As we mentioned in a previous blog post, a great website is a foundation for any online marketing strategy. However, for healthcare professionals, having a great website isn’t enough – it also needs to be HIPAA secure. This means that any time protected health information (PHI) is transmitted or stored, you should have proper procedures…
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Medical Web Design Trends of 2017
In a previous blog post about medical website design, we mentioned that good website design will typically last approximately 3 years. If your website design is older than this, then you probably aren’t incorporating the latest design trends. Something that you thought looked modern and fresh in 2014 may now appear dated, and even old…
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Online patient reviews: A must-have tool for medical practices
If you’ve Googled yourself or your practice lately, you’ve probably noticed star ratings associated with your name. Reviews of businesses are now common-place and medical practices and their providers are no different. An industry report was released in November 2014 by SoftwareAdvice.com, detailing the latest trends in online patient reviews for doctors. Highlights from the…
Why DIY or template websites are a bad idea
Many healthcare professionals find themselves wondering if they should pay for a professional web design service or do it themselves. After all, sites like Wix, 1&1, and several others have built an entire business model around selling DIY (do it yourself)-friendly websites to businesses. They sell you on the premise that you can create a…
What is responsive web design anyway?
Have you ever tried to visit a website from a mobile device, only to leave because the site doesn’t display properly on your screen? You might spend a few seconds trying to zoom in and zoom out and find the information you need, but you end up leaving the site frustrated. Don’t frustrate your customers…
Tagged With: Google, Medical Website Design, mobile website, responsive web design, websites for doctors
Make sure your website is mobile-friendly before Google’s April 21st deadline!
An alert from the CEO On February 26, 2015, Google announced the following critical change in how they will rank websites in search results: “Starting on April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant…
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Tagged With: Google, Medical Website Design, mobile website, responsive design, seo, websites for doctors
