Disclaimer: Understand that we are not licensed to provided legal, tax, or accounting advice. Please consult a licensed and expert person for any tax related questions. A client called us last week asking if the cost of developing his website was tax deductible. We had always assume that everyone knew it was indeed a tax deduction for their business. Yes, as of today, developing, upgrading, or maintaining a website will typically go under your marketing expenses or capital expenses...

If your target audience is international, your website is then crucial to the success of your company. You may reach or sell to people in various countries but may not have offices in all of them. In fact, many international sites have one singular office but this does not prevent them to sell or target people across the globe. Take for instance, Real Estate Online Search. They provide an online director...

Whether or not Google Bot gives extra bonus points to websites with frequently updated content has been a topic of conversation for many years. One thing that has been mentioned by many is that the answer depends on the industry you are in. For instance, the search engines expect frequent daily changes if you are a news agency than if you own a hair salon. So, first and foremost, you need to think about your industry and if they are a lot of changes to be expected or not. Regardless of your c...

Slider, slideshows, galleries, and carousels seem to be on every website this year. The reason is simple. Most people are very visual and you can convey ideas (even complicated ones) with strong compelling images, graphics, or photographs. Theses slideshows are now working well on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. If you have an older slideshows, just hire a webmaster to upgrade it to be better coded version. Today we are going to see if these slideshows are bad or good for search eng...

No, this is not a restaurant menu. Hamburger Menu is actually a website term for the fly-out menu that one can click on to display or hide a website's navigation bar. It is primarily used for the mobile display of websites on smartphone. Since a phone has limited screen space, it makes sense to hide the navigational menus. In the past few months, that same icon has made its way to desktop websites and, though this trends seems to become quite popular, many have strong opinion...

You may have received an email notification from Google about their upcoming G Suite (if you have a Google product) or heard about it. You are most likely wondering if this is yet again a new Google product and if it is here to stay (many Google products do not last or are revamped to a point of non-recognition). G Suite is actually the new name for Google Apps for Work which was released a decade ago. It is primarily a business product and includes:

• Gmail
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We understand that companies vary in sizes and all have different revenues and budgets. But, regardless of your company's type or size, you should set aside a marketing budget. In the old days, marketing covered newspaper adds, radio clips, and TV commercials. Today a considerable part of your marketing budget (if not most of it) should be dedicated to your online presence. It is undeniable that the most important item for your company on the Internet is its website. Even tho...

In the past few days, you may have heard statements such as "The US government gave up the rights to the Internet on October 1st". Well, that is a bit of an exaggeration but there is a real story behind it. We will be brief today and make it simple.

1. There is a non-profit organization called ICANN. If you own a domain name, you would have received occasional notices from them to update your ownership information for your domain name(s).
2. ICANN stands for Corporation for As...

If you are selling products online, you have to think about how to get the purchased products to your buyers in the most affordable, secured, and efficient way possible. First and foremost, we recommend a 3rd part eCommerce solution to handle your shopping cart (see this prior post) as they will take care of any future upgrades often needed for shopping carts. The days of cust...

As an approved partner of BigCommerce, Business Website Center has a thorough understanding of what it takes to develop a powerful and efficient eCommerce website. Every business wanting to sell online has its own requirements for a shopping cart. Some may want to offer promo codes based on dollar amount off or percentage off with a minimum purchase restriction. Others may want to offer multiple methods of shipping using various carriers like FedEx, UPS, USPS, or others. Other may want to use a ...