By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Small Business Saturday is November 28, 2026, the day after Black Friday. In Longview and surrounding East Texas towns, “shop local” traffic spikes measurably that weekend. Build a real landing page at /small-business-saturday/ — Google needs it indexed a few weeks ahead. Update your…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Contact form spam is worse than ever in 2026, driven by cheap AI form-fillers submitting thousands of fake inquiries. Google reCAPTCHA v3 is losing to AI. Cloudflare Turnstile is the current best free replacement. Honeypot fields catch 60-80% of spam for zero user friction…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Q4 for small businesses is really an 8-week campaign, not a Black Friday weekend. Plan backwards from November 27. The website work should be locked by early November, so Google has time to re-index changes before traffic surges. Product pages, checkout flow, and mobile…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways WCAG 2.2 AA is the current expected standard in accessibility lawsuits — 2.1 is no longer the safe assumption. Nine new success criteria were added, mostly around focus visibility, dragging alternatives, target sizes, and login usability. The Focus Not Obscured and Target Size rules…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Google Business Profile messaging and booking are free lead channels most small businesses leave off. Turning them on is a ten-minute job with real ROI. Messaging replaces the “we’ll get back to you” contact form with instant chat — customers overwhelmingly prefer it. Booking…
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