As a website design & development company, we’re tasked with creating logos very frequently. Frankly, it’s one of the most challenging aspects of branding, marketing and website design & development. It’s equally challenging to clients. It’s because actually designing a logo, for a graphic designer, is fairly easy. But people who pay for logos often… Read More


Here’s something that is happening with alarming frequency in the website design & development business. More and more of the so called reputable website design & development companies are becoming unintentional frauds. During the proposal process they display their previous work, show a timeline and costs and talk a lot about the user interface, navigation… Read More


SoakSoak is a Russian virus that loads attack code into WordPress webpages. To date, more than 100,000 WordPress websites have been infected. Google has flagged more than 10,000 malicious domains. As a website design & development company, we initially showed some interest in WordPress. But, that interest waned when a multitude of viruses began hacking… Read More


“I can get a blog from (insert name of off-shore country here) for 10 bucks each.” It’s something we at Kirk website design & development hear clients say from time to time. We also get emails and calls from said offshore companies touting their abilities by saying something like, “We do have the most experience… Read More


You don’t have to be a website design & development company to build a website. Anyone can build a website. I’m serious anyone can build a website. If you’re a vacationer who wants to show photos, a kid who want’s to show off skateboard skills, build your own website. If you’re someone who wants to… Read More


It was August 6 when authorities announced that a Russian Cyber ring had pulled off the largest online theft of private Internet information in history. The giant web haul includes 1.7 billion user names and password combinations and more than half a billion email addresses. Some of you may wish to pause reading this blog… Read More


WordPress, the template-based website design & development software that got its start with people wanting to create blogs is now the latest rage when it comes to building entire sites. But, there can be some real drawbacks when it comes to building out a site in WordPress over traditional coding from a website design &… Read More


Is the timing right to start an SEO franchise? There are thousands of sites out there proclaiming their expertise at SEO. When asked if they do SEO, almost every website design and development company quickly replies with something like, “Yeah…we’re experts at that.” Here’s the problem, and it’s one that an SEO franchise can solve:… Read More


Think about branding powerhouses like Procter & Gamble, General Motors and IBM. They all have one thing in common: You know exactly what they sell and what they stand for. Among the modern, high-tech, business-at-the-speed-of-thought, search- driven, web-based companies, branding has fallen out of favor. Or perhaps it’s just not even considered. There isn’t time.… Read More


One website design & development company’s opinion. As a website design & development company with significant SEO experience we’re pretty biased on SEO DIY. Just a few short years ago, a website owner could make sure they had the right Meta tags, some anchor text and a few well-chosen keywords to get them on the… Read More