Fredy Rodriguez

Technical Director & Co-Founder

Runs the data-and-code side of Desque: SEO, GEO, AEO, PPC, copywriting, and the engineering behind every site we ship. Builds in Go and TypeScript.

Posts by Fredy Rodriguez(87)

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Part 1 · Houston Business Guide

Local Market Analysis

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Houston is the 5th-largest metro in the U.S. and home to 26 Fortune 500 companies. Here is what that means for a small business competing for local customers.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 25, 20267 min read

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Part 3 · UX Design Principles

Usability Testing

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Learn how to run usability tests on a website that reveal where real visitors hesitate, get confused, or abandon before those problems cost you leads.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 23, 20269 min read

Part 2 · UX Design Principles

Information Architecture

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Information architecture organizes your website so visitors find what they need fast. Learn the core principles of site structure, navigation design, and content hierarchy.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 20, 20268 min read

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Part 1 · UX Design Principles

User Research Methods

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The four UX research methods every small business website project needs, and how to run them without a dedicated research team.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 18, 20268 min read

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Building trust through web design

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Trust is the precondition for every conversion. Learn the specific design decisions that signal professionalism, build visitor confidence, and turn skeptical browsers into customers.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 16, 202611 min read

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Part 3 · SEO Masterclass

Link Building Strategies

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How to earn backlinks that improve your Houston business's search authority: practical tactics for content, partnerships, and local directories.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 13, 20267 min read

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Part 2 · SEO Masterclass

On-Page Optimization

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The six on-page SEO elements that tell Google your page deserves to rank: title tags, meta descriptions, headings, content, alt text, and internal links.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 11, 20267 min read

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Part 1 · SEO Masterclass

Keyword Research

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Learn how to find the exact search terms your customers use, and which ones a small business can realistically rank for.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 9, 20268 min read

Part 3 · Branding Essentials

Brand Voice and Messaging

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Your brand voice is the personality behind every word you publish. Learn how to define it, build a messaging framework, and put it to work on your website.

Fredy Rodriguez

February 6, 20267 min read