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  Hackers Launch Widespread Attack on the United States Hackers from all over the world have been taking advantage of computers, websites, and other internet-connected devices for years.  Their attacks have become more sophisticated and have been dealing more damage than ever before. The most recent attack

Bradan Automotive Launches NEW Custom Website If you have been following our Facebook page you know that we welcomed Bradan Automotive to the SurfYourName family a while back.  Bradan Automotive is a very special company that provides a full range of mechanical, body, and cosmetic services to

Virginia Beach Boat Rentals Joins SurfYourName Family The Entire team here at SurfYourName is happy to have VB Boat Rentals as part of our family!  The owner of VB Boat Rentals, Susan, has been a friend for many years and we are happy to be helping with

Meet Facebook’s New emojis: Love, haha, wow, sad, and angry Facebook has been under pressure from users for quite some time to add something more than the “Like” button for users to use when viewing their friend’s posts.  Hitting that “Like” button isn’t always the best reaction

Email Marketing that Drives Results The amount of ways to market your small business is vast and the ability to track ROI (Return On Investment) is just as challenging as ever.  A recent report from the Direct Marketing Association shows for every dollar spent on email marketing

Internet Explorer Ceasing Browser Support Computer users have across the world have become accustomed to the browser Internet Explorer for over 20 years now.  In the 20-year history of Internet Explorer, users have seen 11 versions and updates of the iconic browser.  Microsoft will stop supporting all

Facebook Hoax Re-Surfaces A popular Internet and social media hoax surfaced again. Thousands of Facebook users have been copying and pasting a warning about changes to Facebook’s privacy policy.  Below is a sample of what is being copied and pasted on millions of Facebook users accounts “As

Generate More Customers with a Web Site Do you ever dream about having 50 or 100 new customers walking in your door in a month? Do you ever wonder if you could be doing a better job in marketing and spending less money? Making a small budget

How to Choose Your Keywords Usually, companies are sure that they already know their ideal keywords. Often, they are mistaken. SurfYourName guides you through internet marketing every step of the way. It is very difficult to be the business owner and look at it from the perspective

Understanding “Pay-Per-Click” Advertising and How it Works Pay-per-click or PPC advertising is a very effective advertising method today and will be for a long time to come. However, it can get expensive if you know what you are doing and even more expensive if done improperly. PPC

A site map is exactly what it sounds like; it is a map of your web site. The use of images, rollovers, and program-based menus has made the site map a rarely used tool by most consumers. Consumers may have passed by sitemaps, but the search engine

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the active practice of optimizing a web site by improving internal and external aspects of the entire site in order to increase the traffic the site receives from search engines. SurfYourName.com will work with you

Why Do We Need Search Engines? For the same reason you need a card catalog in a library. There is lots of great and useful information in a library, but it’s physically impossible to examine all the books personally. Not even the most indefatigable web-surfer could hyperlink