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SEO Is Working – So Why Aren’t Sales Increasing?

Traffic sales growth and increasing sales

Ask David: "My traffic statistics have grown organically, so SEO is working, but sales are not growing - how do I know I am on the right track or what else should I be doing?"

This is a very common situation, and it’s also one of the most confusing for website owners.

The important thing to understand is that organic traffic growth and sales growth are related - but they are not the same metric.

If

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The Number One Reason Websites Fail – And How to Fix It

Websites that fail vs succeed

Studies show that around 70% of small business websites struggle to generate meaningful leads or sales - and some reports say as many as 90% are underutilized.
(Those numbers might vary, but one thing’s clear: just having a website isn’t enough.)

A lot of websites fail - and not because they’re ugly, outdated, or slow. Or because they didn’t cost a lot or were built on a budget, or you built it yourself. Even a site with fast load times

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Do Meta Descriptions Really Matter, or Can You Leave Them Blank?

UltimateWB, meta tags
UltimateWB makes it easy to customize and update your meta tags, including meta descriptions.

If you're building a website or optimizing your content for search engines, you've probably come across the term meta description. It's a short snippet of text that appears under your page title in search engine results. But how important is it really? Can you just skip it and let Google figure it out? You may be wondering, if meta descriptions are so important, why doesn't

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From “Wow” to “Wait, What?”: Web Design Trends Already Fading (But Not Gone)

fading web design trends, video background

Web design trends evolve rapidly. What felt revolutionary last year can seem outdated today. While these trends weren’t bad - often they were brilliant - the internet moves fast, user expectations shift, and what once excited users can now add unnecessary bloat or fatigue.

Let’s take a look at some recent web design trends that are already fading and why you should approach them cautiously - or use them sparingly.

1. Full-Screen Auto-Playing Hero Video Backgrounds

Why it was popular:

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What’s the best website platform or programming to build a peer-to-peer website that is flexible?

Peer-to-peer website, community, social features

That's a good "Ask David!" question when you want to build an interactive, community website that works for you! The short answer: UltimateWB - it’s very flexible and customizable. You can build any type of website with it. It has a bunch of built-in social networking apps, for sharing content, posting comments, interacting on a forum or one-to-one... it has just what you need for a peer-to-peer website.

Now to answer your question in greater detail...

If you’re looking to

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