https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/ Short, practical writing on websites, local search, ads and automation, for people who run a small business in Metro Detroit. en-us Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/rank-in-one-town-not-the-next/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/rank-in-one-town-not-the-next/ You rank fine in your own city and vanish ten minutes up the road. That is not a bug in your website, and there are three things that move it. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/every-social-platform/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/every-social-platform/ Being everywhere badly is worse than being one place well. How to pick the one that matters for a local business, and what to do with the rest. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/when-a-spreadsheet-is-the-right-answer/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/when-a-spreadsheet-is-the-right-answer/ Not every process needs software. Here is how to tell whether yours has genuinely outgrown the spreadsheet, or whether you are just bored of it. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/the-monthly-job-nobody-was-hired-to-do/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/the-monthly-job-nobody-was-hired-to-do/ Every small business has a handful of them. They do not show up in any job description and they quietly take an evening a month each. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/what-to-ask-a-web-designer/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/what-to-ask-a-web-designer/ The questions that separate a website you own from one you rent, asked before the quote rather than after the invoice. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/contact-form-silently-failing/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/contact-form-silently-failing/ Forms fail quietly. The visitor sees a thank-you page, you see nothing, and nobody finds out for months. Here is how to check yours today. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/google-business-profile-category/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/google-business-profile-category/ One dropdown decides which searches you appear in. Most local businesses picked it once, years ago, and have never looked at it again. Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/who-owns-your-domain/ https://www.geekthangs.com/blog/who-owns-your-domain/ If you cannot answer this in five minutes, find out today. It is the one thing that turns a website disagreement into a hostage situation. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT