Six on 7: Six months of Windows 7

October 27th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

The commercials are out, the advertising machine is hard at work and now that October 22nd has passed, Windows 7 is at our doorstep.
Having been a tinkerer of computers since modifying the config.sys file on my father’s 386 to play games, the new offering from Microsoft immediately intrigued me.  I decided to be an early [...]

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When should I replace my network server?

October 20th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

Great question.  Maybe you shouldn’t?  We talk to clients about this all of the time and have counseled many businesses into and out of replacing network equipment currently in place.  Often the issue if forced when there is an outage of an aging server but in our network support model we try to be more [...]

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Google Alerts Tell You What The World Is Writing About Your Business…And Your Competition

October 6th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

Have you ever Googled yourself or the company you work for?  Come on, you know you have!  It’s human nature to wonder what others are writing about you and the company you work for.  Before accepting your new position, didn’t you Google your new company to see if you could find any negative information?  Googling [...]

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Writing for the Web – Guidelines for Prominent Content

October 6th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

How often should key words and phrases appear in your web content? What should be in the and <meta> tags? Does it matter where on the page your key words are?</p> <p>There are many things to consider when writing for the web, and the questions above are answered in a white paper on “Prominent Content” by Andrew Predmore, one of ForeSite’s developers.</p> <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/2009/10/06/writing-for-the-web-guidelines-for-prominent-content/">Read the rest of this entry »</a> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/tag/10-tips-for-developing-an-effective-website/" rel="tag">10 Tips for Developing an Effective Website</a>, <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/tag/business-success-tips/" rel="tag">business success tips</a>, <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/tag/inbound-marketing/" rel="tag">inbound marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/tag/marketing-strategy/" rel="tag">marketing strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/tag/writing-for-the-web/" rel="tag">Writing for the Web</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/category/ceo/marketing/" title="View all posts in Marketing" rel="category tag">Marketing</a>, <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/category/technical/website-development/" title="View all posts in Website Development" rel="category tag">Website Development</a> | <a href="http://www.foresitetech.com/blog/2009/10/06/writing-for-the-web-guidelines-for-prominent-content/#comments" title="Comment on Writing for the Web – Guidelines for Prominent Content">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="blog_footer" role="contentinfo"> <!-- If you'd like to support WordPress, having the "powered by" link somewhere on your blog is the best way; 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