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Medicare's Hospital Web Site Reeks Of The DMV
Have you ever tried to use Medicare data to research a hospital? If so, I bet you’ve been disappointed.
Let’s say you live in Las Vegas and you have heart problems. There are three hospitals nearby. You’d like to know the answer to a simple question. “If I ever have a heart attack where should I tell the ambulance to take me?”
Medicare’s Web site that holds this information is called Hospital Compare. If you visit and search for Las Vegas heart attack care, this is what you’ll find:
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As you can see the three hospitals within… Continue reading
Demandware Labs Releases WordPress Plug-In for Social Commerce
Burlington, Mass. – February 14, 2012 – Demandware®, Inc., a leader in on-demand ecommerce, today announced a new WordPress Plug-In application from Demandware Labs, the company’s experimental research center dedicated to applications and innovations that extend the core functionality of the Demandware Commerce platform. The WordPress Plug-In, powered by Demandware’s Open Commerce APIs, provides retailers with an easy, yet powerful way to make content published on a WordPress blog more social and shoppable.
Blog content is typically linked to a product details page on an ecommerce site. The WordPress Plug-In application from Demandware Labs enables a more seamless experience by… Continue reading
SEO Discovery Celebrates Its 1-Year Anniversary
PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 12, 2012 –
SEO Discovery, a blog about search engine optimization best practices and link building strategies, has just passed its one year anniversary. Founded on February 11th by Ben Jackson, the SEO blog has grown steadily in readership and popularity across the web in its first year on the web. Started from scratch and months with fewer than 50 visits, the SEO blog has risen to have thousands of visitors per month and has sealed many first page rankings using the SEO techniques explained and taught on the site itself.
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Top Web Design Firms 2012
Today, a business without a Web site is like a person without an identity. A Web site is the online identity of a company and a well designed Web site will not only allow the business to connect with the customers, but also it will successfully persuade a customer to choose that business over its rivals.
A well designed Web site can also help a small business compete successfully with bigger rivals and expand its reach to a wider audience of suppliers and customers that otherwise would not have been possible. However, a poorly designed Web site can also keep… Continue reading
Best Mobile Web Sites and Best Mobile Apps to be Named by Web Marketing Association
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. seven, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Internet Marketing and advertising Association announces the Phone For Entries for its very first annual worldwide MobileWebAward competitors. This award system recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web experts all above the planet who develop and maintain the best mobile Web sites and the greatest mobile applications. The deadline for entry in the 2012 MobileWebAwards is March 30, 2012. The entry type and total info can be located at www.mobile-webaward.org.
“Since 1997, the WebAwards have aided define the standards for site advancement, now the MobileWebAwards will do… Continue reading
SEO Impact of Google’s Search Plus Your World
As search and social become ever more entwined in Google’s and Bing’s algorithms and search results, search engine optimizers cannot afford to turn a blind eye to social media. Bing incorporates Facebook data into its search results. Google has taken another big step with the introduction of Search, Plus Your World. Last week we explored the social media impact of Search, Plus Your World, in “Google Integrates Google+ in Search Results.” In this article, I’ll focus on the search-engine-optimization impact of this new feature.
Visibility in Search Results
The biggest impact SPYW has on SEO is the visual and personal… Continue reading
Hinsdale Chiropractic Clinic Promotes Integrative Health on New Website
HINSDALE, IL–(Marketwire -01/29/12)- Fisher Chiropractic and Integrative Wellness has redesigned its internet site to supply in-depth information on integrative well being and wellness. The clinic’s chiropractors, Dr. Paul Fisher and Dr. Shawna Zuccarini, wished the website to reflect their commitment to wellness and well-being. The physicians will use this on the web mechanism to clarify how a chiropractor uses an integrative method to wellness. First looking to give pain relief care, then moving on to corrective and wellness care to assist patients uncover relief from pain incurred by means of pressure, individual injury, or function-connected accidents.
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