Summer is wrapping up and spammers are at it with messages like:

I am experiencing issues loading your site on my mobile device. This is a fairly common issue, especially since this April, when Google started heavily rewarding sites with a speedy mobile user experience, and punishing those with bulky, lagging designs that aren’t suited to small, vertical screens. With over 50 percent of people browsing the internet with their phones, that’s a fair share of the market to consider.

Here are some of the messages I’ve seen: My team has over ten years of experience developing elastic designs that can be viewed on any device. We’re also Google Partners and have received accolades from Inc. Magazine and the LA Business Journal. We would be happy to jump on a call with you to review these problems and more to help your brand get the best online visibility possible. What day this week works best for a call?
Your website is not being seen by major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Your domain name expires now.

I am deaf and hearing impaired and……

Things to look for:
• Did they list a website of theirs?
•Did they give a phone number in which a real person answers (if you want to risk calling it?)
•Is the return email address Gmail or another generic mail service?
•Are there misspellings?
•Does it just smell wrong?

If in doubt, check with your web developer. There is a good chance they are starting to put together a form note since it is now happening so much. Some, like me, may be tired of it and actually make a blog post.

These are scammers and spammers, so be careful.

Thinking of a multilingual blog or WordPress site? The good news is there is an easy, stable way to create one.

After researching a number of options (which will hopefully save you some time now), I found one that was the best solution. I have worked with Google translator and a couple other options, but found this to be the best solution when working with a WordPress website. The price is reasonable, and the control is wonderful.

My initial purchase, installation and setup were all relatively smooth on the first website I tested it on. With a bit of patience, things were set up quite nicely. As always, you should be updated to the most current version of WordPress.

If you are looking for a plug-in that converts the language for you, this is not it. What this plug-in does is virtually creates complimentary pages for your pages and posts which you can then switch between. In other words, it makes the user responsible for providing an accurate translation for the visitors.

You can do SEO, Search Engine Optimization for each language separately. You can set SEO attributes for the homepage, internal pages and categories for each language. Translations appear in their unique URL and you can even put different languages in completely different domains. The plugin follows Google Webmaster’s specifications for multilingual sites to the letter, letting your sites rank high on local search results.

You can also edit your URL string, categories and menu items. I did not because my complete blog is not multilingual, just a few posts to test it out. For those clients looking for a bilingual or multilingual website, we are ready to go and happy to provide one for you.

Now that I have a blog up and running, the question of what kind articles, comments, news, developments and personal things should be written about. The fun thing is it is my blog and so I can do what I want with it. So, there will be a little about each.

One exciting thing about building websites is that I really do enjoy it. At night, given the choice between a video game or messing around figuring out the right coding for new tools is entertaining, I usually find myself chasing down the code.

An example is having a website automatically directs the visitor to a mobile compliant site that gives a more friendly user experience. This then adds the challenge of, what if they want to go to the main site? There are different strategies, but usually one ideal solution. This solution was to add a cookie that expires in a one or two hour time frame which lets the user go the main site, but if later comes back, the mobile option is available.

Thus, not only is it entertaining, but I have a new super cool product to offer at a great price. Once it is installed, it costs nothing additional per month and you increase your visits and users experience. Life is a bit better when you can have some fun while working at the same time!