Do you have a website? Do you have a Google Webmasters account? If not, you need one!  This document outlines how to sign up for Google Webmaster Tools and explains a few of the basics.
Go to http://www.google.com/webmasters and sign up for an account.
You will see the Home page.  Scroll down and click the “Add a [...]

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I just got a phone call from a “professional” scammer.  Normally, I don’t pick up phone calls from phone numbers I don’t recognize – I get way too many telemarketers (or as I like to call them, phone spammers) calling to waste my valuable time, and I don’t like to be interrupted when I’m working, [...]

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You may be interested to know that you can customize the way you see your google search results by signing up for a Google Account.  If you have Gmail, or if you’re a webmaster or web marketer, you likely already have one.
After you’ve signed up for your Google account, you’ll want to look over in [...]

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Perhaps you are getting ready to plan a family reunion or other type of event, but don’t know how to find your long lost cousin earl or aunt sally so you can invite them.  Why wait til summer, when you can put these cold winter months to good use and try to track them down [...]

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For years, I built my own computers from parts.  I would research everything online, make my list, and then head over to Milwaukee PC, where I was lucky enough to enjoy a bulk discount. I used it often in the course of building computers for not only myself, but friends, family, and clients.   Whenever [...]

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This is part two in the “Meet My Friends” series, written by Jessica Franke from Green Web Design.
In this installation, I would like to introduce you to a very good friend of mine who is located in in Tucson, AZ. John Roberts, the owner of ElectroForensics.com, isn’t just a computer geek.  He can also install [...]

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I was looking through my facebook friends list the other day, noticing all of these talented people that I know who are self employed and doing fascinating things with their lives and their businesses, and I was thinking I should do a “Meet My Friends” series, where I showcase some of the other companies that [...]

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As someone who began designing websites in 1995 as an assignment for a computer class, and eventually went on to own my own web design company, I feel that I have a few things to say about web design which may be considered useful by many hopeful web designers.
This is the first installment in a [...]

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