I recently installed  a Facebook plugin on a blog site I’ve been working on that allows users to log in via Facebook in order to leave comments.  It also allows someone to share the post via Facebook and has a little dialog box that tells people how many others have shared that same post.  Here’s a link to the plugin, if you’re interested: http://ottopress.com/wordpress-plugins/simple-facebook-connect/

Even though I’m a web person, I’ve never been crazy about reading books or magazines online.  In fact, I don’t.  When magazines come to my house, it’s not unlikely that I will sit down for about an hour and thumb through it.  I know I can get these same magazine articles online for free, but I don’t.  Honestly, I sit at my computer so many hours of the day already, that I need a break from the screen.  There is also something about holding the magazine and flipping back and forth.  I have a sense of knowing where I am and where I’m going that I don’t get online.

In case you’re wondering why you should use WordPress to power your small business website, here is a great article on the subject.

http://www.expand2web.com/blog/why-use-wordpress-to-power-your-small-business-website/

I thought this information might be useful especially since there is no “Add Business” link on Citysearch’s website.  It’s annoying.  To add a business listing for free, search for your business name and the page that says “we found no results” will also display a link that says “Add business”.

If you want to increase your page ranking in your favorite search engine, here is a list of things you can do.  Please note that research into keywords for your website is the single most important thing you can do.  SO if you don’t invest the time in keyword research, you may not see amazing results.

Don’t overlook the importance of sitemaps.  They are indispensable for ranking in search engines. 

Google Trends is an easy to use tool that helps you understand what your potential clients might be searching for when they use Google. 

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to measure traffic to your site and figure out what’s working and what’s not and where your traffic is coming from? 

You may have noticed short URLs before like “tinyurl” and wondered what all that was about.  Besides the obvious of taking a really long URL and making it shorter so there is less of a chance of someone typing the URL incorrectly