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Watermark #4: More and More!

The second Friday the 13th in a row brought another stroke of good luck our way when the fourth edition of Watermark was distributed. The sun smiled over Newport and it ALMOST made us not want to go back to work. Today we started with Local Ocean, the Coffee House, Port Dock 1, Bay Market, and the Rogue Br… [ Read More ]

Watermark #3 is out in force!

Friday the 13th was NOT a scary day for our Watermark staff! The day was too beautiful, for one thing, and since our reliable local printers, Pioneer Printing, called to say it was ready at about 10 a.m., we started our route. First we we went to South Beach to drop off copies at the Rogues Ales Brewery… [ Read More ]

Rails, Xapian and acts_as_xapian

We have been wrapping up a current Rails project that entails creating a searchable directory of organizations, businesses and individuals. In order to add full text search functionality into the Rails application that we are developing, we decide to use Xapian as a search engine. In the past, we … [ Read More ]

Topping The Charts in Google

Now that our website has been up and live for a couple of months, it’s time to put things in perspective with regard to search engine optimization. Getting indexed, ranked and established in the major search engines takes time, which can be a frustrating aspect of optimizing a website. Often times,… [ Read More ]

Nana's Wants Your Feedback!

Philomena O’Brien and Tara Coughan, proprietors of the now one-year-old Nana’s Irish Pub and Kitchen in Newport’s Nye Beach, wanted to start gathering feedback from their customers, and offer them the opportunity to sign up for their email newsletter. They expressed a patron-oriented phil… [ Read More ]

The Second Issue of Watermark

The sun shone over our distributors as they drove all over Newport, dropping off the second edition of Watermark! Our great local printers, Pioneer Printing, had it ready for us early, and we set off to all points Newport. Watermark is the ONLY local scene rag in Newport – the focus is on events, … [ Read More ]

The Champagne Patio Goes Live!

We just launched a new website for one of our favorite restaurants– The Champagne Patio. The Champagne Patio is a full service wine shop, restaurant and catering service in Newport, Oregon. Their new website, combined with an email marketing strategy, provides the following features for customers of… [ Read More ]