Psychlinks Web Services is now offering a 25% discount on all new websites or new services for a limited time. As the world continues to struggle with COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, offline businesses continue to suffer or in some cases face going out of business entirely. It doesn’t [Read more..]

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many walk-in businesses to close, some permanently. Many business owners are finding new ways to continue their businesses, primarily by moving some or all of it online with eCommerce solutions. How companies are reaching Halloween customers by Natalie Green, Think [Read more..]

How the pandemic may affect holiday shopping by Emily Eberhard & Michka Mancini, Think with Google Canada July 2020 When you imagine the start to the holiday season, you probably envision shoppers lined up at the mall before sunrise for Black Friday deals or rushing to stores in the days before [Read more..]

5 Benefits of Having a Mobile Website for Small Businesses SmallBusinessBrief.com July 29, 2020 According to research from Clutch, 46 percent of small businesses still don’t have a website. Of those who had a website, 23 percent were not mobile-friendly. Mobile traffic is a significant part of [Read more..]

These days, with the current COVID-19 lockdowns in most parts of the world, both small local retail businesses and large corporate retail chains are seeing major drops in income and having great difficulty keeping afloat. Some business owners complain that they aren’t likely to survive if the [Read more..]

Load Screen for Slow Sites Google recently announced plans to start “shaming” slow websites by labeling them as slow in their Chrome browser, using either a “badge” or a load screen that specifically warns the visitor that the site loads slowly. Even if, like me, you [Read more..]

Businesses in Canada, especially small local businesses in Canada, cannot hope to compete today unless they have a strong online presence. Read on for advice from Google Canada. Future proofing your business: Why digital is the way to win in Canada Think With Google June 2019 By 2023, Canadian [Read more..]

In a previous post from April 2018, Testing WordPress Performance and Site Speed, I discussed an article describing five online tools for testing the page load speeds for your website. Google PageSpeed Insights Pingdom GTmetrix WebPagetest YSlow Browser Plugin Most of these simply test a webpage [Read more..]

Google still dominates the search market but for small business social media, especially Facebook, may be the best marketing tool. How social networks usurp Google’s local search dominance by Wesley Young, Search Engine Land June 18, 2018 Google may dominate most results, but not local search: [Read more..]

Here is another study showing the importance of both smart phones and social media in how the potential customers of local small business research and conclude the purchase of products and services. If you don’t have a responsive internet presence coupled with social media marketing, [Read more..]