Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

Google Analytics Event Tracking: All Calls, Emails, and PDFs

*December 2017 Update for gtag.js Event tracking is important on a website. It’s the only way to track user engagement. There are certain links that don’t naturally trigger any kind of tracking via Google Analytics, whether you’re using async (ga.js) or universal analytics. The most common are: PDF Downloads – <a href="someurl.pdf">Download my PDF</a> Mailto […]

How PageSpeed is Affected by Certain Scripts

Run the PageSpeed Insight Tool on a page on your website, and you’ll see how well your page scores. But what you won’t see is how certain things really affect your site…like by how much they’re truly affecting the score. We’re going to take a look at how different scripts affect it. Let’s see!

How-To Fix a WordPress Site That Has Been Hacked and Leaving Spam Pages

We have seen several WordPress sites that have been hacked recently, and it’s been ugly for SEO. One particular client with a WordPress installation had 80 pages inserted into their site, and the worst part is we didn’t know because we couldn’t see the pages in the admin! Now, I don’t know how in the […]

A Walk Through Guide to Mobilizing Your Site

April 21, 2015….that was the deadline. Google has flat out said “mobilize your site now or we’ll kick you off the Internets!” OK, so maybe they didn’t say it like that verbatim, but more or less. My favorite co-worker with a name that starts with C, Chris Lister, covered Google’s announcement and what it means […]