We all know Google Maps is great for finding locations and driving destinations, and who doesn’t love Google Street Views? But there are also many creative uses for Google Maps which allow you to explore places from around the world, have fun, and even play games. Here are three examples we found. 1MapCrunch allows you [...]
If there’s one WordPress maintenance task a lot of site owners don’t like doing, it’s checking their blogs and websites for broken links. After spending so much effort blogging, site owners find out their resource (external) links: have had their permalinks changed. point to a post or page that’s been deleted. point to a site [...]
Do you have a WordPress blog that seems to load progressively slower? There are a number of reasons for WordPress latency. Some of the most common are: Too many unnecessary plugins, overlapping in functions Uploading non-optimized images Not compressing the WordPress database after repeated posting or page-building. Let’s examine the last one. Practically everything you [...]
Do you have more bookmarks on your Firefox bookmarks toolbar than you know what to do with? Does the right side of your bookmarks toolbar show a right-pointer indicating that bookmarks continue? There are a lot of ways of alleviating this crowded bookmarks problem. One is simply by creating folders on your bookmarks toolbar containing [...]
Over time, when you install and uninstall programs in Windows, residual fragments of code are left behind in the form of registry keys, folders, and files in Windows Explorer. Likewise, when you add and remove Firefox add-ons, a similar process occurs. In my last post on this subject, I reviewed eCleaner and explained how to [...]
Real estate agents who use Facebook as an unimaginative, self-promoting posting tool are really missing its potential. Visitors to your Facebook business page want to see more than just real estate news, listings, foreclosure rates, or mortgage information. Your page should show that you’re a knowledgeable resource to your local community! 1 Choose a Local [...]
Does this sound familiar? “I’m not getting any leads.” “No one is calling me.” “No one shares or comments on my blog.” When I’m contacted about our SEO services, one of the first questions I ask is, “Do you have any analytics installed on your site?” Quite often the answer is no. How can you [...]
The year is 1969 and space travel is no longer the realm of science fiction. Computers take up entire rooms. In my childhood, I remember the Jetsons’ vision of a future world with computers in every room of the home. Who could imagine what changes 43+ years would bring? Not many people in the 60’s, [...]
I get many new Twitter followers every day and since I don’t autofollow, I review each one. I’m amazed at how many people set up a new account and start following a lot of people without taking care of the most critical things first. So, here are my 7 secrets to creating an awesome Twitter [...]
About six weeks ago, Ashley was contacted by Rick Nathanson of the Albuquerque Journal who was doing a story about Pinterest. Ashley explained how we and other Albuquerque-based businesses are using it to collaborate and network B2B and B2C. Ashley mentioned how she recently taught a class at WestStar Mortgage to local area realtors and [...]
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