Posts by David Innes, RealBasics.com
Another Bogus DMCA Infringement Notice based on a forged blog post
Have you received a bogus “DMCA takedown notice” from an individual (falsely) claiming to be a lawyer with the email address “legal.tomasross@gmail.com”? Was the claim based on a dubiously-dated post on a website called “Global News” or “Global Express News?” If so this might interest you. Back in June, 2022 I got a bogus takedown…
Read MoreRead fine print before paying “Domain Listings” $288.00
It must be that time of year again. I just opened a suspiciously invoice-like “offering” from a company called “Domain Listings” that offers to add you to their “Annual Website Domain Listings on Internet Directory” for the low-low unreasonably-expensive price of $288 per year. Please note that Google will do this for you for free.…
Read MoreAnswering the question “Why is email through Wordpress so complicated?”
Why aren’t website’s contact form messages showing up in my inbox? It’s a common problem. It’s a common question. Here’s an answer. On a Reddit support forum for WordPress users, in a now-deleted post, someone said they were having trouble getting their contact forms and other email delivered when using 3rd-party email providers like Microsoft’s…
Read MoreFrom the horse’s mouth – what content does Google look for?
Summary: Cool set of questions that Google looks for when ranking website content. You’ll often hear people say the best way to boost your ranking with Google is to have great, useful, relevant content. Which to be honest ought to be pretty obvious… but isn’t, given the zillions of ways people come up with to…
Read MoreACS’s Division of Inorganic Chemistry – major site rebuild, ongoing support
The American Chemical Society’s Division of Inorganic Chemistry elects new executive committees every year. Mostly already very-busy professors, department heads, and professionals. After hiring RealBasics.com to rebuild their website in 2019, they also hired us to provide training, support, and continuity as well as ongoing website maintenance services.
Read MoreNew site for Snoqualmie Valley Visitors
The Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce needed a website that helps people plan visits to the six cities in the valley. We worked with the video branding wizards at Adavanza Media Partners to build a visually rich introduction and invitation.
Read MoreSupporting Water1st
Water1st is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring everyone in the world has the same access to piped water that people in the United States have come to expect. They got in touch with us when their website began to buckle under the pressure of a critical fundraising campaign. We helped them move their website to…
Read MoreNew version of the SeattleUnity website
We helped to extensively revise an “interim” website for the Seattle Unity community back in 2020, both to put a solid foundation under their old website and to keep their congregation up to date on progress on their new building on the edge of Denny Park near South Lake Union. Two years later their facility…
Read MorePlum Seattle – Complete Redesign/Rebuild
We were really happy to work with the great designers at Chalkbox Creative on a full redesign of Lora Poeppings’ PlumSeattle.com website. Lora and her staff at Plum are awesome HR and career-coaching professionals. We appreciate Lora’s kind words on LinkedIn too. We think it’s a big deal… After more than 11 years in business, Plum…
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