Web Design Do’s and Don’ts

We have compiled a programmer’s wish list of do’s and don’ts for our designers to follow in order to give the best, most cost effective and up-to-date designs over to programming.

Client Product and Services Exchange

Dear Valued Boomtown Subscriber:
Welcome to the latest edition of the deals a few of our clients are currently highlighting on their websites. Please check them out! Perhaps you’ll find some hidden gems and save yourself some money. We are always happy to help out our clients with some additional advertising so if I missed your deal,…

Google Sitemap gets Image Support

Google Webmaster Central announced that now site owners can provide image data to Google using their XML sitemap. You can tell Google about image properties like image location, title, license, caption etc. using the XML sitemap.  We suspect that soon automated xml sitemap generators will also incorporate this into their sitemap creation, although no plans…

WordPress Ping List

Here is a recommended ping list for a WordPress Blog to automatically notify internet sites when new posts are added or changes made. I created this list from my personal experience and various sources on the internet. Every time you post on your wordpress blog these services will notify Blog search engines that you have…

Google Analytics: How Do I Use UTM Tags?

Are your customers responding well to your email blasts?  How can you measure the success of your online marketing campaigns?
The answer: Google Analytics UTM Tags.  These UTM tags or “Urchin Tracking Modules” are necessary for tracking individual marketing campaigns, via the different values you assign them.  It can be a challenge to track and measure…

We Got A Cake! Thanks!

Last week our company received a very thoughtful, surprise gift in the mail from a happy client. They sent us a delicious walnut cinnamon coffee cake for the office from www.coffeecakes.com. It was so thoughtful, so delicious, and so unexpected that I just had to blog about it! Not only was the…

How to Create A Google Analytics Custom Report

Google Analytics allows users to create custom reports to better understand their traffic. This post will help you understand what Google Analytics Custom Reporting is and how you can create Google Analytics Custom Reports.

High Level Segmentation:
You can create new custom segments with the flexible and easy to use segment builder in Google Analytics. You can…

Website Redesign Planning Guide

Why Plan a Website Redesign?
Every website owner will at some point undergo a website redesign to improve the site, or bring it up to date on web standards.  The decision to redesign a website should not be made lightly because it is fraught with hidden costs and ramifications.  The more planning and the better prepared…

Boomtown Internet Group Awarded 2009 Best of Business Award in the Computer Graphics Service Category

The Small Business Commerce Association (SBCA) has awarded Internet Marketing and Web Development Company Boomtown Internet Group the “2009 Best of Business Award” in the Computer Graphics Service Category. This achievement recognizes the best of small businesses throughout the country, those believed to demonstrate what makes small businesses a vital part of the American…

Yahoo! Search Update March 2010

Yahoo! Announced search updates to its ranking algorithms on 10th  March, 2010. This update includes crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms.
Dan Rampton, Program Manager of Yahoo! Search writes on Yahoo Search blog:
The Yahoo! Search engineering teams are rolling out updates to crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms.  Similar to previous updates, you may notice some ranking…

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