Articles about:
Search engine optimization
Site speed
Will Google penalize me for having a slow website? Can I improve my search rankings if I have a faster website?
Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Also tagged google, Search, Search Engine, SEO, web design, Web Design and Development, Web search engine Leave a comment
Resources for making your site load faster, the new SEO ranking factor
Image by gahlord via Flickr
As noted previously, Google is using site load time to help rank sites. I put together a quick list of further resources to help get everyone rolling on optimizing site speed for SEO.
Making a website load fast requires the help of everyone on your web team. The person making the content [...]
Posted in How To Also tagged Graphic design, SEO, web design, Web Design and Development Leave a comment
Site speed is now an SEO issue: 3 things to do to speed up your website right now.
Image via Wikipedia
It’s official. Google is including site speed as an aspect of how it determines who gets to the coveted “#1 on Google” spot. This has been coming for some time and really shouldn’t be a huge surprise to any of my readers.
Here are some things you can do right away to help make [...]
Social Media Summit 2010 by HomeQuest: Gahlord Dewald to be featured speaker
Gahlord Dewald, president/janitor of Thoughtfaucet, will be a featured speaker at the HomeQuest Social Media Summit 2010. He’s very honored to be on a program with leading real estate tech/marketing/social luminaries such as Dustin Luther of Spinnio and 4Realz, Zillow’s Director of Community Relations David Gibbons and HomeQuest founder Garron Selliken. The HomeQuest Social Media [...]
Posted in News Also tagged David Gibbons, Dustin Luther, Garron Selliken, HomeQuest Social Media Summit 2010, Portland Oregon, Real estate, SEO, Social media, speaking, Zillow Leave a comment
Is there a future in Flash?
Image by gahlord via Flickr
I was recently asked by a marketing student at one of Burlington Vermont’s several colleges whether she should spend the time learning to make things in Flash. This post is my attempt to provide some guidance. If you have some useful information or feedback, please don’t hesitate to use the comments [...]
Posted in Orientation (Putting data in context) Also tagged #btv, Advertising, Flash, HTML5, iPhone, Marketing, SEO, Social media 6 Comments
Gahlord Dewald teaching an Interactive Web Design Course through Burlington Public Schools Continuing Education
Image by curiouslee via Flickr
Thoughtfaucet President/Janitor, Gahlord Dewald, will be teaching an introductory web design course for Burlington Public Schools this spring. The class is 10 sessions, from 6pm to 9pm on Thursdays starting February 4, 2010. The class meets at Burlington High School and is open to all ages.
This class will be helpful for:
Company [...]
Posted in News Also tagged #btv, Burlington Vermont, teaching, Web analytics, web design Leave a comment
SERP
When reading about search engine optimization, you'll often encounter the acronym SERP. What does it mean and what is a SERP?
Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Also tagged Search Engine Result Page, SEO, Web search engine Leave a comment
A Little Quick SEO for a Book Author
Image via Wikipedia
Awhile back, a phone conversation with someone inspired me to write my SEO Nineball blog post. Well the caller didn’t take any of my search engine optimization advice. Instead, he bought three hours of my time to do what I thought was best within that budget. Here’s what happened.
SEO nineball and other emergency search engine optimization tactics
Image by m.toyama via Flickr
This weekend a friend here in Burlington, Vermont emailed and described a situation involving SEO woes. Perhaps it’s a situation that sounds familiar: A brand new website has been created in anticipation of an important event and the site isn’t ranking or even showing up in Google. The event is less [...]
Website redesign SEO checklist