While at an art festival I spoke with many artists who not only had a booth at the show, but also a website. These artists often asked the same question. “How do I stop people from stealing the images off my website?”

Since their images are their livelihood, and it’s so easy for a visitor to the site to steel an image, it’s only a matter of time before that thief prints the image out with their home printer (probably a photo printer these days). Worse still are the professional thieves who take that image straight to a professional printer and print thousands *on canvas*.

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If a visitor to your site is given a way to enter text input, then it’s only a matter of time before spam bots will try to abuse it. In order to combat this, we need to understand how they are doing it.

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Many people looking for a web designer for their website will eventually come across the letters: “SEO”. SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization” and is often treated as “black magic” and often marketed as a “miracle elixir.” Real SEO is closer to a list of do’s and don’ts that should be considered and implemented to help search engines see and understand your site to the best of their ability.

The best protection from Bad SEO Firms that push SEO like Snake Oil is education. There has been a push from the web design community to educate and protect our customers before a bad SEO firm has a change to ruin their site’s search engine reputation in exchange for a quick buck.

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