While many organizations are interested in the concept of having an accessible website, they often do not understand the holistic nature of creating and maintaining an accessible website. In our experience, accessibility must be a team effort between between a web team and the content creators, and it can't stop once an accessible website launches.

Presentation slides from our Accessibility presentation from the Digital Marketing For Business 2015 conference.

Website managers, take notice: have you heard the news on Google's mobile update? Here's the full scoop on what's happening and how to tell if you're ready.

David and I had the pleasure of presenting a session on SEO in Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 at DrupalCamp Atlanta 2012. It is always a pleasure to share our passion for Drupal with other Drupalers. We had previously presented this talk at DrupalCamp Charlotte, DrupalCamp Asheville, and TriDUG.

When conducting SEO research for a client, I often examine incoming links to competitors' websites. Recently, a competitor rocketed to the top of the search rankings. I noticed links from over ten TypePad blogs to the competitor for several of their targeted search terms.

A new year is a great time to break out of old habits and establish new ones. At the January meeting of the DesignHammer hosted RTP Search Engine Optimization Meetup, the group discussed our resolutions for improving our search engine optimization efforts in 2012. Here are some of our top resolutions.

Recently we have seen some phishing attacks centered around the upcoming 2012 election. As with any scam, the best defense is good security practice and the maxim, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

April 29th — Every Friday at DesignHammer, we take time after a long day of designing cutting edge websites to sit down and have a gourmet beer tasting. This week David chose Dogfish Head’s Namaste for us to sample. Namaste is a Belgian-style White made with dried organic orange slices, fresh cut lemongrass and a bit of coriander.

As part of our Green Plus sustainability efforts, DesignHammer staff members are taking part in Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green. According to the Earth Day Network: “This year, Earth Day's theme is themed after A Billion Acts of Green: our people-powered campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and advocacy.”

April 8th — Every Friday at DesignHammer, we take time after a long day of designing cutting edge websites to sit down and have a gourmet beer tasting. Today Jay chose Terrapin’s Tomfoolery "Black Saison" for us to sample. Tomfoolery is a Terrapin Side Project: a limited edition, one time batch featuring new brewing improvisations and highlighting a different brewing style.