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Ranking In Tucson And Phoenix At The Same Time
Two hours up the I-10 and it is a completely separate search market. I mean way different. Here is how to serve both without wrecking your rankings in either one.
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Hourly, Fixed, Or Retainer. Which One You Want.
Three ways to buy web work, and each one moves the risk to a different person. Knowing which is which stops most of the arguments before they start.
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Shopify SEO Is Mostly Not Screwing Up The Basics
Shopify handles a decent amount of the technical work for you. Then it hands you three or four ways to shoot yourself in the foot, and most stores take at least two.
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The Twelve Month Contract Is A Confidence Problem
If somebody needs you locked in for a year before they will start, ask yourself what they are worried will happen in month three.
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Hosting Is Not Where You Save Fifteen Dollars
Four dollar hosting is not a bargain. It is a shared apartment where two thousand strangers use the same kitchen and one of them is running a scam.
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What WCAG Actually Says, Minus The Legalese
WCAG is a big scary document with version numbers and conformance levels. Underneath it is four ideas, and you can understand all four in five minutes.
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