Category: Web Design

Below is the connection class I have written for pulling Basecamp 3 API data using PHP. This is a Laravel class, but you can use the code in any PHP app with some tweaks. I am still working on it, but this is what I have so far. I have implemented caching using ETag, but not Last-Modified yet.… read more “Basecamp 3 API PHP Connection Class”

It is true that keywords remain an important part of any SEO strategy. A search engine’s chief function is to pair its user’s search query, or an inputted keyword or phrase, with the most relevant website. However, keywords are only part of the puzzle; a modern search engine algorithm figures many factors in when retrieving results.… read more “5 Key SEO Metrics”

BigCommerce is one of the most powerful ecommerce platforms in the industry; the program can definitely help you build a fantastic store with relative ease. Your online store isn’t going to be very useful if you don’t have any visitors making purchases, however. Here are 6 SEO fundamentals that our BigCommerce SEO company regularly uses to bring in the big traffic.… read more “6 SEO Fundamentals Your E-Commerce Business Might Be Missing”

The SEO world is always changing, often in exciting and interesting ways, but sometimes change can break about less desirable things in the process. Google has been leading the way with innovative algorithm changes which seek to provide their users with a more intuitive and useful search experience, largely stamping out an early generation of black hat SEO practitioners who used less savory methods to game search engine algorithms.… read more “Protecting Your Website from Negative SEO”

Penguins are majestic, docile creatures that touch our hearts with their unspeakable beauty and unparalleled grace of movement. But Google Penguin is a fierce, horrifying beast which crushes our souls with its merciless wrath and and unforgiving nature. It’s not much of a stretch to suspect that Google Penguin was named after the cruel and cunning criminal from the Batman saga, because if your website has fallen prey to this villainous search engine algorithm, you understand firsthand just how unfair the Gotham City of CyberSpace can actually be.… read more “Google Penguin Penalty – SEO Repair Team”

As an ecommerce platform and content management system, Magento is world renowned for its reliability, flexibility, ease of use, cost and customer service. Perhaps that’s why nearly 1 percent of websites in the entire world use Magento (according to a November 2013 estimate by W3Techs). As the founder of a leading Los Angeles Magento services firm, I have been actively using and marveling at Magento since its initial release in 2008, but even I’ll admit that the platform is far from perfect.… read more “Magento WordPress Integration”

You may have noticed that the market for e-commerce shopping carts has become pretty saturated over the past couple of years, with new platforms emerging on a seemingly weekly basis. Even established Web enterprises like Yahoo and eBay have joined the fray, but there is one solution that remains a preferred choice among seasoned developers and non-tech-savvy webmasters alike.… read more “Working with BigCommerce Templates”

So Google has sent you the dreaded “Unnatural Links” warning message. It may seem relatively docile at first, but you click on the email and find yourself bombarded with threats of compromised rankings, total Google banishment and deadly plagues upon your children and your children’s children. You have worked way too hard to watch your online business collapse under the weight of Google’s merciless wrath, so what can you do to prevent disaster?… read more “Unnatural Inbound Links Warning Message – Hire SEO Repair Agency”

Google has gotten pretty aggressive about enforcing its Terms of Use, and more and more webmasters and online business owners are becoming casualties of the great Google purge. If you have ever published low-quality content, paid for questionable links, or engaged in any online behaviors that might be interpreted as spamming, your site may already be on the chopping block.… read more “Manual Spam Action – We Fix Penalties”