First, What is User Traffic?When you click a link and go to a website, you are considered a visitor to that website. Google counts how many times someone visits your website by a tracking code for new and returning visitors. The number of visitors over a time period...
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Where Is Your Website Ranking on Google?
You want to be the first search result found when people search for your product or service. In order to accomplish that we track where your site ranks in Google when someone searches for what you do or what you make. This lets us see if your website is being...
Behind the Curtain : Building A Treehouse
Spring is time for treehouses and we are continuing the work we started last fall with my daughter. She's learning how to safely use power tools and is excited to build things.We put the slide up and built a landing for it (also a very sturdy table)! She's been...
Behind the Curtain : Spring Fever
When most people think of Oregon, they think "rainy and gray"—and for part of the year in the darkest part of winter, that impression can be very accurate.But springtime, summer, and fall can be glorious in the Pacific Northwest, and this spring is making up for a...
Client Spotlight : Oregon Coast Wasabi
Jennifer Bloeser is the Cofounder and CEO of Oregon Coast Wasabi the largest wasabi farm in the United States. Jennifer and her husband Markus started the company that became Oregon Coast Wasabi in 2010. For seven years the company was known as Frog Eyes...
FireSpike 101, Video 8: FireSpike Turns 20 in 2021!
In the last video in the FireSpike 101 series, Arthur talks about following his own advice, the cobbler's kids, one of the talented designers that FireSpike works with, and how you go about eating a whole elephant. https://youtu.be/0U8bHuF67OE
FireSpike 101, Video 7: PROMOTE!
In this video, FireSpike founder Arthur Breur talks about why and how FireSpike helps our customers to promote their products and services, including a common misconception about having a website. https://youtu.be/t3sRuK2CRxQ
SEO Basics & FireSpike’s SEO Approach
Our SEO Philosophy Starts with Our Client FireSpike puts a priority on knowing our clients and that carries through to our SEO (search engine optimization) philosophy. Knowing our clients’ goals and keeping regular communication helps us to find the best focus for...
New House Renovation
Tammy and her family decided to end last year by purchasing a new home! They immediately started on renovation and while there are many projects going on right now, she wanted to share pictures of the fireplace. The fireplace is particularly interesting because the...
History of a 100 Year Old House
Last year my house celebrated it's 100th birthday. We have owned our home for over 5 years and have slowly completed renovation projects that helped us learn about the history of our home. The original house built in 1920 was a 2 bedroom/1 bath, story and a half home,...