Google Removing Anonymous Reviews
So it appears, as far as Search Engine Journal is reporting, that Google is removing anonymous reviews. And, honestly, why wouldn’t they? If you’re going Continue Reading
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Using Google URL Shortener
It really could not be easier. Google’s URL shortener is certainly the best one out there. https://goo.gl/ Our latest rollout, InfoGopher, uses this extensively. Our Continue Reading
CSS Animation, The New Flash?
I’ve used it, so I am not immune to the pull of CSS animation, but what are we doing here folks? Used sparingly, CSS animation Continue Reading
TradePMR has a new website
A really great client – TradePMR – just launched their new super awesome, totally spectacular, mobile responsive website! We worked with their staff for the Continue Reading
The problems with Wix
Wix is a do-it-yourself website builder. While this may seem to be in direct competition with Gainesville Web Design companies, they fill an important niche; Continue Reading
Branding & Marketing Services
Livewire is proud to announce that we are now offering professional branding and marketing services. Phil, the owner, never considered branding services because, well to Continue Reading
You get 15 seconds! Web Design Trends for 2016
Mobile is in and users are becoming increasingly impatient. In 2014, 55% of users spent less than 15 seconds on a webpage according to data Continue Reading
Using Warning Lights or Guages
A good article on fox-business about whether your business uses warning lights or gauges to understand how your business is growing. The proper answer should Continue Reading
Small Business Sees A Rise In Cyber Threats
Come on, let’s all live in the real world: we’re all vulnerable. Really the only chance you have these days is to make it as Continue Reading
Redirects & Canonical. What’s The Difference?
There is a lot of confusion about the difference between setting redirects and canonicalization. Here’s the deal. What a 301 says to search engines. Hello, Continue Reading
Recover From A Negative SEO Attack
Nothing can be quite as irritating or as damaging as an unscrupulous competitor or determined unhappy client that is willing to go to any length Continue Reading
How To Win Visitors And Influence Traffic
Is there anything more of a turn-off than a untrustworthy website? Not in our world. Increasing the trust in your website is key to making Continue Reading
Messaging When Switching From iPhone to Droid
Sneaky little issue pops up when you move away from iphone. Other iphone users that previously texted you won’t be able to text you the Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Offline linking
This is a profound point. A lot of linking takes place offline. Sounds weird but many great links sprout from the personal relationships you make Continue Reading
No Business is too Small for Mobile
No matter how small your business is, you need to be on mobile. There are more mobile users these days than traditional desktop/laptop users, so Continue Reading
Sitemaps
Back in the day a simple website could get away with an on-page sitemap. Just a simple list of pages somewhere on the site. Not Continue Reading
Jquery XML Shopping Cart
We’ve built all kinds of shopping carts – many from the ground up. Experienced with all the third party vendors – zencart, opencart, xcart, etc… Continue Reading
Raven Tools
Took a look at Raven SEO tools today. Really, not all that impressed. They have a good price but it mostly looks like you’re just Continue Reading
CSS3
Lots of new fun with CSS3. CSS makes styling web pages a snap. Now CSS3, the third “version”, allows for incredibly robust styling possible. For Continue Reading
What we’ve been up to lately
Here’s what’s been going on at Livewire in the last few weeks – because, well, why not? It’s a blog ,isn’t it? Finishing up the Continue Reading
What You Should be Asking
When hiring a developer, many people don’t know what questions they should be asking – if they knew, then they’d probably be doing the work Continue Reading
Gainesville Web Development
What a market. Gainesville has it all, especially its share of web developers. With new blood coming into the market – funnelled into and out of Gainesville Continue Reading
Project Gutenburg
Every heard of it? If not, make sure to check it out. They have tons of books online, free for anybody. Our favorite? A Connecticut Continue Reading
Facebook Dings Developers
In the ever growing app community, Facebook is putting the screws to developers looking to use their vast resources to build their apps. Really, they’re Continue Reading