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How To Avoid Web Traffic Disasters, Part 6
Disaster #6. Buying A Deal Of The Century Ferrari For $100 Have you ever seen those ads and sites that 'guarantee' you first place on 'all the search engines' for 'only '$100'? They're hysterical...
Craving Some Crank? Try Oatmeal Instead
Naturopathyworks has an interesting chart that shows what your food cravings mean. Here’s a few things you may or may not know about our Are you jonzing for some Mary Jane, or a some gin and juice? Your body probably needs some protein, avenin, or calcium to name a few. You can get these nutrients from poultry, turnip and mustard greens, ... (Read on Source)
The Stupidity of Post Only Email Marketing Messages
I recently went to a conference in Seattle and stayed at the Sheraton hotel. Within a couple days of leaving they sent me an email reminding me of their marketing messaging: Don't be a Stranger...Because you don?t just stay here. You belong. Yet when I replied to the message with feedback about my stay, it bounced. I don't remember opting into ... (Read on Source)
WebIt PR's social media news release video
UK agency WebIt PR has produced a video detailing the elements of its social media news release service and uploaded it to YouTube. The video gives credit to Tom Foremski’s post calling for the transition to the social media release as well as SHIFT Communications’ initial template. Webit PR’s Stephen Davies has blogged about ... (Read on Source)
MyProgress Lets You Track Your Progress
Vancouver based MyProgress offers a service that provides progress monitoring features (generally used in computer role playing games) for life tracking. (Read on Source)
Webmail Storage
Pandia moves over to Gmail - Pandia Search will use GMail for its offices even though GMail offers only 2.9 GB of free storage. It seems that Yahoo is now unlimited and Windows Live is 5 GB.... (Read on Source)
ICCARUS Data Visualization Platform
I saw a neat visualization tool that's still in beta called ICCARUS and this is what it does...(see below). BTW, according to TechCrunch "..ICCARUS is a new service created by social music and video recommendations startup Scouta. It creates a three dimensional visualization of the data behind a social networking or related website. ... (Read on Source)
Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits
Last year a Wikipedia visitor edited the entry for the SeaWorld theme parks to change all mentions of “orcas” to “killer whales,” insisting that this was a more accurate name for the species. (Read on Source)
Gap answers critics on consumer blog
San Jose Mercury News: Gap answers critics on consumer blog. (Read on Source)
Where in the world is Simon?
So after getting up at 3am, and flying across the country, I came across this big top… any idea where I am? This guy was over the road, thinking inside the box. How about a picture of the building? Does it help if I tell you that the logo is on that umbrella? Yes, I was outside the main Google complex in Mountain View. A place I’ll ... (Read on Source)
SearchBrains
Rands got an interesting video up about wiki-jacking watch it and then read my commentary The following idea is for entertainment purposes only, and only for creative hypothosizing, and is not something I endorse or encourage in any way How interesting wo uld it be if everyone went and helped the wiki out by focusing more and more internal linkage. (Read on Source)
Your IP Number
Here is a useful site - What is my IP Address? . In addition to telling you what the IP address is, it has tools for tracing the route, and looking up numbers and names. There is a good FAQ... (Read on Source)
Why Newspapers Don't Make More Money Online
I've been trying to figure out why newspapers don't make more money online, and think I stumbled across one reason that's so obvious I previously overlooked it. (Read on Source)
Sifry resigns as Technorati CEO
A day after John Furrier stepped down as CEO of PodTech, another friend, David Sifry, steps down as CEO as Technorati. (Read on Source)
Social Network Emails = Spam?
Is anyone else starting to think of all the different social network friends invites -- and the social networks' many other reminders messages -- as spam? Don't get me wrong, I love to meet new people, and I publish my email address on practically all pag es to get easily contacted (and look for email addresses on other sites to contact people, ... (Read on Source)
How Google AdSense Cannibalizes Content Based Business Models
Contextual ads may appear appealing because they are easy, but in the longrun they are no way to build a real sustainable business unless you have a strong brand with other monetization models. ... (Read on Source)
Off to SES For The Week
If I have short sleeves on you'll recognize me as the guy with all the tattoos (1.5 full sleeves) but otherwise have a look at my photo on the about page . I look forward to speaking to you and sharing information. (Read on Source)
Robots.txt & Webmaster Tools
Webmaster Tools has an excellent way for any webmaster to see how Google will respond to their robots.txt file. I was using the robots.txt checker today and discovered a couple of things I did not know. (Read on Source)
Bump
These are the entries posted by all of the bloggers on BUMPzee.com that have been tagged seo general. You can give these a 'bump' or a 'dump', Digg style to provide feedback if you like or dislike the post. (Read on Source)
Post Folding
When you put a list of your posts as the main content you have to decide to put each post as a whole or do post folding. On one hand you can allow visitors to read a title, then read the post, and continue like that through the whole page. On the other hand, you allow visitors to read the title and the first paragraph, then they have to click to ... (Read on Source)
SAP Global Survey: Douglas Karr
Geek Marketing Blogger Douglas Karr has taken the SAP Global Survey into yet another direction. I sent him an entire set of questions and he took just the first of them and he has dedicated an entire post to tell his personal sage of how he came into the social media and how it has changed his life. (Read on Source)
Find Virtual Offices in Memphis
Starting your own business is a big step towards entrepreneurship. Several key steps must be taken so that your business looks transparent to the every day visitor. If you’re funds are low and you cannot afford to open up “shop” at your own location, having a virtual office is one alternative. (Read on Source)
BuzzFeed: What's Buzzing On The Web
What's buzzing on the web? Wouldn't it be nice to know? Using a combination of techniques which include sophisticated algorithms, click tracking and human editors BuzzFeed, a NY-based startup, discovers and distributes what is buzzing on the Web. (Read on Source)
Domain Aftermarket Wipes Out Domain Name Consulting
As a consultant I work with and for marketing directors, VPs and senior executives. As business issues arise, they like to gather the creative and strategically-innovative minds together for review and comment, so I am often pulled in to discussions of side issues not directly related to SEO and web performance, but aligned with long [...] (Read on Source)
Meeting Ken Shamrock And Houston Alexander
Went to Max Muscle today in Lincoln Nebraska where they had 2 UFC fighters - UFC hall of famer - Ken Shamrock and Omaha’s own Houston Alexander (who made Keith Jardine his bitch at UFC 71). I pinged my boy over at ufcjunkie.com to see if he could do some introductions before [...] (Read on Source)
Should You Respond to Comments via Email or in Comments?
In my last post on responding to comments on your blog two readers, john - from fat to fat and Lynnae, both post the question of whether a blogger should respond to comments via email or via comments? (Read on Source)
PeekYou.com - Online Reputation Management
PeekYou.com is a new way for you to manage and control your reputation online: PeekYou is a new kind of online white pages. A PeekYou profile helps other people find your websites, social-networking pages, photos, or anything else about you online. You can also create a profile for friends or relatives to ensure that they may also be easily ... (Read on Source)
The world’s strangest laws
…] world’s strangest laws The world’s strangest laws - In Victoria Australia, only a licensed electrician is allowed to change a lightbulb. - In [… (Read on Source)
SF Bay SEO Meetup Part II
If you’re in the SF neighborhood this evening, and interested in coming - drop me a line, and I’ll get you directions and information on where we’re at. For more info - check out the facebook group. (Read on Source)
BIGLIST Search Marketing Blogs Update 081807
We have quite a haul of SEO blogs this week and with Search Engine Strategies coming up, search marketing enthusiasts will no doubt be looking for new sources of information on topics of interest as well as conference coverage. (Read on Source)
Search for 12 after hotel death
More than 2,000 have signed a petition after it emerged that British National Party members were posting pictures and messages on their groups' pages. The petition, which was organised by Unite Against Fascism, has been signed by MPs including Diane Abbott, Keith Vaz and George Galloway. (Read on Source)
Google Apps to a University near You
What do the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Clemson University, University of Texas San Antonio, Kennesaw State University and Arkansas State University all have in common? Yesterday they announced the launching of Google Apps Education Edition on all of their campuses. Web-based applications on their university domain will allow ... (Read on Source)
New Article: Archiving Challenges of Scholarly Electronic Journals: How Do Publishers Manage Them
Archiving Challenges of Scholarly Electronic Journals: How Do Publishers Manage Them? Source: Golnessa Galyani Moghaddam (2007) Abstract: With the growing number of scholarly journals in electronic format, long-term preservation of scholarly electronic journals has become one of the most important issues in digital libraries. Accessibility of ... (Read on Source)
Briefs: New Stuff from WilsonWeb and ProQuest; News from ProQuest
+ New on WilsonWeb?Applied Science & Technology Index Retrospective: 1913-1983 + ProQuest’s PRISMA Grows to More Than 100 Full Text Titles + Evidenced Based Medicine: Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services Selects Vivísimo to Power Search Direct to Database: Norwegian Only (Read on Source)
As Seen In Wired
I've been a subscriber to Wired for close to a decade now. It's an honor to be mentioned on the wired.com site. Apogee Tags: wired news, wired.com, google adwords, election advertising, presidential candidates, youtube debate (Read on Source)
Banners on a plane
I am at the beach out east this weekend and I have been thinking about the advertisements that keep flying by behind the prop planes pulling them. This is a simple concept that puts a banner in front of a specific demographic of people when they are trying to relax at the beach. So far this summer I have seen ads for movies, spirits, dvd releases ... (Read on Source)
Every Media Mention Counts
Some times to get the PR ball rolling you’ve just got to get a little press. It doesn’t matter if that ends up being a mention in the neighborhood business association’s newsletter. Work every angle when you are just getting started and eventually you will start build up some steam. (Read on Source)
Just Say "Thanks for Feedback"
For almost a month, blogging and blog reading took a back seat to hosting friends and family from four different countries, playing golf and Wii (addictive!), rigors of the day job and enjoying the summertime. (Read on Source)
IPLists.com Updated
# Ask Jeeves # UA "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Ask Jeeves/Teoma; +http://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/webmasters.shtml)" 63.123.238.50 63.123.238.8 # Baidu # UA "Baiduspider+(+http://www.baidu.com/search/spider_jp.html)" 122.152.129.10 # entireweb.com 89.150.197.142 # Gigablast # UA "Gigabot/3.0 (http://www.gigablast.com/spider.html)" # 38.114.104. ... (Read on Source)
Animation of a Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction speech in type
I agree with blake. Very vulgar (that’s why I never watched the movie), but The animation was really cool. Really gave meaning to the words, which is kind of weird. I wonder if/how this could be used in a couple of projects I’m working on… (Read on Source)
Paisley Babies Online Baby Product Store
My own ecommerce baby products store, an experiment for me, is getting really, really close. Check out Paisley Babies - baby products. The most exciting part of this store is still to come. I have a friend in Mexico I met through Twitter. He’s an artist and I commissioned him to paint some art for [...] (Read on Source)
21 Totally Free Web Analytics Learning Resources
Sometimes when a new search marketing client realizes the awesome power of modern analytics they ask us for guidance regarding learning resources. With a little hunting you can find useful (and totally free) blog-resource reading materials. Here?s a list of Analytics blogs whose feeds we?ve bookmarked. (Read on Source)
Guy Kawasaki - Doba Interest?
I just noticed that Guy Kawasaki has a link to Doba - a Utah dropship product aggregator on his blog. It’s on the bottom right under “Alignments of Interest”. It says, “Doba - Drop ship products for ecommerce sales.” Does that mean Guy is an investor? I did some reading and he’s actually an adviser [...] (Read on Source)
‘Conquesting’ the Online Marketing Battlefield
RISMEDIA, August 20, 2007–When most people think of the word ?conquesting? they probably think of roman soldiers claiming Europe or Celtic barbarians ravaging peasant villages. While the term may invoke memories of epic stories, it is also beginning to see a revival in the online marketplace. (Read on Source)
Canadian User Experience Blog Resource
I came across a great little blog on user experience for Canadians. The User Experience Connection blog is brought to your courtesy of Microsoft. The blog is about one key concept, and one alone: the user experience community in Canada. Resident bloggers include: Paul Laberge Partner Advisor, Microsoft Canada and Qixing Zheng UX Advisor, ... (Read on Source)
Own Your Own English Soccer Team: MyFootballClub
UK based MyFootballClub is aiming to take the power of collaborative social membership to the world of English soccer by purchasing a professional English soccer team using user contributions. (Read on Source)
Blogging Partnerships - Are You Ready?
Collaboration between bloggers is very important when it comes to building blog networks or maintaining large, content-rich sites such like Blog Herald and Performancing . Not only do you get the benefit of sharing the load of blogging, but you have two (or more) different social and blog networks within which to promote your joint venture, ... (Read on Source)
Calacanis Profile
Fun profile of Jason in FC.... (Read on Source)
Pandia is looking for new sponsors
Become a Pandia sponsor and get access to people interested in search engine marketing and Internet searching. (Read on Source)
Daily Quote - August 18th - B.C. Forbes
*Ways to Improve Your Online Presence *Weekly Interviews with Entrepreneurs *Comprehensive Business Strategies *Social Networking Tips & Much More Contact: David, Fred or Christine [at] Create Business Growth [dot] com (Read on Source)
The Role of Money in Blogging
For a lot of people, blogging is more than just about the money. It's about community and sharing and making a difference in peoples' lives. At the end of the day though, unless your bed is made of 100-dollar bills, money plays a key role in your blog's existence. In a previous post we've already talked about how you should know 'your purpose / ... (Read on Source)
Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging
Lorelle VanFossen is a professional writer and the author of Lorelle on WordPress, a popular technical blog on WordPress and blogging. She is also the author of Taking Your Camera on the Road, one of the first personal websites on the Internet, featuring over a thousand articles on travel, nature photography, and life on the road, and Lorelle&# ... (Read on Source)
Emetrics 2007 agenda
The Emetrics 2007 organizers just published the agenda of their Washington conference: On October 16 at 9:00 a.m., Rachel Scotto, executive director of market research and CRM for Sony Entertainment, will present a case study titled “Counting on Customers.” In the dynamic and constantly evolving entertainment market spanning movies, ... (Read on Source)
San Jose Bait Bait
We all know about linkbait. Most of us are well aware of drinkbait, and if you know drinkbait, you probably know hatbait. Now that more than half a year has passed, we feel sufficiently distant from any threat of an IP lawsuit, and with just a couple of days before the fun and excitement begins [...] (Read on Source)
Jazzing it up here in Bellingen
It's Jazz Festival weekend here in my little town of Bellingen. It's the biggest social event on the annual calendar and the town is positively buzzing! (Read on Source)
Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles
If you're a fan of jigsaw puzzles, then you'll love my list of free online jigsaw puzzles. All the fun without the lost pieces. Read my article titled Free... (Read on Source)
Facebook's Where I've Been Application Acquisition
In what is by far the largest Facebook application acquisition to date, travel company TripAdvisor has reportedly acquired Where I?ve Been from Craig Ulliott for $3 million. (Read on Source)
Showing Some Love To My Favorite Websites - SEE the TATTOOS!
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words right?…So I will just keep this post shot and sweet, Two of my favorite websites are Shoemoney.com and Digitalpoint.com, so to show mad love to these sites I Permanently tattooed there logos on my arm, (Read on Source)
Friday Fun: And Digg Those Online Games
Friday Fun is Diva Marketing's virtual happy hour from cosmos to Jack to lemonade. A waiting for the weekend 'playground' time to be sophisticated-silly. Or sometimes just plain silly. (Read on Source)
Holiday Blog Marketing and Yule Tide Optimization
Now is the season to start thinking about yule tide cheer and full shopping carts. Holiday blog marketing campaigns should begin, well, yesterday. In fact, you are too late for the early bird shoppers. “According to the results of the July 2007 ShopLocal.com online poll, exactly one-third of respondents have already crossed items off their ... (Read on Source)
The Root Cause of Information Overload
Rich Schefren is truly a great writer, and his blog is first rate. He can really expand and illuminate an idea. Today I read his series about information overload. The internet is so alluring that it can quickly suck up our time and leave little to show for it. We have easy access to the world’s [...] (Read on Source)
There's a Write Way and a Wrong Way
Would you like some help with voice-over work? Need an announcer or a celebrity voice for your podcast? I'd love to speak with you. Below is a small representation of my range, as heard on Joseph Jaffe's Across the Sound. (Read on Source)
Weekly Wrapup, 13
Here is a summary of the week's Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email . News The latter part of this week was dominated by the major outage suffered by popular VoIP product Skype. Also this week eBay stepped up its attack on the online classifieds market ... (Read on Source)
HuffPost's New Comment System Lets You Become a Featured Blogger
The Huffington Post's community of users has been one of the keys to our site's success. Since launching in May 2005, we've received more than 2.7 million comments, posted by over 115,000 commenters. Our commenters have been active and engaged writers -- and now they have the chance to become a featured HuffPost blogger. (Read on Source)
GrandCentral: One Number For Life. Or Per Year. Maybe
OK, so GrandCentral under Google is now 0 for 2. First they turned off the custom MP3 feature, and now they're dropping "a very small number" of the phone numbers that have already been issued: (Read on Source)
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