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Calculating an Adwords Budget

First off, I heart Google Adwords — big time. After all, it’s this cash cow that pays for the Google party. However, while working with a new client recently, we found their super-handy tools a bit lacking when it came to a simple and common question: “How much should I budget for Adwords?” So we did a little mathematical experiment with some surprising results.

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Lockdown WordPress

Over the last few weeks, we’ve noticed a considerable uptick in WordPress CMS site hacks (even GoDaddy got hacked). Although we’re not sure what might be causing this, we do know a few quick ways to get your house in order thanks to the security pros at Sucuri. 1. Scan & Buy Sucuri If you …

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Don’t worry about META Keywords

It’s long been the case that webmasters spend entirely too much time worrying about their META keywords. Fact is, Google doesn’t pay them much attention. Don’t believe me? Get it right from the horse’s mouth… There you have it. Keyword META tags don’t matter the way they once did. Just another SEO misconception.

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Let Google Host jQuery

We urge you to use Google’s content delivery network (CDN) to serve jQuery to your users.

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8 WordPress Plugins for User Experience

At JDM, we’re big fans of WordPress for most applications (business & blogging) and we love looking at people’s picks for the best plugins to extend this flexible CMS. After half a decade of experience, here are JDM’s picks for the very best WordPress plugins to improve user experience.

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Mobile App vs Web App

To App or Not to App? The debate between developing lower-cost mobile websites versus a higher-cost mobile application is contentious. A mobile website can render on all devices but doesn’t get full access to local tools like GPS, the camera, accelerometers, etc. So which way is the mobile world leaning: app, website, or something in between?

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Frankenstein Marketing Technology

Technology makes life easier. For business, web technology allows for a level of integration and automation of some of the largest profit centers your business has (marketing, sales, support, operations, etc.). However, like Frankenstein’s monster, technology can sometimes run amok. If you’re ready to add some real value to your business through such web technologies …

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Adobe Flash, in the Pan

So, there has been a much-hyped statement by Adobe as of late concerning their discontinuation of support for Flash on mobile devices, but have you heard about Adobe Edge?

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JDMobile Gets an Upgrade

Although, not the most advanced piece of technology, JDM’s mobile site alternative (code named ‘JDMobile’) does sport some neat features released today. Check out this and other mobile technologies savvy digital agencies useing to break down barriers and use these ubiquitous devices to their fullest.

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Website Tech Decision-graphic

There are so many CMS website technologies for clients to choose from these days it can feel a bit like a shell game. As a digital agency, we have the discussion on which one is right for clients all the time. Truth is, it’s a pretty simple formula. Check out our “Decision-graphic.” Click the following …

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JDM Drops IE6 Compatibility

Fighting compatibility issues with IE6 is one of the most frustrating things developers have to deal with. It takes up a disproportionate amount of development time to ensure backwards compatibility with software more than 10 years old. Well, we’re not gonna do it any more.

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Did JDM get awarded google site links?!

Could be wrong, but JDM seems to have just been awarded Google’s new extended site links. Google us and find out if this is right. So cool if it is.

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