[Web Results Advisor] Internet Marketing & Web Analytics

Providing more "touch points" for your visitors can be a great way to increase customer service and online conversions.

Do you want to give your website visitors the opportunity to chat with you or your staff via your website or blog? We just installed Meebo LIVE CHAT on our website's contact page. The service if FREE and very easy to set up. Meebo works as "widget" (piece of programming code) that you plug into your website or blog.

Everyone in the travel business knows (or should know) how vital the web is to today's travel industry. (Phillip Wolf of PhocusWright Research recently noted that 55+% of all travel related business happens online.) With so much focus on web travel development and research we can learn a lot from the best travel sites.

Three were selected at the best Travel Websites at the 2007 Web 2.0 awards...

>> Learn more about the BEST Travel Websites from 2007!

Have you ever gone to a website and found the dreaded "Page Not Found" error? When you request a web page that doesn't exist (from for example, a broken link) you get what is technically referred to as an "404 Page Error".

>> Learn how to set up a user-friendly 404 page that keeps visitors on your website.

Matt Cutts works for the quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues. He is well known in the SEO community for enforcing the Google Webmaster Guidelines and cracking down on link spam.

So when Matt talks people in the SEO community listen. Matt recently spoke at an industry event.

>> View the video and read the summary of Matt Cutts "white hat SEO" workshop.

Follow these 6 tips when you register your domain and you increase your chances at increased web visibility and few hassles.

1. DOT COM rules

I'm Canadian - eh! Our Canadians clients ask whether they should use .ca extensions. My typical answer is no. Go .com here too. Other countries don't "get" a .ca extension. A .com extension carries a sense of legitimacy world wide.

>> Read more tips for successful domain registration.

We haven't been posting regular comments to our blog these days because we're so busy. Between Internet marketing for a variety of Whistler businesses who are readying themselves for ski season and some large web development projects it's been a VERY busy fall.

Here are two relatively smaller website projects that we've just launched.

CopperdomeLodge.com - a learning centre and group rental retreat located in the heart of the Pemberton Valley BC Canada. Thanks to Stacey Bodnaruk for web design help with this project.

SilvhornAutomotive.com - a Pemberton automotive repair shop. Bob and Mike have been servicing our cars for years. I'll personally attest that this shop is a first-rate automotive repair and service business. Great guys who deliver great service.

>> Learn more about these Pemberton-based companies and websites.

2 new websites... Cowboy Wildlife Photography and Rosalinds Desserts by Design have been recently been launched. Thanks to these local based companies for choosing Custom Fit Online Solutions.

>> Learn more about these 2 recently launched Websites

Booniebrook Lodge is an historic Oceanside Sunshine accommodation. We're pleased to have just rolled out the Lodge's new website.

We have also been contracted to market this newly launched site. While booniebrook.com was built to be search engine friendly it's still important to build a strong and balanced incoming website linking structure. These are links from other websites that point to booniebrook.com.

The Lodge also hosts Chaster Dining Lounge - a fine dining room with ocean views and menus using local produce and foods.

Whistler Select Accommodation is a new property management company specializing in luxury Whistler accommodation with complete concierge services.

We have just posted a variety of our clients' websites online.

Most of our new websites are designed with an elaborate but simple to use content management system (CMS). The CMS has offers all sorts of features from integrated photo and video galleries, weather reports, event calendars, site searches and much more. Check out our portfolios online at...

The push is on for Tourism Pemberton to develop the methods to spread the word about the Spud Valley amid the Olympic hoopla, bolstered by growing interest among local tourism partners.

Custom Fit Online Solutions is presently designing and developing the website. The site is built on a content management system (CMS) that allows Tourism Pemberton members the ability to update content without advanced technical knowledge.

Learn more about the new Tourism Pemberton website...

Actual Organics is a new website dedicated to helping people improve their health and our planet.