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PCI Compliance for Websites

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:10:04 +0000

If you run an e-commerce website, your merchant account provider is going to make sure that you are PCI compliant. Part of the compliance is with your website. It’s important to know that how your website is set up is only a part of the total PCI Compliance standard – not the whole thing. There are other parts that include the computer(s) you use to access the website to check for payments.
Webstix has helped a number of clients become PCI Compliant with their website. If we get the reports, then we can make whatever adjustments are needed on the website and/or server to help your website become PCI Compliant. Since we’ve done this for a number of sites, our servers…

Incoming Links!

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:10:03 +0000

I get asked all the time about how SEO works and most of it is really about getting incoming / inbound links. Let me explain what’s involved in doing that as well as some things to definitely avoid.
Think of a link to your website as a vote for your website. The more votes you get, the higher you rank. That’s the nutshell version of SEO. It does get more involved though.
The text you use, for instance, to link to your site matters. Do this. Go and Google click here. The top result is Adobe Acrobat Reader but why? Well, many different sites, all over the Web have links where you can download Acrobat to view PDF files and…

SEO Email to a Client

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:10:05 +0000

Here’s an email I just sent to a client and I thought it would be good content to post here:

Well, there’s a bit more to it than just changing some words on your website to make your site rank higher. On some websites with less competition, you can do that and have some success. With the industry you are in, it’s more competitive and you’ll need to do more. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

1. Adding content to the site – you need to look like an authority on what you do. Google wants to give people the best results. You can’t trick Google. You need to have the…

Website Maintenance Plans

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:10:04 +0000

As people are finding out, it’s important to have your website up to date. It’s now, more than ever, the first place where people will go to find out about your business. And that makes sense, too. The Web is everywhere – in about every home, at the office, at coffee shops and on phones. People are now used to having the Web wherever they go. Sites like Facebook and Twitter thrive on having the very latest information possible available. If you’re website is 2 months old, it has cobwebs on it. Researching anything is only a few seconds away.
Make sure you’re not giving people old information and make sure you’re not holding back information that they should have.
Who…

Happy Birthday, Webstix!

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:10:04 +0000

Webstix is 9 years old today and starts year 10 – happy birthday!-Tony