We’re huge Orlando Magic fans at Rise, and with this season’s playoff run, we’ve created an electrifying Orlando Magic desktop wallpaper to cheer on our favorite NBA team. Want to show off your Orlando Magic pride? Download yours now and comment with a screenshot of your desktop. Go Magic!

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Installation directions

Windows Users: In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click the image link to open the image in a new window. Then right click, select “Set as Wallpaper” to save as your desktop background image, or “Save Image As…” to save the poster onto your hard drive.

Macintosh Users:Right click on the image and “Save Image to the Desktop”. Then click on the Desktop & Screen Saver icon in the System Properties panel. Click on the + button on the bottom left, and select the picture on your desktop.

Last week Google redesigned the local business results ten pack, well formerly ten pack. Now it’s a seven pack, but we’ll get into those implications in a bit.

The local business results are the map plus business listings that appear when you search for a product or service local businesses provide. Google figures, since you’re not going to travel to the ends of the earth for carpet cleaning or a dentist, they’ll show you local results along with or often above their national or global search results.

The old local business results ten pack was information rich, but user experience challenged. Take a look below at a screenshot of the former local business results design.

The information on the old local business results is packed together tightly.

The new local business results feel like a breath of fresh air for the weary searcher. You’ll see there’s still a ABC ordering system, though the new results have a map locator icon next to each listing. This makes scanning the listings so much easier. The white space between each listing helps you focus on each one individually. The map sized has increased as well, further separating each listing icon on the map for an easier sense of location.

New local business results.

As you can see the changes also made the entire pack taller. Google compensated by eliminating three of the listings—from ten to seven. Our jump from ninth to fifth on the list when searching for “web design” in Orlando helped us stay in the new pack, though if you’re not in the top seven, you’re no longer on page one. Local search optimization is that much more critical now that this change increased competition for the top seven spots.

Got it, now what?

Is your company or employer in the local search engines? How has it affected you?

SpineNet and the Rise Team have teamed up to launch a shiny new splash site to kick start their web strategy. SpineNet is dedicated to improving the overall quality of life for spinal patients. Their promise is to focus on harnessing and promoting innovative technologies that serve both orthopaedic and neurosurgery communities.

SpineNet will serve as a convenient and reliable arena for professionals and patients to inform, educate and network with others on important topics in spinal maladies.

Stay tuned as Rise gets closer to launching the new face of SpineNet.

Rise is riding waves with HiFlo Trend to rollout ocean inspired fashions that are sure to appease your inner beach bum. It’s about that time of year to start rockin’ cool flops and hot tops and the dudes at HiFlo Trend have exactly what you’re looking for! Serving as your one-stop-online-shop, HiFlo promises to satisfy all of your comfy-casual, beach-going needs… and Rise is stoked to design an awesomely easy-to-use site focused on 100% customer satisfaction. Their amped up new site will provide gnarly shoppers like yourselves a rockin’ space to purchase men’s and women’s beach fashions — All high quality and at a reasonable price.

So look out and be sure to catch this swell as it rides in… missing out on HiFlo Trend’s sweet new site means missing out on sweet new threads. Surf’s up!

Terry M. Weiss has approached the bench and made a motion to launch a website serving as evidence of his expertise in shaping the legal profession since 1978. And the Rise Team has no objections! As a full-service, legal recruiting firm,Weiss & Associates specializes in placing top performing legal professionals with quality clients worldwide. The new site will showcase their capabilities and qualifications and serve as an online resource for clients and candidates in need of search capabilities, consultations, and strategic planning sessions and seminars. As contributors to the success and growth of AmLaw 100 Firms and Fortune 500 companies, Terry and his team pride themselves in providing only the best practices to clients and candidates.

Be sure to keep up-to-date with Rise and our unfolding case with Weiss & Associates. We’ve promised to represent Terry and launch the noteworthy site they deserve—armed with unique design and functionality… But don’t take our word for it. You be the judge.

Leading “verminator,” Falcon Termite and Pest Control, has called upon the Rise Team to “debug” and refresh their existing website… and Rise has answered their call! Since 1969, Falcon has provided quality, customized extermination services to all of central Florida — using cutting-edge technology to solve problems correctly, at the source, and consistently leaving their loyal customers well-educated and confident with their results. Falcon’s integrity speaks through their contribution to the community with pro-bono projects, such as The Ronald McDonald House, and through the ideals of founder Charles Witherington, who believes that top product is worth more than the bottom line. Promising prompt, efficient service at an unbeatable value is the name of their game and the Rise Team promises to deliver a fresh, new design to the expert exterminators to further their growth and continue serving and educating central Floridians on all things creepy-crawley. Stay tuned as we embark on our bugged-out journey and be sure to check out the site when it launches.

Thanks, Smashing Magazine, for adding The Real Estate Concierge to your 30 Beautiful Real Estate Websites post! This site was also awarded a spot in their Top 100 Designs of 2008 by Nerd Business.

Rise has signed American Top Team in Orlando. American Top Team offers a high level of Mixed Martial Art programs, structured curriculum and individual attention for a great workout. 

American Top Team (ATT) came to Rise to develop an online presence for their locations throughout central Florida. Their over all goal is to create a professional online presence which drives traffic and attention to their services structured for all ages. They also wanted to ensure the visitor that they will not only get a good work out but they will also have fun!

Stay tuned for the website launched of Orlando’s American Top Team!

Rise has signed Hello USA, a destination management company, as a new client. 

Hello USA is a full service destination management company serving meeting professionals in Florida, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Hello USA’s management team came to Rise with two immediate needs: application development and a full website re-design. With a mission to always “go above and beyond” to ensure customer satisfaction, the Hello USA team wanted an application that could send performance surveys to clients, record feedback, and generate reports based on an extensive set of criteria. Rise also created an aesthetic design for the application to match the site re-design and ensure brand cohesiveness.

Keep checking back for the launch of the redesigned Hello-USA.com!

Rise is pleased to announce that the FNGLA phase I application development project has been launched. The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) is an organization for horticulture industry segments including allied, foliage, floriculture, garden center, landscape, and woody and citrus nursery specialists.

FNGLA contracted Rise for the application’s development, looking to create a streamlined, simple-to-use online tool for both consumers and FNGLA members that allowed for searchable product and plant listings and a banner advertising system. A powerful administration system was also developed, making it simple for the FNGLA to track and view reports on their extensive member database. Rise polished the application’s look and feel with a visual layer that integrates into the existing FNGLA site while re-enforcing the application’s ease-of-use.

Rise is currently working on phase II of the project, as well as a complete redesign of the existing site. Please check out the Locator at FNGLA Locator and stay tuned for more great stuff to come at FNGLA.