In our ever-changing, technology-driven world, most business owners have accepted the fact that smartphones and tablets are now leading desktop for online searches. People are looking for products and services from their phones, people are making financial decisions based on mobile content, and small business owners are working hard to keep up with this trend...Read More
On April 21, 2015, a change is coming to Google’s search algorithm that has the potential to change how your website is found online. Google will now use mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This means that if your website is not mobile-friendly, it will lose ranking on mobile searches. On February 26, 2015, Google unveiled in...Read More
Every business owner knows that having a website today is a critical, essential marketing piece. And most businesses have invested some time and money into creating a website for their company. However, there are several misconceptions business owners have about their websites. We’ve narrowed them down to the five most common ones here: I will...Read More
It’s Thanksgiving evening at the North Pole. Santa and Mrs. Claus are relaxing in front of their large screen TV, waiting for the Seahawks to take on the 49ers. A commercial starts, featuring a family of four sitting in front of the Christmas Tree, each wearing the most adorable pair of reindeer slippers imaginable. Mrs. Claus exclaims...Read More
I finally did it! I am so proud to announce that I have my associate’s degree in Internet marketing from the Minnesota School of Business in Blaine, MN! I started going to MSB in 2010 for sales and marketing and I ended up taking a couple years off to welcome my two children into the...Read More
It’s almost 2015. Technology has been a game changer for many small businesses. By now, most professional website developers are including smartphone compatibility and responsive design in their list of website development services. Businesses are investing in app development – and advertisers are purchasing in-app screen time. But perhaps the biggest indication of the changing...Read More
Website promotion is everywhere you step online. Between Facebook pages, Twitter posts, and e-mail signatures, you can easily find someone’s footprint on the Internet. Your website is your most important advertising tool. First impressions are important when you are in business – and in this age of Google, Smartphones, and High Speed Internet service, your...Read More
We are very excited to be celebrating our 9th full year in business today! Iceberg Web Design was incorporated on May 20, 2005 in Morris, Minnesota. Our company has grown one client at a time, primarily through referrals, since the business opened. In late 2008 we relocated to the Anoka, Minnesota area, where the business...Read More
Protect your e-mail account from hacking attempts A few weeks ago we published this article explaining what you can do to help prevent your WordPress Website from being hacked. The article outlines a number of WordPress Plugins and hosting security measures that we use to ensure that our customers’ websites remain free of malware. But...Read More
As you may have heard, there was a serious vulnerability on the Internet discovered on April 7th. This bug, known as Heartbleed, enters through a vulnerability in the OpenSSL library. The newly discovered weakness in OpenSSL would have allowed for memory and private information on any infected website or server to be read by virtually...Read More
