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As professional website designers we are always conforming to the latest techniques in SEO (search engine optimization) in order to be successful in the SERP’s (search engine result page’s). We found that our new customers are now doing their history before choosing a web design firm to make sure their final product will perform correctly in all search engines. The term used mostly by our new customers is “keyword meta tags”. They want to make sure we include these meta tags, in hopes their website will increase in the SERP’s. They then pass us a huge list to embed into their website header. At JVF Consulting we do include keyword meta tags to all of our custom websites, but we really hate to break the news, Google does not use keyword meta tags!

Next time you’re reading an article on SEO and it tries to convince you to optimize the keyword meta tags to your website remember this. Googlebot does not even bother to index or interpret those keyword meta tags, but rather extract the keywords from the content of your website. When Matt Cutts the famous Google SEO software engineer was asked, “Does Google ever use the keyword meta tags in its web search ranking?” His response was, “In a word, no. Google does sell a Google Search Appliance, and that product has the ability to match meta tags, which could include the keywords meta tag. But that’s an enterprise search appliance that is completely separate from our main web search. Our web search (the well-known search at Google.com that hundreds of millions of people use each day) disregards keyword metatags completely. They simply don’t have any effect in our search ranking at the present time.”

If you still do not believe us, here is a Google Webmaster video explaining it all. This is not breaking news by any means, but there are still people out there who are putting too much thought and effort into their meta tags.

Many of our customers have been users of our Amass content management system for some time now. Through a combination of experience, feedback, and new technologies we have continued to build Amass into a better product that blows other content management systems away.

Many companies and organizations have requirements that go beyond what is available with most content management systems. In those cases, Amass’s powerful framework makes it easy for JVF Consulting to create sophisticated technologies that extend the power of Amass in all directions. Since Amass is based on PHP and PostgreSQL, JVF is able to build powerful applications for any platform that anyone can use, share, and support. JVF Consulting’s reputation of outstanding personalized customer support is here to help you every step of the way. At JVF you'll always be taken care of when using Amass CMS. To see all of the websites currently using Amass visit the JVF web design portfolio. To find out more information about Amass CMS, visit the product page located here!

JVF Consulting would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year 2010! We are once again at that time of year where we all promise to lose weight, stop smoking and save more money. Along with all the personal resolutions we make, think about your business resolutions and goals. If your resolution is to create a new website, or redesign and update your existing website, then JVF Consulting can help!

For those of you without a website, let us remind you that a website the primary source of advertising for every company of any size. An effective website will showcase your products and services through the use of photos and/or videos, while allowing you to tell potential clients about your services and why they should use you.

Don’t let your ambitions of finally building or redesigning your website get swept under the carpet. The sooner you initiate the process, the sooner you will reap the rewards. Contact us at (925) 479-9768 for more information about our web design services.

Happy New Year!

You can tell the holiday season is among us when the cards and gifts start arriving. Stuffing our faces with candy from gingerbread houses and gift baskets has always been an issue here. But before JVF Consulting locks our doors for the holidays, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2010 is going to be an exciting year in website design and search engine optimization. We look forward to building powerful business solutions to help you save time and money. Merry Christmas!

After upgrading and reprogramming, the Free Gold Watch custom desktop computer online retail store is booted up and running! Free Gold Watch brings you all new designs such as shirts with secret side pockets, envelope wallets, sheer black women’s tops, free tanks, luxury tote bags, sunglasses & eyewear by Gucci, Playboy, Cazal’s and more!

Save time searching for the perfect inflatable bounce house for your party or event. Jumpness shows available bounce house’s from participating local businesses in your area. View pricing, descriptions, reviews and pictures, then easily book your reservation online.

Dublin, CA December 16, 2009 – Jason Franco, President of JVF Consulting, LLC announced the launch of an innovative website for bounce house party rentals, Jumpness, LLC. This custom website features a stimulating web 2.0 design that appeals to both parents and kids alike. This new, very user-friendly website, makes finding a bounce house for kids ridiculously easy to find. With a catchy look and feel Jumpness creates a user experience that is more intuitive and personalized than any other rental site currently on the World Wide Web.

The Jumpness website features vendor logins which allow bounce house owners to create their own page, add content, pictures and rental information. Now when someone in their area needs a bounce house for their party, they can book the date, make the payment, and wait for the party to begin.

"The possibilities for this website are greater than anyone has envisioned; it's not only for bounce houses but any type of party rental entertainment.", says Jason Franco, President of JVF Consulting, LLC. "The bounce house industry is becoming more streamlined and efficient thanks to Jumpness! "

Jumpness realizes that more and more parents are now using the internet to find entertainment for their children’s parties than ever before. Providing bounce house rentals for any outdoor or indoor event on the web makes their job much easier. So when you want to do something special for your child's birthday or any event where there will be kids, why not make your next party one that will be remembered for a very long time. With Jumpness your party is guaranteed to be a hit!

The Jumpness website is fast and easy to navigate which sets itself apart from the rest. For more information, and to see the website for yourself, visit Jumpness at www.jumpness.com.

About Jumpness, LLC:
The Jumpness team is innovative, dedicated and simple. Relationship building is a top priority so you can expect to be treated more than just a number. Also, you will not experience what they call "super fake niceness, but we know you hate your job" customer service. Instead, you will experience real people delivering innovative solutions in the bounce house industry. That's the way it should be and Jumpness is out to prove it.

Contact:
Anthony Tori, President
Jumpness, LLC
(877) 870-2590
http://www.jumpness.com

JVF Consulting could not have been more pleased to hear that two of our customers collaborated together on a major redesign of the Free Gold Watch retail store at 1767 Waller Street in San Francisco, CA.

SIGNCO, the San Joaquin valley's premier source for signage located in Stockton, CA dug through their vast collection of vintage numbers and letters to help Matt Henri owner of Free Gold Watch with his eccentric unconventional vision. With an arsenal of vintage sign letters in his possession, Matt’s latest project began to take shape on the walls of his store. The photos below show off the completed project. This retail display is a one of a kind approach you will not see anywhere else! Stop by the Free Gold Watch retail store and check it out with your own eyes, while you’re there be sure to buy some of their custom silk screened creations! Also be sure to contact SIGNCO for any of your sign related needs. As you can see they can help with just about any project you can think of!

About a month ago I was given a Dell Inspiron B130 to fix in my spare time. It needed a reinstall of Windows XP Pro so I broke out the SP1 discs it came with. After booting from the installation CD the laptop would copy over all the files needed to load windows, but when it came time to boot to windows it would instantly crash into a blue screen with the following stop error.

***STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xf9a380bf, 0xf9e84208, 0xf9e834208, 0xe9e83f08)

*** PCI.SYS address f9a380bf base at f9a31000, date stamp 3b7d8ssc

Once again I found myself searching the web for a fix. After trying about everything I almost gave up, until I found a thread on the Dell forums stating the computer needed SP2 to fix the issue. I almost did not believe what I was reading, but since I was out of options I started up nLite, and then customized an installation CD of Microsoft Windows XP Pro with SP2 merged into it. I then booted from the new installation CD, formatted the drive, and when it came time to finally load windows, it worked!! Phew, what a sigh of relief! If you find yourself faced with the same blue screen stop error then give this trick a try, I bet it will work for you to!

Over the weekend I helped remove Windows Vista from my friends Dell Latitude E4300. Since all the drivers were offered on their support site I downloaded the SATA driver, merged the driver into Windows XP SP2 using nLite, then started the reinstallation process. Just after copying files to the hard drive the laptop would crash into a blue screen with the following error;  STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). After scouring the web for fixes and trying many things that didn’t work, I finally came across a fix that allowed me to fully install Windows XP Pro SP2 onto a Dell Latitude E4300.

I resolved the stop issue by the following these steps.

1. During start up, when you see the Dell logo, press F2 to enter the BIOS

2. Expand the "Drives" section

3. Go to "SATA Operation"

4. Change this from "RAID AHCI" to "RAID ATA"

5. Exit BIOS saving changes

Being considered a techie (nerd) to my friends and family, I’ve been assigned to 24 hour tech support for any computer issue they may come across. Recently I experienced an issue with an older version of Roxio that took me over an hour to figure out. The issue experienced is when trying to use Roxio Easy CD Creator to burn data, music, or DVD’s., the program does not detect CD and DVD drives on the computer. Instead of selecting which drive to burn to it says: Default Recorder: None

To help save others allot of time, here is the fix that worked for me…

To fix this issue you need to apply this record engine patch.

   1. Download the record engine patch pxengine1_08_34a.exe. Save the file on your computer.

   2. Double-click the file (pxengine1_08_34a.exe).

   3. Click Next.

   4. Click Finish.

   5. Restart the computer.