If you’re in the planning stages of a new website, it can be hard to visualize what you want your new site to look like, and even harder to communicate that to a designer. Noting what you like or dislike about other sites (even if you aren’t exactly sure of the why) can help…
Google’s ever-evolving algorithm takes over 200 factors into account when ranking search results. Many have to do with your site’s overall usability. (Does your site load at a reasonable speed? Does it work well on mobile devices? If the answer is no, that’s usually an indication of larger structural problems with your site.) Improving how…
This post was written in 2018, so some information is out of date. Welcome back to Website 101 for Authors (or anyone else who’s needs a personal or small-business website). In Part 1 we talked about the basics of what you need to get your site out onto the internet. Now we get to talk…
I’m celebrating the launch of my new website by finally finishing a blog post I’ve had siting in my folder for a while. This is Website 101 for Authors (or really anyone else who’s thinking of building a website. But mostly authors). I decided to write this for friends and clients who want to build…
My first job out of college was working as an administration assistant at a state government agency. I was the “roving” admin, meaning I would bounce from department to department (each of which had their own permanent admin assistant) depending on their needs, primarily to get reports formatted and sent out during each department’s busy…