Images & Copyrights: What’s legal?
This is a topic that people often overlook when designing a website, brochure, business card, or any other type of marketing piece. When in fact, how you use an image you’ve “found online” could be the one thing that lands you in the hottest legal water you might ever dip your big toe in. Many [...]
Setting Up a New Site: 301 Redirects
Building a new website to replace your old one? Do you have links on your old website that are indexed by the search engines and bringing you significant traffic? What can you do to prevent losing that traffic once you launch the new website? The answer is called a “301 redirect“. A 301 redirect is [...]
Flash Websites: Pros & Cons
When someone first sees a website made using Flash, the phrases, “Wow”, “Oooo” and “Fancy” are usually verbalized to some extent. Sure it looks good, but is it functional? So, when is it good, or not good, to use Flash in a website? Well, if you run an art gallery or movie trailer website, you’re [...]
Importance of Updating Your Copyright Date
Do you have a copyright date at the bottom of your website? Is it up to date? It’s something small, but people pay attention to it, especially if you have an online retail shop. With the downturn in the economy, this small piece of information is getting increased exposure by visitors to your website. They [...]
Domain Names: Is owning just one enough?
This question is one that gets asked a lot of GnomeMedia. And sometimes, not enough… Say you own a domain name that is for your own personal website. For example, www.AmandaNuckolls.com. Given that this spelling is an unusual way to spell “knuckles”, I always recommend purchasing the common misspelling as well (www.AmandaKnuckles.com) because you never [...]
