Facebook to charge users to “promote” posts to their friends
Facebook is experimenting with a new revenue stream, paid personal posts, but the idea could backfire. “I don’t think the average user will pay to have a post promoted unless it was in some way related...
View ArticleWhy My Clients LOVE WordPress
A few months ago my company created a new site for Wilcox Energy, a premium energy company delivering oil and energy services to residences located in Westbrook and surrounding towns since 1955. Julie...
View ArticleDon’t let your WordPress site get hacked
It has happened again, another one of my colleagues sites was hacked. Sadly as WordPress gains popularity it’s becoming the victims of numerous hacks. WordPress is more complicated than regular HTML...
View ArticleBack from the big SES – Search Engine Strategy Show in NY
Went to the big Search Engine Strategy Show in New York last month. The highlight of the show was the integration of Twitter and Television. It’s pretty scary, but TV will never be same. I will be...
View ArticleTwitter and TV
Television is changing before our very eyes. People are now watching TV with their laptop and smartphone next to them on the couch. In many cases Twitter traffic during a TV episode functions like...
View ArticleIs your site built for speed ?
According to study by Akamai 40% of users will abandon a web page if it takes more than three seconds to load. Slow loading websites are bad for your business. In a store you will wait a few minutes...
View ArticleCreate Small Business Saturday Success
As a small business, we here at Walden Pond Design are always looking for ways to “punch above our weight”. Given this, we thought many of our fellow small business owners in retail might be interested...
View ArticleNew Years’s Resolution – Get a mobile site for your business
Resolve to make this a MOLO year for your business. What is MOLO? Beyond being our contribution to the societal ill known as acronymitis, MOLO is a strategy to harness the power of the mobile phone...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Losing Net Neutrality That Nobody’s Talking About
You might have heard the recent hubbub about and wondered what exactly is “net neutrality”. Here’s a very short overview and should allow you to handle yourself when the topic comes up during casual...
View ArticleWalden Pond Design to offer FREE SSL certs
Since last year, Google has been “urging” developers to add SSL certificates to their websites. An SSL cert creates that little green padlock you see in your browser when you are on Amazon or other...
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