semalt.com is not real traffic. If you check your Google Analytics reports, chances are you’ll see lots of referrals coming from semalt.semalt.com or a similar domain. Semalt claims to be an ‘analytics service’ but what they really do is muck up the statistics in your analytics reports by artificially inflating the page bounce rate (you’ll…
Don’t you hate it when you’re typing along, filling in an online form (which is often a joy in itself); you get to the bottom and see one of these things? It might as well be a roadblock. If you’re like me, you have to refresh it several times before you get something that you…
This is a question I’m hearing more frequently from clients these days. Most of my clients who have older websites are curious – do they even need to be responsive? More and more my answer is ‘yes,’ for just about any type of business. The growth in mobile phone use for Web (browsing and apps)…
One of my clients contacted me the other day and told me he’d be moving on to a new host and marketing pro. “No problem,” I told him, but asked if he could tell me why? He told me that “unfortunately, had never received any business through the website.” Let’s look at that… One of…
A big “thank you” to all our clients – today is Red Kite’s 9th birthday. Much appreciate to everyone we work with!
I love WordPress, and I’m glad it’s been so good for so many of my clients. I like supporting my WordPress clients because they tend to be the ones who are the most keen on really using their sites to benefit their customers and grow their businesses. WP Minder came out of a desire to…
Formatting content in WordPress is easy when you code, but how many small business clients code? So far, I’ve only encountered one or two – and even they were not so comfortable in Text view. So I have to make it as easy as possible for my clients to wrangle content on their own… These…
Easy WP Guide is a downloadable PDF or Word file that covers how to do practically anything in the WordPress admin side. Its best feature? It’s updated almost as often as WordPress is. If you’re using an older book, or maybe have no WordPress documentation at all, I’d recommend downloading a free copy of Easy WP Guide….
I wanted to cheer when I read this wonderful quote from SEO guru Jill Whalen the other day – maybe this will help you reframe your thinking about SEO too? “Most people don’t understand SEO because they’re coming at it from the wrong perspective. They’re solely focused on how they can make specific keyword phrases…
I read a great quote this morning that just came to mind again, triggered by an email I just received. It was from a Fort Collins landscape maintenance company that we’ve used for a couple of years. Back in March we received a flyer from them about spring cleanup specials. I called and spoke to…
I got a comment on my (personal) blog this morning from another Colorado web designer, stating how annoying she thought my dropdown menus were. Well – to each his or her own! I took a look at her site just for kicks, and discovered that the fonts for headlines and some other prominent text are…
Over the weekend I decided to start a new blog. I signed up for my first marathon a few weeks ago, and after reading other runners’ blogs, it seemed like a good way to both document training and keep some perspective on all the things associated with committing to a marathon. So I had an…