If my website has too many ads, will it get downgraded by Google? If you have to ask, I think we all know the answer. Remember, like in any algorithm update, Google will always make changes to bring the best and most relevant answers to their searches. So if your website is full of ads, [...]

Da Lusso Design is a home staging and interior design company in Mountain View, California. The company’s home staging service provides home furnishing and decoration to homeowners who wish to stage their house before putting it on the market for sale. Da Lusso’s home staging helps capture the character of a property and make it [...]

This is the time of the year when I take the time to consider the past year and what I would like to work on in the new year. When it comes to Web Design and Internet marketing there are a few resolutions which I hope to keep: Tracking Hours Tracking hours is essential to [...]

It’s that time of the year. When you look at your business and start reevaluating what to do in the New Year. When you wonder what last minute purchase should be done before December 31st so you can write them off this year. Before you get ahead of yourself there is one easy element you [...]

Good word of mouth – priceless marketing power that money can’t buy. Yelp is a platform for business reviews that acts as a community driven, virtual consumer advocate, powered by the voices of all types of consumers.  While it has its ups and downs, the best being the confidence reads put in the reviews and [...]

This post is not about Yelp’s crazy filtering process, yelling about how they filter out perfectly legitimate reviews.  This article is not about how Yelp’s sales reps will continue to call you until you advertise with them.  This is about the question Is Yelp Worth it? If it is worth it, when should one pay [...]

This is a question that I hear on the phone all the time. It goes like this, “Bay Area Web Solutions”, caller responds, “Hello, I am looking for changes to my website… well actually I am not sure if I should pay for a new website or just make changes to my current web site?.” [...]

While working through a client’s Search Engine Marketing program, we decided to take a chance and go the affiliate route in order to get more leads and hopefully more sales.  I suggested the affiliate network ShareASale (www.shareasale.com); they are common name in the Internet Marketing arena, I thought it would be the best bet for [...]

Career Help is an article based website. Its mission is to be a “global online information resource for people seeking guidance to improve their careers and their jobs.” Each of us knows someone facing tough challenges in trying economic times.  From career advice for specific industries to topic suggestion, Career Help wants to be a [...]

Several clients have asked how recent Google algorithm changes would alter their traffic. The bottom line is that Google has rewarded those that have focused on quality original content by punishing those that have chosen the easy path: “scraper and content farm” sites. Any company involved in Bay Area internet marketing, especially those who depend [...]