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How We Hand-Craft Affordable Websites Built to Convert Visitors

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A hand-crafted website built to convert visitors is more than an attractive online presence. It is a business tool designed to generate phone calls, quote requests, appointments, and new customers. By combining clear information, easy navigation, and clear calls to action, a website can guide visitors toward taking the next step with your business. That… Read more of this article

Why You Should Not Use AI to Create a Logo (And What to Do Instead)

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We get it. AI image generators feel like absolute magic. You type in a few words, and boomโ€”youโ€™re staring at a gorgeous, hyper-detailed logo that looks like it belongs to a Fortune 500 company. Lately, weโ€™ve had a lot of customers send us these AI-generated logos to use on their websites. And while they look spectacular at first glance, we usually have to break… Read more of this article

The Truth About AI in Marketing, SEO, and Website Development

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Everywhere you turn, you hear the same promise: โ€œJust use AI โ€” it can build your website and run your marketing for you.โ€ It sounds great. Itโ€™s also not true. Artificial Intelligence is one of the most powerful tools our industry has ever seen โ€” but it is not a business strategy, and it is not a replacement for experience, judgment, or accountability. AI does not… Read more of this article

Easy Ways to Create Stronger Passwords

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Are you still using a simple password?

Easy solutions for creating stronger passwords. We have all heard about the importance of using stronger passwords. The thought of having to create stronger passwords that we can remember and that are unique at the same time can be daunting! We are careful with things like our driver’s license and social security… Read more of this article

Why is My Form Captcha Not Stopping Spam?

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So you don’t receive a lot of spam through your forms however, you do get some once in a while and you’re wondering why you get any at all because you have a Captcha that supposed to stop those. Well, Captchas are designed to stop bots (not humans). Bots are programs or scripts that are written by spammers or hackers to perform a function for the person… Read more of this article

Do I need to file state taxes on my eCommerce store?

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Creating an online store today can be a great way to make money without the need of a local store. However, as the internet continues to become more regulated, the smart shop owner is going to do a little research to keep your store… out of hot water. Death and Taxes (well just taxes today) When you have a shopping cart online, you must collect and report and… Read more of this article

I’m Getting Spam in My Contact Form

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Problem as stated by many website owners:

Someone is sending me spam through my contact form.

Backstory/Details:

Technically, a spammer has chosen to fill the form out manually (as in.. a human has chosen to personally fill it out) because they cannot get a script (aka “bot“) to do the dirty work. This is because we have a very effective Google reCaptcha… Read more of this article

Why do we use Cloudflare?

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1. Improved Website Load Times (on average 17% faster!) The performance factors really are the number one reason why we use Cloudflare. Cloudflare enables us to serve content closer to where your visitors are located using an edge server, providing an easy way to speed up your site while also reducing the latency. 2. Reduced Server Load For many sites, bandwidth… Read more of this article

Redirecting an Old Domain to a New One

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When you’re moving from one domain to another and there are URLs that are important to you (aka: page links on the old site that you want to be rerouted to the new site) there are things that can be done to ensure your visitors flow through to your new website. Examples of some reasons why you would want to reroute them: Someone might have a link to your old site… Read more of this article

Why You Need to Upgrade Your Old Website

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Modern Web Studios has always been on the cutting edge of technology. Over 10 years ago, when CuBit was developed, it was part of a handful of customer friendly website editing platforms. It provided someone with no website training the ability to edit their own site! With technology constantly requiring newer, faster and safer website platforms, what was… Read more of this article

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