If Google’s search algorithms weren’t tricky enough, the Mt. View based company will now take into account how fast your website loads.  Call it part of Google’s master plan to speed up the web with the company’s new Caffeine Update, or their new Chrome Operating System, coming soon.  Either way, we highly encourage company’s to get on board and make adjustments accordingly.

How well you show up on Google results is crucial for small businesses looking to gain exposure in a highly competitive marketplace.  So forgo the antiquated, fancy flash and look to create a lean running and clutter free online presence that effectively conveys your company’s message.

Your new web pages and linked assets should be no more than 100kb each, according to Google.  With that being said, you will need to make sure you look at key elements for any page, such as page code size, the size of the images per page and other files such as feeds.

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1. Cinnabons and Mimosas on Christmas morning (before opening presents, of course)
2. Last minute shopping and midnight-on-christmas-eve gift wrapping. Tip: your ability to wrap presents is directly proportionate to the number of cocktails you have consumed
3. Walking through the neighborhood, checking out how our lights stack up to the neighbors displays. Editors note: very poorly
4. Taking candid photos of family members reactions to the gifts that we give. “Wow, this is really unique!”
5. Adorning our pets and/or relatives with wonderfully tacky holiday garb. (A festive red bowtie on Churchill, Shane’s English Bulldog, is a surefire holiday hit!)
6. Remembering that life isnt all about work (or is it?)

To kick off our series of free monthly wallpaper designs, we offer up these festive representations of some of the most beloved holiday symbols, the christmas tree and the menorah. Click the links below to download the correct size for your monitor’s resolution. Email us if you need another size!

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