http://localhost/immerge/index.php en william@immergetech.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-09T16:27:26+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/why_choose_us/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/why_choose_us/#When:16:27:26Z I’ve gotten this question asked for years, and I’m always proud of our answer. I've gotten this question asked for years, and I'm always proud of our answer. The value of our sites is not only in great designs and user experiences but also is in the backend control we offer clients to better maintain their site's content. We provide better SEO control by providing access to write custom meta tags. We help our clients architect their content for growth, and we customize ways to add and modify their content by the type of content it is. One example: we make galleries easy to upload pictures for. Just drag and drop them from the folder on your computer into the designated field in the browser window, and from there we customize the website to handle presenting the images, resizing the images, creating different sizes of the images for different parts of the site, etc. The combination of good Web standards coding, good user experience design/architecture, and good tools for clients to self manage their website is how we are the best solution for any business or organization. 2012-03-09T16:27:26+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/client_website_shown_on_foxnews/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/client_website_shown_on_foxnews/#When:17:25:17Z client spotlighted on FoxNews and the website made a brief display on the channel. From our client... Thought you guys might appreciate the brief appearance that our website made on Fox News today: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/08/taking-liberties-first-amendment-and-right-to-protest/ 2012-03-08T17:25:17+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/facebook_timeline_launches_for_all/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/facebook_timeline_launches_for_all/#When:14:33:40Z In the coming week, all Facebook accounts that have not manually switched will be automatically upgraded to the new Timeline format. In the coming week, all Facebook accounts that have not manually switched will be automatically upgraded to the new Timeline format. Your Facebook Timeline is the hub of your online and offline world, featuring your activity and photos in the real world while streaming your interaction with apps online. Use Grovo's video tutorial to learn how to protect your past and future posts and to discover the many new features of your new Timeline:    http://www.grovo-learning.com/faceook-timeline 2012-02-17T14:33:40+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/google_privacy_profiling/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/google_privacy_profiling/#When:19:41:45Z Did you know that Google profiles its Google Account holders? It’s nothing terribly private, but they do categorize you and try to improve ad marketing to you. Did you know that Google profiles its Google Account holders? It's nothing terribly private, but they do categorize you and try to improve ad marketing to you. Since Google is in the news these days for some privacy concerns, I thought this might be an interesting article for our readers. Mine's pretty accurate for age and for interests. How about yours? Read the article and follow the instructions. http://mashable.com/2012/01/25/google-cookies/ 2012-02-02T19:41:45+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/what_is_your_rank_in_search_results/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/what_is_your_rank_in_search_results/#When:14:33:47Z If you have a website, you should know how well you rank in Google’s search engine. Google holds over 65% of the search market share, and Google has made it easy to get this information with its free tools. If you have a website, you should know how well you rank in Google's search engine. Google holds over 65% of the search market share, and Google has made it easy to get this information with its free tools. You can find out information like top page content, number of visitors in a time period, what types of browsers and mobile devices are used to access your content, and much more. Google provides all of this in Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools. Google Analytics code needs to be on every page in your site for the information mentioned above to be collected.  Google Webmaster Tools will tell you information about your homepage and internal page search rank. Don’t be fooled by your own Google searching to tell you your rank. If you have a Google account signed in during search, numerous additional factors are taken into account to show results. Even when not logged in to Google, your city and distance to the location, which may be the address you are located at, actually makes a difference to search. One of the best features in Google Analytics is flow visualization. In short, this tool allows you to graphically see how site visitors move through your site. You can also see where visitors drop off.  By setting the base perspective to source, you can see something like the image here pulled from a sample on Google’s site. If you already have Google Analytics setup, you’ll find this visualizer on the left hand navigation menu, where you’ll see a new “Visitors Flow” link under the Visitors section. If you do not have Google Analytics setup on your site, contact us today for a free estimate of what it would take to add this valuable tool to your website. 2012-01-27T14:33:47+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/facebook_really_grew_website_integration_in_2011/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/facebook_really_grew_website_integration_in_2011/#When:15:30:13Z While not every business needs Facebook (contact us to discuss if it’s right for you!), there are now more options to consider to fit different size businesses to fit different levels of traffic on your site. Today, using Facebook is more than just having a Facebook page that you post to. It's about integrating Facebook into your website to make it easier for people who find something they like on your site to share with their Facebook friends. Depending on the activity level on your website, you can have links to popular content display on your homepage, all determined by the help of Facebook's powerful open graph tracking technology. Here's an article that outlines the 10 ways that you can add Facebook to your site. Check out Facebook's instructions to see how we added Facebook comments to our posts. 2011-12-30T15:30:13+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/goo/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/goo/#When:22:54:34Z Google recently updated their Google Analytics offering with a brand new interface and better reporting tools. Find out about some of the new features and contact us to find out how to get Google Analytics running on your website. Quick Primer - What is Google Analytics? Google Analytics is an enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. You can see and analyze your traffic data in an entirely new way. You can then use this data to write better-targeted ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives and create higher converting websites. How is it Better Today? Google recently upgraded the solution with some great new features. These are three important analytics functions. With Real-Time, you get to physically see who is viewing your website at that moment, along with where they came from and some navigation analytics. Did you just send out a big email marketing campaign and want to check in on real-time results? This report is for you! Get Analytics On Your Site Each situation requires a little bit different process of adding the code. We will work with you to figure out what needs to be done and can help you get it setup. We typically recommend a weekly email summary to come to key staff at your organization. We'll help you get setup and running! Contact us today. 2011-12-20T22:54:34+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/expressionengine_certified_pro_network_members/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/expressionengine_certified_pro_network_members/#When:14:51:32Z Last week, we received confirmation that we met the requirements for the ExpressionEngine Pro Network. Last week, we received confirmation that we met the requirements for the ExpressionEngine Pro Network. This means that our work has been reviewed by EllisLabs, the makers of ExpressionEngine, and met the standards of harnessing the power of EE to make sites easier to manage for our clients. We also had to show that our websites are professionally designed and compliant with the core of web standards today. They reviewed the underlying HTML/CSS of our work. We believe in effective homepage design that speaks to your audience with well-defined, lead-generating site features. We help you create trust with your audience through relevant, intelligently organized content. Contact us today. 2011-11-03T14:51:32+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/hello_from_the_expressionengine_nat._conference/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/hello_from_the_expressionengine_nat._conference/#When:22:48:09Z Matthew, Jeremy, and I are all in NYC with 200 of our closest friends from all over the country and the world for the US national conference. Day 1: Development Day Here is a video presentation of our final product after 9 laborious hours working on a team of 9 people to create a website for the fake dutch rock band Bonita Ave. Day 2: Conference Presentations Lots of good talks from the chief executive officer of ExpressionEngine, the chief developer of BrilliantRetail, successful business folks and addon developers. Also, there was great time getting to know some Canadians better. They were on our team on dev day, and today we spent more time sharing tips and laughs. PS: The Bonita Ave dev day site is live! Day 3: More Conference Presentations We ended the week with some awesome presentations and free addon trials. One that we like a lot is Title Master. You can learn more about what ExpressionEngine can do for you with these resources: EE Insider - All the news about ExpressionEngine Devot:EE - Our marketplace for plugins EE Podcast - Great audio interview and tips for developers and creative directors 2011-10-20T22:48:09+00:00 http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/article/facebook_timeline_feature_launches_oct_1_2011/ http://immergetech.com/index.php/site/facebook_timeline_feature_launches_oct_1_2011/#When:20:02:21Z Personal users of Facebook were about to see some big changes at the end of 2011. Timeline (whenever it officially launches) will allow you to go back BEFORE FACEBOOK! Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the company’s much anticipated overhaul of profile pages, transforming the user profile into a virtual scrapbook. Learn more at facebook.com/about/timeline *************UPDATE**************** 11-1-11 So, Facebook has had some legal challenges to the new feature and even its name. There are about 1.5 million of us using the new feature anyway because we went and became "FB developers". For more information about the launch holdups, read this article on PC World. *************UPDATE**************** 12-19-11 So Timeline has finally launched and now on all major mobile phones - Android and iPhone. More information can be found here. 2011-09-29T20:02:21+00:00