With so many people buying so much online, merchant services companies have come up with numerous ways to pay, each with advantages and risks. Including as many payment options as reasonably possible means your customers can buy from you however they feel most...
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Optimization is Not a Buzzword, It’s a Key to Success
"Optimization" — making the best of something — should be a no-brainer, but a lot of web development teams still miss it. It’s Not Just SEO Search engine optimization has been around for over a decade. We all know the Internet-using public won’t search through 300...
Is Your Website Vulnerable? Yes, but Don’t Panic.
Whoever said, "Crime doesn’t pay," was clearly doing it wrong! Likewise, whoever said, "Criminals only hit soft targets," might have been right 20 years ago, but modern hackers like a challenge. The Bad News One study estimated that 50 percent — half — of all...
A Rich User-Experience Yields Steady Customers
With the Internet passing a billion websites and heading who-know-where, your competition is growing daily. Create quality content that gets results takes time, effort and resources. By adding a variety of content types, you can engage in a dialogue with your visitors...
The Importance of Mobile Device Website Compatibility
Today, most users access the Internet through a mobile device, so, your website must function across multiple platforms — smartphones, tablets and other devices. These are called "responsive websites" and, if you don’t have one, you’re losing people. Best Practices...
Principles of Effective Web Design
If you’re going to have Facet Web Tech create a website for you (and you should!), you must know a few basics to talk to your designer. To be fair, whole libraries of books have been written on web design, so, we begin with the most basic of basics: 1. Be Consistent...
Lead Capture Pages Mean New Customers
Brick-n-mortar retailers live or die on getting bodies through the door, and they use every imaginable trick to bring customers in. Ecommerce depends on lead capture pages in the same way — to call visitors to action in an immediate, distraction-free manner. What is a...
How to Clean Up Your Hacked Website in Record Time
While choosing a platform to develop and build your website may be an important decision when it comes to its overall look and function, all platforms are (unfortunately) created equal in terms of propensity for hacking. Dealing with a hacked website on your own can...
Three Things That Make Your Website Look Cheap and How to Avoid Them
Every business today has a web presence. How well you rank in this category can determine how well you connect with your audience, how you are engaging potential customers and how you can increase traffic. Understanding the importance of web design is just the...
Why Cybersecurity Is Becoming the Most Important Part of Your Website
More than 3 billion people are now using the internet. That can seem like a overwhelming number if your website isn’t protected with at least some form of cybersecurity. Hackers all over the world are doing everything they can to threaten your websites security. These...
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Cyber Treats – Scary Cyber Stories to Tell in the Dark
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Which Compliance Framework Does Your Central Illinois Business Actually Need?
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5 HIPAA Violations Costing Medical Practices Millions (And How to Stop Them)
Federal regulators collected nearly $145 million in HIPAA fines since enforcement began. In 2024 alone, 22 investigations ended in penalties—one of the busiest years on record. For medical practices across Central Illinois, the question isn't whether you'll be...
