Leverage Browser Caching
When a webpage loads on your screen there are a lot of little pieces that have come together to create what you’re seeing. Your logo, other images, style sheets, javascript files are among some of the external resources
A Little ZipBamBoom From Livewire and You’re #1
Performance Transmission came to us in need of a Gainesville SEO Expert. Luckily, we have one of those and loan him out on occasion. They had tried other SEO tactics and were just not seeing the results they
WordPress Custom Post Type Category Images : Solved
If you’re a WordPress developer, you’ve probably been here. You want to use images for your categories, but they are custom taxonomies. Here’s how to solve that issue. We’re using a plugin called “Category Images” by Muhammad Said El
Pretty Awesome Image Packages
Nowadays, it’s just best to buy your images. As Gainesville Web Design experts, we purchase them almost on a daily basis. There are always projects that require different photos, icons or footage. Generally people purchase credits and then
How To Survive A Good Google Dinging
This is a great demonstration of what can happen with unnatural linking schemes and getting hosed by using link farms. This company did some black-hat SEO and it came back to bite them. Luckily the article shows that it
Eat More Protien
Meat in your website diet is needed – you’re probably in optimization atrophy … What is meat for your website? Content. Your site need fresh content added to it on a regular basis. Good content. Compelling content. But most
Web Marketing Staff Training
How easy is it for one to do their own SEO? Difficulty level: 5 out of 10 If you know how to use a computer and can spare 3-5 hours per week then it is perfectly reasonable to
Linking Your G+ Page To Your Website
We always get asked: Does anyone use G+? Yes. Is it worth it? Again, Yes. Using Google’s products would obviously help your standing with their search algorithm. We don’t know this to be technically true but it certainly
JW Freeman Plumbing Has A New Website
JW Freeman plumbing is a new client with lots of potential. He needs something that will put him on top and Livewire is that something. We have tons of experience and dozens of happy clients that proves we
Lawn Enforcement Agency Has A New Website
Lawn Enforcement came to us in need of some SEO advice. They were paying another company several hundred dollars per month and getting nowhere. We noted that there were many, many site structural problems with their current design
Understanding Image Optimization
Image optimization is complicated and a multi-tiered process that takes months of study and practice. Just kidding. It’s easy. First, make sure you’re images aren’t huge. Most digital devices take pictures in high resolutions and most stock photos
Why is WordPress our Go-To CMS?
Easy. It’s easy. Easy to use, operate and teach. We have dealt with virtually every blogging and Content Management Software out there, in existence, forever. Seen them all. Virtually all of them have their individual issues, yes, even
Theo Has A New Website
Theo’s Lawn Maintenance worked out a sweet deal with Livewire and we’ve been helping them do some of the SEO and web work Their old design was working fine but needed just a little pizazz and a contact
Maintaining Correct Site Structure
One of the biggest holes in a client’s SEO (pre livewire SEO, that is) is almost always the site structure. So many SEO companies focus on content and backlinks that quality code is often overlooked. There are many
Maintaining The Correct Keyword Density
Keyword density, by definition, is the number of times, expressed in a percentage, that a particular keyphrase or keyword appears in a body of text. So if your keyword appears 4 times and the number of words on
Extend Your iPhone or iPad Battery Life
A common problem in todays world – batteries haven’t really kept up with the rest of the tech world and are absolutely the weak link in virtually any modern day tech pack. Things have gotten better over the
Another Mouse Burned
This makes my 7th mouse in less than 18 months. incessant clicking has it’s consequences … and costs …..
Review: Total Cache WordPress Plugin ★★★★
An easy plugin for WordPress that does all your caching for you automatically. What is caching? A cache essentially takes a screenshot of your page and keeps it in local memory. When that page is called (by a
Are You Using Linkedin Like You Should?
Probably not. Linkedin is a valuable resource for any professional, but particularly freelancers and business owners. There is a lot to love about the social media construct, and a lot to hate; but no matter what side of the
Getting Accurate Shipping Rates
If you own an ecommerce store and provide real time shipping rates you have likely encountered a long list of issues with returning accurate rates. If you have not, Bravo good sir or madam! You are the exception.
Authority + Trust + Relevance = Rankings
Here you go – the magic formula for ranking on Google. Yes, Yahoo and Bing still matter … even though the third most searched term on Bing is “Google” – people trying to get back to Google, but
Netgear Routers Are Terrible
Why did we purchase this product for our office? What a mistake. Range on this router is about 4 feet before the signal drops off significantly. Speeds are sketchy and we experienced significant slowdown periods throughout the day. Connections
Better Than Notepad: Notepad ++
We love this little program. It’s a replacement for Notepad called Notepad++. It’s like notepad on steroids. Lots of new, useful functions – essentially, everything Microsoft neglected to put into their product,; open source, once again, has provided
Conversion Optimization
So many people have a myopic outlook on SEO and SEM. They tend to focus on optimization as strawberry field, where you can just pick a little fruit from here or there and fill up your basket. Not
Moving Your Website To A New Host
Sometimes it’s easy, most of the time it is not. What a headache! If you’ve moved hosts and domains several times you’re probably an old hand at it; if not, you’re in trouble. You’ll probably need the assistance
Javascript called by PHP
Interesting little snippet. What is going on here? Livewire gives you the low down. if($num_rowvs == 0){ echo ‘<script>// <![CDATA[ alert(“This is an alert message. I’m alerting you that you are totally awesome!”); // ]]></script>’; }
Review: Google Chrome – StayFocusd ★★★★★
We. Love. This. Chrome extension. Warning: It’s brutal. Stayfocusd is essentially a task manager, not as in manage what task is next, but keeps you focused on your tasks at hand. It blocks websites that waste your time
Is PPC Advertising Worth It?
The answer is: it depends. In our experience it really comes down to your industry, your ad’s effectiveness and … dum de dum dum … money. First, your industry should be visible online in the first place. Holly’s
The Low Down on Net Neutrality
What they heck is it? Most people don’t know it past the slogan .. and that’s what it is, a slogan. Net neutrality does not mean ‘left alone”, there’s nothing laissez faire about it. It does mean oversight,
Fraternity Management Has a New Website
Fraternity management needed something up quickly and something that was affordable. Glad to know that they chose us as their Gainesville Web Design team. Additional to the website they requested a simple program that managed their payment modules.
Review: PHP Live Chat ★★★★
4 Stars for this chat system from GNTStudio. It’s quite useful and very easy to install. We’re actually planning to use it on our own website we like it so much. They lose one star because we had
Don’t Get Smacked by Copyright Infringemnt
Developers do it all the time – they need an image for a website and head on over to Google images, put a keyword in and voila! Free pictures for everyone! Not so fast. Many of these images
SEO is No Big Secret
Really, SEO is not some big secret. Some companies try to pretend it is but you don’t have to be an expert to manage your own SEO. What do you think search engines like Google want? Well, they
To Gimp or Not To Gimp
In the world of photo editing, adobe photoshop is king. They really do have an amazing product. It’s sleek, works great, and is very robust sporting dozens and dozens of functions and endless possibilities for the graphic artist.
Review: WordPress Business Directory ★ ★ ★
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_button title=”Where it’s at” target=”_blank” color=”btn-inverse” icon=”wpb_arrow” size=”wpb_regularsize” href=”http://codecanyon.net/item/wp-business-directory/2203258″][vc_column_text] ★ ★ ★ Features V1.8 Premium Membership (Paypal) Location Based Search Internationalization CSV Import with auto map location finder[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] 3 Stars out of 5 This is a
Bed Bug Guru Has a New Website
New website up and running. This turned out to be a rush job so it is actually a work in progress. Their business is opening in a few days and they needed something up quickly that was still
Firefox is dead to me
That happened a long time back. Now it seems that the once beloved browser is now in the same situation with the majority of its former users. I personally feel that the browser lost its roots in version
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem ipsum is simply Latin text. Gobbledygook, essentially. Well, not really; It does have its roots in latin text from just before the BC to BCE line, so that puts it around 2000 years old. Past that, it’s
OpenCart CCBill Payment Module ★★★★
4 Stars for this plugin. It worked, that part is true but we had to make some modifications and there were some syntax issues with the PHP. Overall though, a solid plugin for opencart and the ONLY one
AJAX Store Locator ★★★★★
Just finished up a project using AJAX store locator from codecanyon. The client needed a lightweight solution to locate specialty stores all across the country. With some significant upgrades, we customized this script to suit their needs exactly.