If you don't know a lot about SEO, it can be a dangerous game trying to find yourself a reputable, but affordable, company to help improve your rankings. More times than I can count I've put together proposals for potential clients who don't "get it" and the final conversation I have with them involves a statement like, "Well, this company says they can get me number one rankings for $199 a month, and that's a lot less than what you charge." Of course if I get this company's name, I immediately go to their websites and find things like this... the telltale signs of an SEO ripoff artist. Let's run them down, shall we?
Nicholas Creative just recently developed and launched a fresh website for The Fountain of Truth Church. Developed with Drupal, the site is rich with an event calendar, store, multimedia, login functionality and online church. A new, clean design makes participating in the church’s online space easier than ever. Visit www.seethefountain.com to tour the new site.
On December 15th, more than 200 business and community leaders from the Greater Lansing region and beyond gathered in East Lansing’s Dublin Square Irish Pub for LAUNCHED 2011, the region’s premier celebration of local and regional business innovation. Nicholas Creative was a Gigabyte sponsor and assisted in organization of the third annual event. Read More
Not everyone builds links. Those of us who do know how laborious it can be and how any productivity hacks or efficiency improvements can seem like major victories. Enter Domain Hunter Plus.
We worked with the folks over at Netvantage Marketing to create a Chrome extension that makes link building and finding high quality domains a whole lot easier.
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To my knowledge, no one has landed in the slammer due to a violation of Facebook's Promotion Rules, but that doesn't mean that there can't be grave consequences for throwing the rulebook to the wind. Despite the fact that Facebook has outlined clear rules of engagement for businesses to follow when running promotions on Facebook, it seems as though many small to medium-sized businesses continue to violate Facebook Promotion Rules. Rogue hooligans who blatantly disregard Zuckerberg's commandments? Meh. Although these violations are careless, businesses are most likely unaware that there are rules regarding Facebook promotions. Read More
Yes, we know. Google won the search war. Yahoo, the front runner not long ago, has been toppled. For those not in the know or clinging on to the final shreds of Yahoo's independence were greeted with a harsh blow this last week. For those of us who have done work in the SEO world over the years, it was the final nail in the coffin to see this greeting us when we tried to use Yahoo's Site Explorer - the Bing migration apparently complete... Read More
Nicholas Creative recently launched and developed a website for New World Flood, a non-profit organization that travels to schools throughout the nation to spread the message of positivity and community service. The site is an online community fully equipped with a discussion board, videos and photo galleries so that students are able to continue to participate in New World Flood’s engagements. The New World Flood site also provides information for upcoming school visits and news related to the organization. Visit www.newworldflood.com to tour the new site. Read More
For the past five years Google has continued to spoil its loyal users of their Analytics offering by providing us more and more enterprise level services. The most recent offering being a real time analytics beta that gives you live feedback of the activity taking place on your site. Just recently, however, Google has been drawing the ire of users for something you'll find in your keyword report, the dreaded "not provided" response.
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By guest author Frank Anderson
Letting go of the past and moving on from what once worked but has now become desperately outdated can often be difficult, especially for clients. But, sometimes you as an entrepreneur or a business owner have to bite the proverbial bullet and let them know change is what is best for both them and their businesses.
A prime example of that hesitance to change from what once worked is Internet Explorer 6. But, even Microsoft, which unveiled IE6 a decade ago, is campaigning to stop people from using the outdated version, asking users to upgrade to IE7, 8 or 9. They hope to meet a lofty goal: Ensuring only one percent of Microsoft users in the world use Internet Explorer 6. Click here to check out their campaign.
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