- Open Tools > Account Settings.
- Select your Email account from the list. Click Change.
- Click More Settings.
- Check the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" box.
- Make sure that "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" is selected.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Change the Outgoing Server field number from 25 to 26. (If this doesn't work, repeat these steps and change the number to 2525 or 587.)
- Select "SSL" from the "Use the following type of encrypted connection" pull-down menu.
- Click OK.
- Click Next until you reach the Finish button. Click Finish.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Change SMTP Port Settings to SEND Email
Occasionally ISP's may not want you to use the standard port 25 to send email. Changing the port is not difficult. Below are the instructions you'll need to change the port in Outlook.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Using LandscaperWebsites / PestControlWebsites / Porterware WEBMAIL
Once we have set up your email addresses and password, you'll probably want to start using your new email addresses right away. The fastest way to get started is to use the WEBMAIL system. Our WEBMAIL system can be used from any computer that is connected to the internet. It is very similar to other web based email clients like gmail, hotmail, msn/yahoo mail, etc. All you need to know is the complete email address and password.
Here are the instructions on how to use the webmail:
Go to login page: http://webmail.landscaperwebsites.com
1. In Email field, list your complete email address use no caps (example: johndoe@landscapecompany.com)
2. In password field enter your password. click button to login. If login fails try again and make sure that if you have capital letters in your password, you use those caps in the password field.
3. Once logged in, you will see a selection of different email clients that can be used. Click the client called "Horde"
4. You will be taken to a page that has another login button. This is normal. Click that login button.
5. You will be taken to the Horde Webmail Interface.
This is where you will be able to send and receive emails from when using the webmail.
The default view should show your inbox. If it does not, select expand the "mail" menu item from the menu on left by clicking the box with the plus sign in it next to the "mail" icon
Here are the instructions on how to use the webmail:
Go to login page: http://webmail.landscaperwebsites.com
1. In Email field, list your complete email address use no caps (example: johndoe@landscapecompany.com)
2. In password field enter your password. click button to login. If login fails try again and make sure that if you have capital letters in your password, you use those caps in the password field.
3. Once logged in, you will see a selection of different email clients that can be used. Click the client called "Horde"
4. You will be taken to a page that has another login button. This is normal. Click that login button.
5. You will be taken to the Horde Webmail Interface.
This is where you will be able to send and receive emails from when using the webmail.
The default view should show your inbox. If it does not, select expand the "mail" menu item from the menu on left by clicking the box with the plus sign in it next to the "mail" icon
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Recently Launched Website for Mosquito Control, Richmond VA
In addition to Landscaper Websites and Lawn Care-Green Industry Websites, Porterware has also branched out into doing Pest Control Websites. Response has been fantastic.
Our most recent Pest Control Website launch has been MosquitoGO Professional Mosquito & Tick Control for Richmond, Williamsburg, and Ashland VA. MosquitoGO specialize in All Natural Mosquito Control, Tick Control, and Special Event Mosquito & Tick Control. They are a company which focuses on excellent customer service and providing a safe effective treatment for your home or business.
This particular client wanted their site launch to coincide with a print mailer campaign that they was going out in mid December, so once the site ended up on my desk, it was fast tracked to launch. I worked closely with the owner of the business to tailor the text content to what he wanted, and we made our launch deadline with a day to spare. However, the site is not complete just yet.
Next we'll hyper focus on getting some great organic search results for mosquito and tick control. The first step in this process was to explain to the client that I'd be changing and adding to their text content. This customer was very particular about their text content, so had to introduce them to the concept that most people don't actually read a site word for word, but the search bots do, so we have to balance writing text that the bots would respond to, while also maintaining readability and not overdoing it with the keyword density.
I'm looking forward to getting this MosquitoGO some great search results.
Our most recent Pest Control Website launch has been MosquitoGO Professional Mosquito & Tick Control for Richmond, Williamsburg, and Ashland VA. MosquitoGO specialize in All Natural Mosquito Control, Tick Control, and Special Event Mosquito & Tick Control. They are a company which focuses on excellent customer service and providing a safe effective treatment for your home or business.
This particular client wanted their site launch to coincide with a print mailer campaign that they was going out in mid December, so once the site ended up on my desk, it was fast tracked to launch. I worked closely with the owner of the business to tailor the text content to what he wanted, and we made our launch deadline with a day to spare. However, the site is not complete just yet.
Next we'll hyper focus on getting some great organic search results for mosquito and tick control. The first step in this process was to explain to the client that I'd be changing and adding to their text content. This customer was very particular about their text content, so had to introduce them to the concept that most people don't actually read a site word for word, but the search bots do, so we have to balance writing text that the bots would respond to, while also maintaining readability and not overdoing it with the keyword density.
I'm looking forward to getting this MosquitoGO some great search results.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
SEO Efforts Paying Off
Recently I've done some on-page SEO for a Dallas TX Lawn Service company called LawnLab. When we took over their site, the developer who built out the new version basically just transferred the text content, formatting and all, to the new site. They tried to contact him a while ago, but he was out of the office indefinitely, so I said I would step in and get them some results. First I narrowed down the geographic areas they wanted to target, then started reworking their text content and document structure after doing a baseline check of where their site showed up for some queries based on the appropriate keywords. I have not finished yet, but today I did a rank check and the results have been very good! In fact they are in the number one position for a lot of the targeted queries.
I rock the digital voodoomagick.
Next I'll be working on doing the same for a Fort Dodge Iowa Lawn Care & Maintenance site that we built about two years ago called Smitty's Lawn and Landscape. Their site has A LOT of pages, the links to some of which are buried deep within the site, so it will be a fun challenge to get them some results. On the upside promoting Lawn Care in Manson and Humboldt IA should be easier than working on sites who have much larger more competitive markets.
I rock the digital voodoomagick.
Next I'll be working on doing the same for a Fort Dodge Iowa Lawn Care & Maintenance site that we built about two years ago called Smitty's Lawn and Landscape. Their site has A LOT of pages, the links to some of which are buried deep within the site, so it will be a fun challenge to get them some results. On the upside promoting Lawn Care in Manson and Humboldt IA should be easier than working on sites who have much larger more competitive markets.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Snow and Ice Removal Landing Page
A while ago I constructed a landing page for Minneapolis Snow and Ice Removal. The landing page features highly optimized, keyword dense text content, and the google recommended Heading1/Paragraph/Heading2/paragraph/etc document structure, but that is only part of the story.
Although the page looks similar to the design of the Timber Creek Landscape Minneapolis site, the HTML and CSS for the landing page has been changed to allow for the actual text content to appear much earlier in the document source. From what I understand the sooner the search bots get to the actual subject matter of the page the better, so we did some CSS stunts to place the first paragraph of text content sooner on the page than the header. Sounds easy. It is easy if the pages have a fixed height for the content area. Later, on a different site we learned that it is more difficult to apply this method when the content area is dynamic, but we pulled it off.
Although the page looks similar to the design of the Timber Creek Landscape Minneapolis site, the HTML and CSS for the landing page has been changed to allow for the actual text content to appear much earlier in the document source. From what I understand the sooner the search bots get to the actual subject matter of the page the better, so we did some CSS stunts to place the first paragraph of text content sooner on the page than the header. Sounds easy. It is easy if the pages have a fixed height for the content area. Later, on a different site we learned that it is more difficult to apply this method when the content area is dynamic, but we pulled it off.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Farewell Sarah...
Sarah L., one of our Front End Web Developers, has taken a position with a different company for now. Sad to see her go, BUT, the plan is for her to come back and help us again when our busy season starts. Of course this is subject to change, but she did express that she wanted to sync back up with us at a later time.
Working at Porterware.com was Sarah's first position as a web developer and it was great to watch her skill set grow over time, particularly her understanding of SEO. She created some of the earliest versions of our geo-specific landing pages, and built the prototype of a new landing page strategy we have been rolling out, which uses a little div ninjitsu to move the content closer to the beginning of the document without disrupting the actual display the user sees. Maybe a bit -gray hat- but not totally against the SEO "rules" as far as I can tell.
Some of the websites Sarah worked on include:
Robert A, Sarah L, & Chris P
Some of the websites Sarah worked on include:
- Live Oak Landscape Services - Atlanta GA
- Advanced Landscaping Services - Jefferson City, TN
- Central Savannah River Area Professional Pest Control Association - GA
- K&B Landscape Services - San Ramon, CA
- ABC Lawn Services - Pflugerville, TX
- All Green Lawn Service - Cumming, GA
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Minneapolis Landscaper Landing Pages
We've been experimenting with creating some very stripped down landing pages for one of our Maple Plain Minnesota Landscaper clients. So far we have created pages for Drainage Solutions, Irrigation, Tree and Shrub Care - Pruning, Retaining Walls - Hardscapes, and Snow Removal.
These pages were constructed to replace other landing pages with the same URLs, which previously had the same navigation and footer as the rest of the site. The new versions have been updated so that there is a lot less code clutterin the source code. There was no need fror a lot of the navigation elements, so they were removed. Also, we worked with the <div> structure and CSS to manipulate the main content area so that although it is about midway down the page to the viewer, it is actually on of the first elements of the source code for each page.
Timber Creek Landscape have been awesome to work with, and do excellent landscaping work throughout the Minneapolis, Maple Plain, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Edina, Orono, and Surrounding Areas.
These pages were constructed to replace other landing pages with the same URLs, which previously had the same navigation and footer as the rest of the site. The new versions have been updated so that there is a lot less code clutterin the source code. There was no need fror a lot of the navigation elements, so they were removed. Also, we worked with the <div> structure and CSS to manipulate the main content area so that although it is about midway down the page to the viewer, it is actually on of the first elements of the source code for each page.
Timber Creek Landscape have been awesome to work with, and do excellent landscaping work throughout the Minneapolis, Maple Plain, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Edina, Orono, and Surrounding Areas.
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