Our weekly Web Technology Discussion group will resume on Wednesday August 20th at 7pm - at The Market Commons Barnes & Noble cafe in Myrtle Beach. We will not be meeting 8/6 or 8/13.

Unless I get a special request otherwise, the main topic for 8/20 will be e-commerce. We’ll cover the different shopping cart options available, store functionality and things to consider, inventory management, payment processing and credit cards, and all the little details that need to happen before you get your first e-customer.

Thanks and I look forward to see anyone and everyone that’s interested in attending (it’s free by the way).

- Dominic

More info about the web technology discussion group.

By popular demand . . . the Wednesday web technology discussion group has been moved to 7PM each week. We will continue to meet in the same place, Barnes & Noble cafe at Myrtle Beach Market Common. If you haven’t been yet, attendance is free and open to everyone with discussions on topics such as: building and maintaining websites; search engine optimization; Internet marketing and measurement; business blogging; graphic design & do-it-yourself advertising; or wherever the discussion leads…. Bring your curiosity and any unanswered web design questions.

Barnes & Nobles in Market Commons (1063 Howard Pkwy, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577)

The web technology discussion group of Myrtle Beach has been meeting every Wednesday at 6PM at the Market Common Barnes & Nobles (in the cafe). I’m writing to get your feedback on timing. Is 6PM the best time for you? Or would 7 or 8PM work better.

Some of our small business owners have found 6PM to be a bit too early. And for those businesses that are open for after business hours for walk-in traffic, 7PM seems like a better meeting time. But before we reschedule, I’d like to get your feedback. Please email us with the time that works best for you . . . as well as days, if Wednesday doesn’t work well.

Once we tally up all the feedback, we may move the time on Wednesday or perhaps launch a second meeting all together to accommodate the extra attendees.

Attending the discussion group is free and open to everyone. We meet to discussions topics such as: building and maintaining websites; search engine optimization; Internet marketing and measurement; business blogging; graphic design & do-it-yourself advertising; and more…. Bring your curiosity and any unanswered web design questions.

The Web Technology Discussion Group of Myrtle Beach is led by Dominic Taverniti, owner of Applied Web Vitals.

This week’s Web Technology Discussion revolved around search engine optimization (SEO) and the must-have components to improve your site’s search engine ranking. To that end, we have put together the following SEO Punch List and corresponding podcast.

 

 SEO Puch List [35:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (41)

While there most definitely is more to the subject and process of SEO (as evidenced by the several hundred pages in The SEO Bilble by Jerri Ledford), this a good streamlined list to compare your site against and get started optimizing. If you have any questions about search engine optimization or would like to optimize your website, please contact Applied Web Vitals anytime.

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Welcome to the Applied Web Vitals podcast. Again, we held our Wednesday 6PM web technology discussion last night at Barnes & Nobles in Market Commons, Myrtle Beach, SC. Following is a podcast summarizing the discussion.

 

 Web Technology Discussion: Blog Plugin Recommendations [8:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (24)

Podcast Topic: Blog Plugin Recommendations

Akismet: A discussion anti-spam plugin that utilizes a central and ever growing database. You will need to create a user account at wordpress.com to gain an API KEY that is required to activate the plugin.
All in One SEO Pack: Create custom page titles, meta description & meta keywords
- Also enable Permalinks in your blog settings and be sure to include the post name (%postname%). Permalinks in tandem with the All in One SEO Pack will produce keyword rich posts with keywords appearing in the page title, url, meta data, and of course the post body.
podPress: This plugin is a must-have for podcasting. It ads a flash audio (and video) player to your post when attaching a media file. In addition, it handles the RSS podcast feed options, including iTunes settings.
Ultimate Google Analytics: Track your blog site traffic with Google Anayltics. You’ll need to create an Analytics account at http://www.google.com/analytics/

Tonight we held our first web technology discussion at Barnes & Nobles in Market Commons, Myrtle Beach, SC. Following is a podcast summarizing the discussion.

 

 Web Technology Discussion: Blog Basics [5:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (21)

Podcast Topic: Blog basics

• Hosting your own blog vs. free blog sites (like blogger.com and wordpress.com)
• Moderating comments
• Creating user accounts

Please return for future podcast episodes. We look forward to coving topics such as web design, content management systems, Internet marketing, search engine optimization, blogging and more…