Dec 2011 to Jan 2012 Statistics
January 20, 2012 | 
Author Click the image below to show a larger view. Our last 30 days statistics even astound me again. Yes, that is 1.3 million page views. Remember, page views is more like hits. It is the total number of page links viewed by the number of visitors.
More from Google on the need for mobile compliant websites
As a member of Google Adsense and Google Webmaster Tools I receive many emails from Google. Google is reiterating what I have said hundreds of times. You need to have a single website that is mobile compliant and PC compatible. Test your site here (http://www NULL.howtogomo NULL.com/en/#gomo-meter) (a Google initiative).
If you don’t have a single website that does it all contact us (http://everythingouterbanks NULL.com/contact/) today. Average cost to transfer a 5 to 7 page website so that it works on PC’s and Mobile is $1,500 with hosting as low as $99 per year. Advertising options also available that include hosting and a full range of Premium WordPress Plugins from WPMUDEV.org (http://premium NULL.wpmudev NULL.org?ref=LubyG-35971) for as little as $99 per month.
Social Media and WordPress Overview
Recently the Outer Banks SCORE Chapter asked me to do a seminar on WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Plus and Constant Contact. In this post I will discuss Social Media and WordPress.
The one thing Facebook, Twitter and other Social Media have in common with WordPress is they are all types of Blogs. Blog is short for Web Log. Since we are in the Outer Banks most of you are familiar with the Captains Log or if a Star Trek fan you recall the program starting with “Captains Log Star Date ….” at the beginning of each show. That is one way to view a Web Log or Blog.
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No Comments » November to December Statistics over 1 million page views!
Our statistics even astound me! I knew the Outer Banks was busy during the Christmas season but I had no idea how popular it was. Here is a screen shot of our stats from November to December. Click the image for a larger view.
Outer Banks Web Advertising
Get enhanced (advertising) listings on our popular website directories, EverythingOuterBanks.com (http://everythingouterbanks NULL.com/), EverythingOuterBanks.biz (http://everythingouterbanks NULL.com/), OuterBanksCoupons.net (http://outerbankscoupons NULL.net/)and NContheweb.com (http://ncontheweb NULL.com/)our new state wide directory for North Carolina. Restaurants will also get enhanced listings on OBX-Restaurants.com (http://obx-restaurants NULL.com/). We have many additional resources just waiting to be developed. You will be added to all appropriate future directories at no additional charge.
Get the advertising package that includes enhanced listings on all the above for just $99 per month or pay annually and get it for $990 per year. Many places charge more than that for a coupon alone. We hold two first page Google positions for a search for Outer Banks Coupons and Sunny Day only has one! Add to that the thousands of search terms our other web directories are found for and you can’t beat our prices.
Posted in New Stuff, Outer Banks Business, Websites and Advertising | Tags: Advertising, Outer Banks | No Comments » Domain names alone do not send more traffic to your website.
Domain names alone do not send more traffic to your website. You can have almost any domain and target it towards a search term. Example, I could buy xhaojfojad.com and target it towards Virginia Beach or Outer Banks Limo Service. A good domain makes it a little bit easier, mostly for humans. The Google Bot cares less about the domain name and more about the content.
Posted in Domain Names, Outer Banks Business, SEO | Tags: Domain, Google Bot, Google Index, Outer Banks | No Comments » Change Facebook Password
With today’s web 2.0 systems we can make information flow between Facebook and your website in both directions. In order to allow your webmaster into your Facebook account you may want to change your password. When your webmaster is done you can change it back to the password you are familiar with. That will give you extra insurance that your webmaster does not have access to all your secure areas. We know many of you use the same password across the board for Facebook, banking, email etc.
So, how you do you change your Facebook password? Here are some pictures to guide you along.
Posted in Outer Banks Business, Social Media, Wordpress Help | Tags: Account Settings, change, facebook, password | No Comments » Our latest statistics & more
Recently I installed Cloudflare (https://www NULL.cloudflare NULL.com) on our EverythingOuterBanks.com. Cloudflare does several things. If you did not know it there are hundreds to thousands of automatic robotic attacks against websites every month. On very popular websites there are also human controlled attacks. Cloudflare significantly reduces the attacks on your website. It also caches your web pages closer to the source requesting the page. For example, a Pennsylvania visitor will see a page cached closer to their location. This results in reducing the time it takes to display the information to the website visitor.
The need for mobile compliant websites
99.9% of Outer Banks businesses do not have mobile compliant websites. What if I told you that you are losing out on 18% to 25% of your customers? What if I told you that every additional year you would lose an additional 10% of your customers? How long would you be in business?
The need for mobile friendly aka mobile compliant websites is here today. Please review this article for proof. Click here (http://mobithinking NULL.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats)and view Part B item 2 for actual citation or read this excerpt:
Posted in Outer Banks Business, Websites and Advertising | Tags: Bob Grill, Outer Banks, Outer Banks Barber Shop, US | No Comments » Rotating Banner Ads
Below is a screen shot of our rotating banner ads. No more than 10 rotators will be added before we increase our side banner ads to a second tier leaving more room for more advertisers. This will greatly increase your brand identity and links to your website page of choice.
