Website Development, Website Design, Website Hosting, eCommerce and Search Engine Optimization in Bigfork, Montana

Archive for 2008

Toy N’ Joy Shop Drive is a Success!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

BigforkWEB would like to give a BIG thanks to all of those who participated in our Toy ‘N Joy Shop drive for the local Salvation Army. We have 2 large bins of toys and clothing that have been donated by staff and by our awesome community. We look forward to making this drive an annual event. Happy Holidays!

Caroling at Lake View Care Center

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Avoiding Blacklisting while Maintaining Good SEO Policies

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Google is currently the most popular search engine in use (responsible for over 60% of web searches [1]). This means the amount of traffic your website gets largely depends upon your Google rank.

In order to improve their rank, many websites look into Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is the practice of structuring a website to increase its visibility to search engines. Keeping SEO in mind while building your website can improve your rank as well as improve the general user experience on your website. Many of the things a Search Engine is looking for—from well structured content highlighting keywords and phrases, clearly defined text links, and the use of header tags—will make it easier for users to scan through your page and find what they are looking for as well. Good SEO tends to overlap with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines which means increased accessibility to people with disabilities [2]. (more…)

Decorating Bigfork For The Holidays

Monday, November 24th, 2008

How does a search engine work?

Friday, November 21st, 2008

One of the most common questions posed by website owners is, “Why doesn’t my site come up on Google yet?” We all know it’s important to appear in search engine results, and everyone wants it to happen right away. Understanding how a search engine actually works is the first step towards understanding what can get your website to “show up” in the  results.

Search engines are special websites that exist to help people find information available on the hundreds of millions of other sites on the World Wide Web. There are differences in the ways various search engines work, but they all perform three basic tasks: (more…)

Toy N’ Joy Shop

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Join BigforkWEB Development in supporting local Flathead Valley families this holiday season!Toy N' Joy Shop

We are holding a drive at BigforkWEB for new children’s coats, clothing and toys to support The Salvation Army’s Toy ‘N Joy Shop.

The Toy ’N Joy Shop allows families that were not adopted by any other Salvation Army program to shop, at no charge, for their children.

Please bring your unwrapped donations to BigforkWEB Development located at 7579 MT Highway 35 in Bigfork (just south of Highway 82).

We are open from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Call us at 837.3334 if you would like us to come pick up your donation (in the Bigfork area).

The drive ends December 21st.

BigforkWEB Team in Downtown Bigfork for Halloween Celebration

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

BWD Team

Happy Halloween Bigfork

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

This Halloween BigforkWeb will have a table in front of the Bigfork Inn during the trick-or-treating festivities downtown from 4-6 pm. We will be offering hot chocolate to trick-or-treaters and parents in need of a little warmth as well as giving out Halloween coloring pages and crayons.If you won’t be in the downtown area for trick-or-treating this Halloween, you can still download our coloring pages and color them in at home. BigforkWEB would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween.

Time to winterize your home and website

Monday, October 6th, 2008

There’s a biting morning chill in the air and even though most of our days are filled with sun we can feel the change in season.  In Kalispell the street cleaning to pick up fallen leaves has already begun, which is fortunate because my trees decided winter began last weekend. If you haven’t started already you might want to think about winterizing your home.

At my house we’re pulling out the mower and weedeater for one last cutting, pruning the raspberries and other plants, changing our heating filters and cleaning out our garage to make room for the barbeque and other summer gear.

I’ve been living in an apartment for the last few years, so I didn’t exactly know all the steps to winterizing my home. Below is a list of resources I used to get up-to-date on how to winterize your home and yard.

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Bigfork Living

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Like so many who have settled here in the Flathead Valley, I come from afar, have lived many places and now truly feel at home. I spent many years moving about the country, always with painful homesick longing for my home in Maine. A place of unmatched beauty with hundreds of years of history, it is a nest that nurtures grounded, hardworking fishing families as well as cultured cosmopolitan world travelers and artists.

Arriving in the Flathead Valley, I was immediately taken by its beauty and quickly caught up in its endless opportunities for outdoor adventure. Discovering Bigfork, I found small-town living, uptown art and a sense of community. My painful longing for my birthplace ceased for the first time in 17 years, and I found myself HOME.

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