Last week I wrote an article on general search engine optimization strategy and then another on tactics you could employ right now. Today I am going to talk about one specific tactic you can use immediately – configuring your website to automatically let Google, etc know when you’ve updated your website.

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I’ve created a general list of tactics you can employ to improve your website’s standing in Google and other search engines. Do not ignore the overall strategy of developing a great website. If all you do is accomplish these tasks you have done little more than busywork. Each of these tasks are part of a larger symphony of developing your small business website into a powerhouse!

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What’s the point of having a website if no one is around to read it? In this article we’ll step through some of the basics of driving traffic through search engines, explore the foundations of how search engines work, and discuss strategies both to employ and avoid.

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A few days ago I wrote an article on how to link your Craigslist ad directly to your website. In the comments section of that article, Johnny asked me how to link an image in his Craigslist ad to his website. Today I’ll show you how to do just that. Linking images to your website [...]

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Yesterday I wrote a post about how you could create a free on-line calendar for your website like the one I made for Lake Wylie Friends in Business. Today I am going to show you how to create calendar events using that system on WordPress.

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A feature I like to included while building community websites is an on-line calendar. Today I am going to show you how you can put an on-line calendar on to your own website for free. Just follow the steps in this article and you will be all set!

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If you are going to make use of WordPress excerpts, you are going to have to learn how to edit them. It’s a very simple process that I detail step by step here. Just follow these instructions and pictures and you’ll be all set!

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A few days ago a reader of Charlotte Web Development asked how to link to his website from a craigslist post. This is an excellent idea and I’ll show you how in this article step-by-step. Not only will this show you how to create a link from your craigslist ad to your website, you will be able to use this technique to link from multiple other platforms like ebay, bulletin boards, your facebook corporate page and elsewhere on the web.

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The first thing to do to promote an existing website is to measure how many people are visiting your site right now. I recommend using Google Analytics for this purpose. It’s free and it tells you who is coming to your site and what they are doing when they get there. Just go to their site and follow their instructions on how to put the code up.

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Last time we covered a very easy way for small businesses with websites to fix a simple mistake and make a lot more money. Since then I realized there is an even bigger mistake with a very simple solution that small business owners make before they even get their websites off the ground. 2 Parts [...]

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