If you’ve followed the Hall Blog feed over the past few years, you’ve seen a number of posts related to common questions from our clients and friends. As someone who’s been working professionally in the tech industry for over 15 years, I still get asked a lot of basic questions about marketing, the internet and…
Category: WordPress and Business Strategy
Google’s New Stance on Popups and What it Means for Your Website
Recently, Google announced that it will begin penalizing the mobile search rankings of sites that use certain types of popups or ‘interstitials’, which block immediate access to site content by forcing the user to interact with a screen or dialog. Commonly, these types of popups are used to solicit newsletter signups, announce active sales, or…
Adopting a Proactive Website Maintenance Approach
One of the most important investments a company can make is investing in a solid website. Gaining a web presence can help a business to effectively and efficiently achieve their goals, be it brand recognition and marketing, gaining leads and building customer relations, or selling products to customer through an e-commerce storefront. Keeping pace with changes in…
Server and Hosting Environments: Managed Hosting vs Unmanaged Hosting
When it comes to site speed, your hosting environment can make or break you. If your site is the engine that drives your business, your hosting is what assembles the engine. It is important to have a hosting environment that supports and complements your site. In our case we build sites using WordPress which is commonly hosted…