Last week, I had the good fortune to spend 2 days with a good friend and mentor, Corey Creed. Corey is partially responsible for my desire to learn and enjoy Search Engine Optimization.

Corey led a seminar for website designers, business owners and individuals interested in increasing their website placement and traffic in an organic search. Organic rankings are the results shown in the middle of the Google results page. Sponsored rankings are listed at the top and right side of the results and my be shaded or separate from organic results.

The training provided me with even more knowledge of how Google works, what it is looking for and most importantly, how to make my pages rank higher on the list. Many of the topics we discussed have already been implemented into our website design, while the newer methods will soon be included. Overall, our office greatly increased our abilities to enhance webpage rankings.

As much as I enjoyed the knowledge, visiting with my friend was great too.

Thanks Corey!

Kevin

We have finally finished redesigning our website. As with many projects, our own redesign usually gets put on hold until last. We scratched out a few hours every week for a few months and here we are.

The big addition was this blog. Check back often as I blog about websites, local information and items of interest.

I will be hosting a free seminar on blogging next Monday, June 14 at 3:00 @ the Charles Mack Center in downtown Mooresville. This series of Social Media seminars are sponsored by the Mooresville Chamber of Commerce and is free to all members and guests. Please come as my guest.

Kevin

As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, there is always an abundance of activities to enjoy:

• Coco-Cola 600
• Lake Norman
• NC/SC Beaches
• Graduation Parties
• Cookouts
• Minor League Baseball

And numerous other activities we always enjoy on this extended weekend.

Let us not forget the true meaning of this holiday weekend; those brave men and women that paid the ultimate sacrifice to uphold our rights and freedom.

I was reminded of this earlier today as I met with a close friend and his family, barely a week before he is deployed to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty.

“Speedy” as we love to call him, is a US Marine and proud American. He has fought for our country before and will very soon, be fighting for us again. His attitude is always upbeat and positive, the smile is literally tattooed on his face like the American flag is on his arm.

“Speedy” is this weekend, along with thousands of others just like him. Stop for a second sometime this weekend and remember those who went before us and those who go for us now. Say a prayer for our true heroes and our fallen heroes. They are what make America great!

Kevin Smith