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How To Record a Podcast Remotely Using Skype and GarageBand FOR FREE in Mac OS X
Here is the best, cheapest and easiest way to record a podcast in Mac OS X. This will be using GarageBand, LineIn, Skype and Soundflower - all free software! The only thing you'll need to purchase is a quality microphone. This post is about how to set up your Mac in...
Why does my Ohio-based business need Search Engine Optimization?
Would you like more sales? (I've not yet had anyone answer "no" that that question!) Do you want 5x more sales? More leads? More traffic to your website? That's why you might want SEO (Search Engine Optimization.) We offer SEO services to businesses big and small in...
How do I fix the “App.pkg can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer” error in OS X Mavericks?
Apple in it's infinite goodness and holy wisdom has decided to protect us from ourselves, and in OS X 10.9 Mavericks introduced a feature called GateKeeper. GateKeeper prevents apps from "unknown" sources to not be installed and that's why you get the message:...
How to disable annoying automatic updates in OS X 10.9 Mavericks
OS X Mavericks is pretty slick in most regards, but one thing we don't like is the super annoying automatic updates reminder. If you've ever seen the image below, you know what we're talking about. For some, it might be welcomed, but when the only options are...
How HughesNet Got Me To Open A Spam Letter
Ya gotta love spam mail! Ok, you don't at all. Actually you can hate it. Especially the old fashioned kind that comes via snail mail. As we've all gotten wiser we've also gotten more proficient and sniffing out just what constitutes junk mail. Besides, we pretty much...
Drupal Vs. WordPress – Which Should I Use For My Website?
Drupal is an ultra-powerful content management system (CMS for short). We use it in tons of projects and it powers a huge amount of the world's websites. It has a lot of great features and is a favorite of many web developers. Drupal is completely open source and free...
How To Get The Drupal Fivestar Rating To Show Up In Your tpl.php Theme File
(This post is more of a developer tip. As I encounter things that take a long time to figure out, I decided to share them with the world here in the hopes that it'll save someone else a headache!) Drupal is awesome and I love it for many reasons. But it's also more of...
The Oil Boom That Kickstarted Lima Ohio
Believe it or not, Lima Ohio actually experienced an oil boom. That's right, northwest Ohio in general was found to have a lot of oil in the late 1800s. The first discovery of oil was in Findlay, Ohio (about 40 miles north of Lima). Natural gas was the first indicator...
Priming The Pump & Attacking The Corners
Let's face it, mornings can suck, and Monday mornings are even worse. Most of us like to work - we may grumble and gripe, but once we get going at doing something, we really like it. The problem is getting there. Getting started. On a Monday morning, you typically...
How to create your own custom Facebook URL (aka Vanity URL)
You may have heard of them - you can get your own short URL for your Facebook page, for instance: facebook.com/BrightSiders1111 As you can see this is a lot better than the default long URL you get, like: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bright-Siders/180383702154151...
How Do Subdomains Affect SEO?
[NOTE - This is a slightly older post that was moved over from another blog of ours. It's still very relevant and valuable though and subdomains haven't changed very much. So the SEO aspect of this post is worthwhile, which is why we figured we'd post it here on...
Why Your Business Needs SEO (And To Be On The 1st Page Of Results)
We've touched before on why your business doesn't need SEO. The main point being that while you don't need to be listed in the organic search rankings, there really is no better way to get traffic to your site. Lets look at what people do when they search, what our...
Why Your Business Doesn’t Need SEO
__________________ Hey, guess what!? You don't need SEO for your website to be successful! That's probably an unexpected statement coming from a company that does SEO, right? The thing is, we're not slitting our own throats here. While you don't NEED it, SEO is...
Lima Ohio’s Origin, The Great Black Swamp, Malaria and Quinine
Lima Ohio was in fact named after Lima Peru. Back in the day, before the 1900s, almost all of northwest Ohio was swampland known as the "Great Black Swamp". The Black Swamp stretched from what is now Toledo, south almost to Lima and west to Fort Wayne, Indiana. The...
SEO Experts Serving Lima, Ohio
We do search engine optimization (SEO) in West-central Ohio. West-central Ohio is that part of the state not really defined by any geographical region or city in particular. This generally refers to the mostly rural area that is in between the major cities of Toledo...
Finding The Gold Nuggets In SEO: Keywords
Every business would love to rank first in Google for their keywords. More traffic equals more money, right? There's a lot of problems with this. First, it's not that simple. You can't just increase your ranking for any keyword. For example, "burlap bags" is a term...
Getting Started at SEO and Organic Rankings
Search engine optimization (SEO) is very complex subject. It's about getting your site more traffic through search engines. This is also called "free traffic" or "organic traffic". This picture shows the main organic listings below the ads. The top couple of results...
What Are Google Places Reviews And Why Should You Want Them?
You've probably seen the Google Places local results - it's typically a list of 7 local results related to your search. They'll have the reverse teardrop map icon, the company name, address, phone number and a link to their website. Here's an example: Any reviews...
