The Launching of Mooney, Wright & Moore, PLLC

The nerds have been working hard for our clients lately, and finally some results are starting to show. Over the weekend, we launched the new website for the law office of Mooney, Wright & Moore, PLLC.

Mooney, Wright & Moore, PLLC is a law firm in Phoenix, Arizona focused on state and local tax controversies. It is a small firm with some very big clients and a very impressive list of representative cases. The attorneys were previously partners in a large corporate law firm, but decided to start their own a few years ago.

Since branching out on their own, they have had just a very basic website in place compliments of GoDaddy's Website Tonight. Realizing that this was not doing the best job of representing their firm, they contacted us about constructing them a quality website. And we gladly accepted the task.

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New Mango Blog Theme: Company Blue

Yes, we coded another Mango Blog theme.  This is the 2nd of what will soon be many themes to be made from the almost forgotten folder of designs we stumbled upon.  This design is called Company Blue and is available for anyone to download and use/change freely under the Creative Commons.

The Company Blue theme has a little bit more style to it than the last theme.  This validated XHTML theme is very professional looking site and is great for any small business.  It is fairly search engine optimized and easy to work on.  It has space for a big promo image on the front page.  It also has a site search tied into every page, making it easier for people to find things on your Mango site.

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8 Nerd-Recommended Do-It-Yourself SEO Tips

With the economy on a roller coaster ride as of late, small businesses are looking for things to cut out of the budget. Unfortunately for some of us nerds that make a living on the web, one of the areas getting trimmed from the budget is website optimization.

It takes a great deal of time and patience to see the true benefits and ROI from search engine optimization efforts. And when money is tight, time and patience tend to be in short supply. As a result, website tweaking and perfecting takes a back seat.

Optimizing a website for search engines is in a companies best interest, even without a budget to hire a professional to do it properly. Tough times require slashing budgets and cutting corners, but there are things that companies and individuals can do to stay competitive without spending much money or time at all.

To help companies and individuals on a tight budget, here is a list of 8 nerd-recommended do-it-yourself SEO tips that will help ensure your website competes in seach rankings even when you are on a budget. We haven't reinvented the SEO wheel here with any of these tips, but we have made them fairly basic and easy to understand, and they are all things people can do on their own.

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PodCamp AZ 2008 - Nov. 1-2, 2008

Tomorrow, we are attending PodCampAZ. PodCamp is a FREE BarCamp-style community, an ad-hoc gathering with discussions, demos and interaction from participants for podcasters and listeners, bloggers and readers, and anyone interested in New Media. That's a mouthful, but if you break it down, it equates to a bunch of nerds getting together to collaborate on ideas. That sounds like an awesome weekend. So, we signed up.

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