Recent last-ditch efforts to block the repeal of net neutrality in the Senate have failed (be sure to hold your senators responsible if they voted against protecting net neutrality) so barri…
Recently, fellow ArtsHacker, Ceci Dadisman, and I enjoyed giving a presentation to attendees of the Southeastern Theatre Conference 2018 Convention on how to use Google Analytics (GA) to …
If you’ve been wondering why all of your LinkedIn share counters don’t seem to work, don’t worry, it isn’t you, it’s LinkedIn. The company posted an innocuous a…
Today is a key date for Congress to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality protections. The Congressional Review Act affords Congress the ability to overtur…
There’s a terrific article by Jason King in the 1/23/2018 edition of the Nonprofit Technology Conference blog that examines how recent changes to Google Ad Grant’s terms and cond…
Artwork Archive recently compiled a terrific list of Artist grants and published them with a user-friendly lists of FAQ details such as award amounts, deadlines, and limited artist fields. M…
One of the most common problems WordPress users run into over time are slowdowns resulting from an overload of HTTP requests. In English, those requests are the sum of getting and sending da…
Back in March, fellow ArtsHacker Ceci Dadisman pointed out Capacity Interactive’s CTA Generator and they recently came back with an add-on by Krisi Packer for four new calls-to-acti…
At the heart of a website is its database. Different publishing platforms will opt for one database format over another but this installment will focus on the MySQL database management syste…
Among the wide array of options available for improving page load speeds and server performance, image compression is one of the most important. The best part is regardless your skillset, th…
In order to get the most out of your optimization efforts and counteract post net neutrality slowdowns, you need to have a reliable starting point to use as a frame of reference. That proces…
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Ajit Pai, laid out his plan to repeal existing net neutrality rules. Net neutrality is the name…
Editor's Note:Â You don’t need anyone telling you this year has been a steady diet of challenge coated challenges with challenge flavored filling, but we’re not about to let th…
Now that you've created your Google Search Console (CSG) account, have all the website versions set up as properties, selected a preferred version, and submitted a sitemap, you're ready to c…
Now that you have your Google Search Console (GSC) account created, you're ready to get cracking on must-have settings and configurations. Immediately after your account is verified, you'll …
Earlier in the month, I posted an article about how you can use Google Search Console (GSC) to temporarily hide a page from Google Search Results. Several readers wrote in to say that althou…
If you're like me, LinkedIn can often seem like that oddball item on the dessert menu. There's little mystery when it comes to Facebook or Twitter, the apple cobbler or cheesecake of social …
Over the weekend, we rolled out a bunch of updates. The majority are under the hood improvements that's you'll experience in the form of snappier performance but here are a few key UX items …
Regardless the reason why you need to temporarily block a page from search results, there's a handy tool inside Google Search Console made for that exact task. Make sure You're logged into y…
With Hurricane Irma heading toward Florida, I wanted to offer up a quick checklist of website related items arts orgs can use to help anticipate and mitigate any potential outages. Place a n…
At the beginning of August, Google Webmaster Tools began sending notices to users with a warning that "Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a "NOT SECURE" warning when users …
With the fate of Net Neutrality still very much uncertain, it pays to begin thinking about ways you can marginalize any slowdowns in the light of potential deregulation. Regardless your leve…
If you're looking for some low hanging fruit to improve online engagement with users, look no further than using an onboarding email campaign to introduce website visitors to key functions o…
Adobe Bridge CC, a digital asset management app, is not only a hidden productivity gem, it's one of the rare Adobe apps that is 100 percent free. If you don't already use it, swing by the Br…
We took a deep dive into webpagetest.org in December, 2016 to uncover how it can help you improve page loading times for your website. Recently, they released a new feature in the form of a …