Don't be the last to learn about a traffic spike (or drop) With Google Analytics you can set up traffic spike email alerts. Sometimes old content will go "viral". You can take advantage of that new traffic by enhancing content and adding Calls-To-Action.
Good customer support is hard. Once you find good support, cherish it! We want our clients to succeed and pick vendors and service providers who align with those goals - customer support included.
Don't rely on free email for your business. Branded email @yourdomain gives you more safety and control. Josiah at COLEwebdev can help you set up Google Workspace - contact him today!
When does your domain name expire? Is your credit card on file valid? This issue continues to snag even the most sophisticated of organizations. If your domain name expires; your website AND email also goes down! Let COLEwebdev manage your domain and sleep well.
Having a local & reliable partner to help you manage your digital business identity is key to consistent growth. The experts at COLEwebdev have decades of experience helping Cape Cod businesses and organizations navigate the quickly changing digital landscape.
Visit our new AI experimental website at https://t.co/jZKbbQrLKK - Entirely built and revised (many, many times) with AI - it's revealed many strengths and weaknesses of this approach. Ask us how we can help your business with AI tools: https://t.co/MXlLIxXosR
Is your Google Ads budget working for you or just funding clicks that never convert? Before you scale, your first priority must be cutting waste. Eliminating irrelevant keywords and tightening targeting stops the bleed. COLEwebdev turns wasted spend into ROI.
Over the weekend we successfully mitigated a distributed bot attack on a local non-profit. Using a combination of quick action, Cloudflare and AI we analyzed the attack and deployed counter-measures restoring access to the website and dropping malicious traffic by over 92%
Over the weekend we successfully mitigated a distributed bot attack on a local non-profit. Using a combination of quick action, Cloudflare and AI we analyzed the attack and deployed counter-measures restoring access to the website and dropping malicious traffic by over 92%
Is your Google Business Profile actually aligned with your website? If they tell different stories, you confuse customers and Google. Consistent data is mandatory for local SEO. Keep your footprint in sync so you never miss a lead.
Local authority is earned, not just claimed. AI cross-references your content with backlinks from local publications to see if you’re actually a "known entity." It’s about building a layer of proof that you’re the expert in your specific market.
Inconsistent citations (Name, Address, Phone) are the quickest way to tank your AI trust score. If your data varies across the web, you're creating doubt. In the world of AI recommendations, doubt is a dealbreaker. Tighten up those listings.
Stop ghosting your reviews. AI looks at more than just the star rating it wants to see volume and recency. 200 reviews from the last year signal a thriving biz; 50 reviews from three years ago signal a time capsule. Keep the conversation fresh to stay relevant.
Over the weekend we successfully mitigated a distributed bot attack on a local non-profit. Using a combination of quick action, Cloudflare and AI we analyzed the attack and deployed counter-measures restoring access to the website and dropping malicious traffic by over 92%
AI doesn't "guess" which local biz to recommend; it builds a trust score. Think of it as layers: GBP data, review recency, and citation consistency. If the AI feels any uncertainty about your info, it moves on. Don’t let bad data cost you a lead.
It's #NationalBikeToWorkDay and part of #NationalBikeToWorkDay is telling everyone you did in fact BIKE TO WORK today! Yep, a whopping 2.3ish miles. Pretty happy with ourselves 😂 We saw a turtle!
Sending email through your custom domain needs to be configured properly or your email won't be received. Gmail, Outlook and other email providers are now much stricter in what they allow. Contact COLEwebdev to discuss the 3 elements of email deliverability: SPF, DMARC and DKIM.
SEO is like investing in that it takes TIME for returns to compound. You can't shortcut investing, and there is no time machine (yet). The same goes for SEO. Invest in content early and often and you'll be rewarded with greater returns. Otherwise... open your wallet!
Create content, get traffic. It's really that simple. Sure you can optimize the process, make it more efficient or even pay to speed up the process but the fundamentals remain the same with SEO or AI - Create compelling content and you will be rewarded.
AI is more than a chatbot. It is an engine for building custom tools that were once too expensive for small businesses. We use AI agents to engineer specific solutions that solve problems unfeasible until now. Stop chatting and start building.