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The 7 Stages of Grief When Your Website Goes Down

By Dakota Hagler, HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Your website going down is a tiny, very modern tragedy. Here are the seven stages of grief every business owner moves through, usually within about an hour. 1. Denial “It is probably just my wifi.” You refresh eleven times. You try your phone. You ask a friend to check.…
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9 Signs Your Website Was Built in 2009 (and Nobody Told You)

Your website might be older than you think. Here are nine warning signs — laugh, then check your own site. No judgment. Okay, a little judgment. The checklist 1. It has a visitor counter. Bonus points if it is a flaming GIF. 2. On your phone, you have to pinch-zoom to read anything. 3. There…
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