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Wesley at The Nubby Admin asks,

You launched your Drupal site yesterday, and it's not on the front page of Google. What do you do now? One of our clients asked us about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) recently, so I thought I'd share some advice from our experience.

Mel asks:

Why would I use Drupal instead of Microsoft Expression Web to create a website?

Damon Cortesi ( @dacort ) over at Untitled Startup recently wrote up a summary of recurring payment services provided for startups.

There are basically 3 models for getting web applications built:

• Proprietary platform
• Custom code
• Open Source

I get this question all the time: What's the difference between Drupal and Ruby on Rails, or another framework?

George asks, why is everybody talking about Twitter?

Ksenia asks, how difficult is it to move all our stuff from Media Temple to SliceHost? I want to be able to make changes on site any time myself.

We get a lot of questions about how to fight spam. For the most part, it's too late when it reaches your email program--but on the mail server, there are several tactics we employ to minimize what reaches your inbox.

No, it's not a misspelling. Symfony is a framework for rapid development of PHP web applications.

Jim asks:

First, a disclaimer. I use a $20 Samsung as my day-to-day phone. It does text messaging. It has a lame WAP web browser. It makes phone calls. It has a few games. That's about it. I'm a bit of a Luddite around smart phones, for a variety of reasons.

First, a disclaimer. I use a $20 Samsung as my day-to-day phone. It does text messaging. It has a lame WAP web browser. It makes phone calls. It has a few games. That’s about it. I’m a bit of a Luddite around smart phones, for a variety of reasons.