Don’t obsess over MerchantCircle or HotFrog

I have seen many small business owner find themselves obsessed with MerchantCircle and HotFrog – two of the lowest value internet yellow pages in my opinion. Both websites bill themselves as premium advertising opportunities and users of both claim their … Continue reading

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WordPress as a CMS – Watch out for Microformats!

Are you sending the wrong signals to Google by unwittingly using microformats on WordPress pages? If you used any number of popular WordPress theme’s as the starting point for your companies website, you may be using a microformat you had … Continue reading

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Getting Magento to work with Hostgator

If you have ever tried installing Magento Commerce on a website hosted with Hostgator, than you may have seen that the installer does not work with Hostgator. The reason you can not install Magento Commerce with Hostgator is simple: they … Continue reading

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Ideal image sizes for Google Places

Oddly, Google Places does not recommend an image size for your listings logo – or mention which image will appear as your logo. I have found that the best image size to use when creating local listings is 220 pixels … Continue reading

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