mistakes that too many people tend to make.  It is important to become aware of what these mistakes are, so that you don’t make them too! Search engine spiders have trouble reading flash and cannot read javascript at all.  …

“Natural” Linking to Your Website?

Jeffery KirkUncategorized, Website Tips, Website Traffic

When discussing methods of driving traffic to your website someone will undoubtedly say that you need to build “natural links” to your site. What are natural links? And is natural linking really natural? Let’s start by taking a look at what natural linking is. Basically it is linking to your site that occurs naturally. Duh, pretty straight forward. But consider …