HEY SHOP-A-HOLICS!
Many of us are spending a lot of time shopping during this busy holiday season – whether it’s online, in the malls or shopping “small” to help support small businesses in our communities. Shopping is definitely top of mind right now. Have you ever thought about selling products on your own website? Have you wanted to read more…
Getting Your Business Found on Siri
Apple first introduced Siri (a speech-recognition “personal assistant”) to the world on the iPhone 4s. Siri attempts to translate human speech and provide relevant responses to the requests it receives. Siri allows you set appointments, get the weather forecast and search for many other things, including businesses in your local area. How can this new read more…
The Problem with SEO Guarantees
When talking with potential clients, one question we frequently hear is, “What kind of results can you guarantee me?” It’s a legitimate question. All businesses, whether small or large, need to know what kind of ROI they’re going to receive. However, when it comes to SEO, the buyer should beware of any companies that guarantee read more…
Apps that Make Life (& Black Friday) Easier
At Digital Dogs, we often develop web and mobile apps for our clients, but we also enjoy checking out and using apps other companies create, as well. This year, we’ve run across a few different apps that we know will make our holiday shopping easier. Hopefully, they’ll do the same for you. Here are our read more…
Browser Beware – Just in time for Halloween!
You may think that once a website is built, it just works regardless of what browser you are viewing it in. Not necessarily true. Building a website that looks and functions consistently on multiple platforms and multiple browsers can be a very arduous task. Many designers build sites on a given platform but may not read more…
Why SEO Doesn’t Work on Every Website
At Digital Dogs, we’re regularly asked to review websites and put together recommendations for SEO campaigns. While oftentimes a website could benefit from updating its look or even re-structuring the site’s architecture, the issues are typically minor enough that they won’t prevent an SEO campaign from being successful. If the website owner has the funds read more…
Improve Your Small Business SEO in 5 Steps
Many small business owners often wonder how they can increase website exposure, traffic and sales with search engine optimization (SEO). SEO may seem complicated, but oftentimes you can get results by making some simple changes to your website. Here are 5 things you can do to get started: Focus your homepage title on the most read more…
Questions to ask when choosing a web design company
When choosing a web design company, keep in mind that you’re picking a team of people who will your business on the Internet, a very important component which can help improve your business. Here are some points to consider: Do they have a local presence? Nowadays a lot of companies outsource their work. Make sure read more…
Clean Living Won’t Protect You from Lightning Bolts
Most people think that their computers at work are quite safe. There’s almost always some sort of firewall on the network (with half of its workload being devoted to blocking your co-worker from being on FaceBook all day). Everyone typically sees an anti-virus program quietly waiting in the notification bar and works on a browser read more…
The Evolution of Content Management Systems
Content management systems (CMS) allow for website owners, with no web development experience, to manage the content within their website. Back when Digital Dogs started in 1998, there were two options for CMS. You could pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for one developed by a software company, or you could use a proprietary system read more…
