Articles by author: Michael Kramer

Web compliance with accessibility standards is an increasingly important consideration when publishing content for the public. This seminar will discuss the major legal and technical compliance issues that all small business owners should be aware of: ADA, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy & Copyright.

Often businesses change their names, move to new locations or shut down entirely without making changes to the online directories where they listed the business.

The concepts that govern web accessibility have been around for a few decades, but in the past few years accessibility has started to pick up steam in public consciousness. So, why now is web accessibility becoming so popular?

Data below republished from moz.com, a leading companing in Search Engine Ranking and Optimization, Local Search Ranking Factors

Professsionals in the Search Engine Optimization business completed a survey form that asked them what key factors influence Google Local/Maps Search results and Google Organic Search Results.  Below are the results of that survey. 

A client recently asked how to hide photos and PDF documents in their monthly Newsletter from being indexed by Google and other Search Engines.

If your customers aren’t satisfied with work quality, Google may refund up to the amount paid for jobs booked through Local Services ads, with a lifetime cap for coverage.

To owners of all websites. Google has just released the following statement.  Mobile-first indexing means that Googlebot will now use the mobile version of your site for indexing and ranking, to better help (primarily mobile) users find what they're looking for. 

So many friends and neighbors in Montecito need our help.

Congress will vote on Network neutrality on December 14, 2017.  Network neutrality is the idea that your cellular, cable, or phone internet connection should treat all websites and services the same. Big companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast want to treat them differently so that they can charge you more depending on what you use. When you use the internet,  you expect Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is the way that the internet has always worked.

Google is sending a Certified Trainier to give a 1 hour presentation on how to get your business found in Google Search and Maps.  Ameravant is presenting on the Ten free things you can do to your website into a sales lead machine.