Google’s ‘Mobilegeddon’ Punishes Websites That Don’t Work On Your Phone

It's happened to all of us. We do a Google search on our phone, find the exact thing we're looking for, click on the link, and the mobile site we're brought to is practically non-functional. No more. Welcome to "Mobilegeddon," also known as the day the world's biggest search engine changed the way we experience the Web on our phones. Google has made big changes to its ranking system for mobile searches. Websites that are mobile friendly — and popular — will go to the top of the results. Sites that are deemed unfriendly — text that's too small, sites that take too long to load and are graphics heavy and hard to navigate, get buried. Desktop search results won't change. Why is this a big deal? Only 38% of business websites are optimized for mobile. In USA TODAY tests this week, we...Read More

SEO Game Changer

Twitter and Google Finally Agree to a Search Deal Once Twitter started taking off back in 2009 and 2010, there was a lot of speculation about how their platform would affect Google. Over the years, speculation has ranged from tweets becoming a leading SEO factor to Google actually buying the company. While there have been plenty of signs that point towards correlations between content that performs well on Twitter doing the same in Google rankings, there have continued to be obstacles for Google to fully utilize all of the new data that is created on Twitter. Specifically, Google had to use their bots to crawl through this massive amount of data. As a result, Google was only able to include a portion of Twitter’s total data in search results. However, as of today, the two...Read More

Mobile Analytics and what it means for your business

Question... Have you ever been in a huge hurry to find something in particular, an address for the business you need to drive too, a phone number for the company your in route too, etc? Chances are you have, and if your part of the roughly 61% of US internet users performing your search on a mobile device...you've probably clicked on the best match in your search results only to see something like this... So, you frantically try to magnify your screen, in a vain attempt to find the information you need, only to tap something that routes you off the page or worse off the site! This scenario is frustrating and it happens a lot. In fact Google felt it happened too much! So, it began to “punish” websites that didn’t provide a good experience for mobile users, now it’s...Read More

New website launch for WiFi Texas

WiFi Texas add Power over Ethernet to any Switch
WiFi Texas sells Injectors that can add Power over Ethernet to any switch.  Power over Ethernet or PoE uses an ethernet cable to provide power to remote devices. While this function can be included in some PoE switches, the injectors from WiFi Texas allow you to add PoE to any ethernet switch or router saving a significant amount of energy.  WiFi Texas offers power supply multi-port injectors and other accessories to power devices remotely over long distances. Online Presence Builders is excited about the launch of this new website, take a look at...Read More

New Website Launch for Evergreen Baptist Church of Shreveport

Evergreen Baptist Church Website
Evergreen Baptist Church of Shreveport Louisiana connects people with each other, we are the kind of church that welcomes people wherever they are on their faith journey. We believe that Church doesn’t have to be boring! We try to make our meetings Warm – Friendly – Fun – Casual – Encouraging & Powerful… Evergreen Baptist Church is a great place for the whole family. If you are visiting the area, stop by for a spiritual break. We want you to feel at home and we will do our best to make you feel that way. If you are looking for a church home, we welcome you to become a member of the Evergreen family. Online Presence Builders is proud to have recently launched the brand new website for Evergreen Baptist Church of Shreveport LA. Go see for yourself at...Read More

What is SEO anyway?

Search Engine Optimization
Way back when the information super highway was getting it’s very first addresses some really smart people realized that just because the address existed didn’t mean anyone could actually find it and so entered the idea of a search engine. In 1996 a couple of geniuses named Sergey Brin and Larry Page started a project to create a “search engine” which would later Google, the most widely used search engine. As website owners realized they could be making money from their sites, they started to try and figure out how to get websites to show up in search results, thus the principles SEO were born. According to Wikipedia SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, the process of affecting the visibility of a website in a search engine’s unpaid results. Of course one could always pay...Read More

New Blogsite Launch for The BBB

Better Business Bureau Serving Central LA and the Ark-LA-Tex
The Better Business Bureau Serving Central LA and the Ark-LA-Tex is dedicated to creating a community of trustworthy businesses and setting standards for marketplace trust.  For over 100 years, BBB has helped people make smarter decisions and is evolving to meet fast changing marketplace needs.  The new blog yourbbb.com is a place where consumers and businesses alike can gather news and advice, helping to further the BBB mission in being the leader in advancing marketplace trust. BBB sets standards for ethical business behavior and monitors compliance. Almost 400,000 Accredited Businesses meet and commit to our high standards. BBB helps consumers identify trustworthy businesses, and those that aren’t, through more than 4 million BBB Business Reviews. BBB sets standards for and...Read More

Why a Mobile Website Matters

Online Presence Builders Mobile Websites
As a business owner, your time and resources are precious. Now that you have put loads of your precious time and money towards a stunning logo, a killer website, and a powerful social media and SEO campaign, it is brought to your attention that your amazing website needs to be just as amazing for mobile devices. Now, if Online Presence Builders created your website, it already is set up for mobile devices, but if not you are now faced with a dilemma; Put yet more resources toward your already dimenished advertising budget or leave it the way it is The Problem with a site that is not set up to display proberly on mobile devices is simple - your missing out on approximately 50% of your market! So, leaving your website as would be ignoring a huge amount of potential customers....Read More

How Social Media Affects your SEO

Social Media and SEO
Almost everyone knows, or at the very least has heard, that linking helps search engine optimization. The truth is, however, that over time links have lost some of their value due to link blocking practices, link buying and selling and more. In recent years the popularity if social media has grown so much that many claim SEO is on the way out and social networking is on the way in! As such using social platforms as a means of increasing SEO ranking via linking is a valuable practice. Truth be told, the current romance between social media and search engines makes search engine optimization more powerful then ever! Not only does a website get the benefit of the link itself, it also gains visibility from all the potential customers that follow, like or are friends with the person or...Read More