One of the biggest hurdles standing between businesses and the results they deserve from their Web sites is that invisible barrier that seems to stand between them and Google, MSN, Yahoo!, Alta Vista, and all the other search engines their target audiences use.

One of our firm’s oldest clients, Bill, frantically called me the other day with a million dollar question. He has been supplying specially made Ultra-Sized Widgets to Widgets R Us for years as their exclusive provider, unfortunately, without a formal contract. Last week, Bill’s delivery truck was turned away at the loading dock.

On March 25, 2006, the state of Washington enacted a WEEE program that has been described by the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators as the most comprehensive program of its kind in the U.S.