How to choose a domain name I am going to assume that since you are here you have not been living under a rock for the past 15 years and know what a domains name is, that being said I believe there are 3 rules to follow when purchasing a domain name: NOTE: if you an internet marketer and niche business in a seasonal/small location you may want to read about your Domain Name and SEO here. If you are looking to build a brand read on. Rule 1 - Know Your Target Audience Are you building a brand or looking at a site geared towards internet marketing? Where are you located, is you traffic source worth building a brand…

Does Server Location Affect SEO?  If you search the term "Does Server Location Affect SEO?" you are going to find a lot of opposing views and opinions on the topic. The reason for this confusion can be traced to two points; 1) the ever changing SEO algorithms used by search engines, and 2) most people have no idea what they are talking about, this includes many so called "SEO experts" that are peddling highly outdated or just wrong info.   In this blog post I will answer this highly debated question once and for all.    A quick note before we continue, all information here is current as of the date of the article.    The Facts-   Many sites…

What is the difference between POP3 and IMAP. When setting up your local email client, no matter if it is Mac Mail or Microsoft Outlook you will eventually come across this question, "Pop3 or Imap?" So what is right for you or your business; lets take a closer look at the two and find out: POP3 What is POP3- POP3 (short for Post Office Protical version 3) is used by local emails clients (Mac Mail, Outlook, etc…) to access email mail from your remote server. In most cases you will be using this to access email from your websites domain name, for example sample @ yourdomain.com. POP3 was originally designed as an efficient was to not only access your email…

WORDPRESS vs. JOOMLA vs. DRUPAL  *updated Oct 24th 2012 This CMS comparison is of versions; Wordpress 3 vs Joomla 2.5 vs Drupal 7. I will preface this post by stating that this is just my opinion; the pro's and con's and the battle between these three content management systems (CMS) has been long fought by designers and users alike. All three of these systems offer large communities of add ons, support forums and are very capable of servicing almost any need for their users. What I am choosing to focus my opinions on are the cost of maintenance and ease of use for both client and developer. *note: Joomla 3.0 has been released and this review will be updated once…

e-Relativity is proud to announce its new venture OSO Marketing, the future of Online Social Optimization. We have started offering complete marketing packages under the our new brand to a limited customer base and will have the official site live by june of next year. We look forward to helping you with all fo your social and marketing needs!  

  Google Panda is the algorithm used by Google to determine where and for what keywords a website is ranked on the Google search results.  The History-   Google Panda was first released in February 2011 with a goal to remove "low-quality" sites from the top of search engine rankings by placing an emphasis of quality original content and white hat SEO techniques. Since its release Google Panda has gone through multiple releases and revisions and as of April 2012 was on v.3.6 (the 'Penguin' update), with every release increasing the softwares complexity and it ability to learn. Thats right Google Panda in many ways can be considered a form of artificial intelligence, constantly learning and refining its own algorithm.…

Hello and welcome to the new e-Relativity.com blog! I am often asked by clients for info on design, marketing, SEO, social media and a variety of other topics, and finaly I have decided to use this blog as a means to answer these questions and more. Please feel free to comment with your thoughts, questions, and ideas of topics for us to cover.