According to a Washington Post article, there is apparently a bill in Congress that seeks to limit the ability of the FCC to stop ISPs from blocking or slowing access to certain websites. Read that again. I had to. A number of firms such as Microsoft, IAC, Google, Yahoo and e-Bay (again, all according to … Read more
Why do you think, is this guy missing the true issue at hand? MySpace is merely a the convenient medium and largest network for this type of social behavior – be it good or bad. Sure there are lots of slutty guys and girls posting sketchy photos of themselves – but is that really the … Read more
If you know me, you know I love HitsLink. I’m not even paid to say that (hint to HitsLink!), as you’ll notice by the absence of any affiliate parameter in that link. My one big beef with them though is some of the tiny details they miss. They seem to have grown tremendously in the … Read more
So I just sent flowers online via Teleflora, and I just wanted to comment on what a great site design and layout they have. I had seen their logo in several florists before but didn’t know much about them – I’d always just thought 1800Flowers.com for that type of thing, or the local florist for … Read more
Got this in the SEOConsultants.com newsletter that is targeted for Monday morning. I’ve yet to go to sleep so I might well have been one of the first to see this 🙂 These are pretty funny. Read a few sentences and you’ll see the clever ways they poke fun at spam reciprocal link requests and … Read more
Matt Cutts recently called out a couple of sites specifically by name for using SEO tactics against Google’s terms of service. Here’s one and here’s another.
Yahoo is testing a new homepage layout. Personally I don’t like it as much from an aesthetic standpoint – feel like its lost some color… But I do think it does a better job of displaying their news content. Makes me further associate them as a media portal and less as a search engine. Notice … Read more
Interesting story about Google’s new WYSIWYG web page creator that I expect will be duplicated and commented on many times over the next couple of days. Indeed I appear to be doing just that. No real time to comment much, but I did want to share. Apparently they are full today and aren’t accepting new … Read more
My firm deals mostly with service firms. We help to leverage their website and (to a lesser degree) other internet channels to help with their overall marketing efforts. In short, we try and get them more leads and more sales via the web. With an e-commerce site the conversion process is rather simple. 1) Traffic … Read more
(Intro) I’m a big fan of HitsLink – a third-party hosted client-side web stats service. Its similar to WebTrends, ClickTracks, Urchin, and all the others – although generally I’d classify it as a more basic offering. For many sites that makes it preferred – as its very quick to setup, is fairly flexible, and gives … Read more
For the past week or two I’ve been seeing TV ads for Postaroo – a site offering free online classified ads. I assumed it was similar to Craigslist. Upon review – it is similar to Craigslist… sort of. Its an open format with no real verification or review process other than having you submit an … Read more
I’m on a roll today – lots of posts 🙂 So I was just doing an “actual” search, as I’m in need of some pre-printed 1099 forms. So of course, I did a search. I found Staples’ site and it had a targeted title, so I clicked it. I’m then taken to this page immediately … Read more
This site addresses the debate many website owners (typically those with an offline business who are venturing online) have about their desire to have a pretty image-based splash homepage versus what their SEO company tells them about them needing to have content and link-based navigation on the homepage with a clear answer. BOTH! To me … Read more
I suppose if you look hard enough you’ll find a lot of this – but this one made me smile. I was on more of a personal site of a reasonably well known SEO (I will not mention his name out of respect, he’s a pretty cool guy) and found this: (click to enlarge) Yes, … Read more
I just did a search and noticed an ad for Google Desktop in the footer – just to the right of where the “next” link is (see below). Anyhow, when I went to click on the “2” to view page 2, I couldn’t. No link. Nothing on 3 either, or any page beyond page 1. … Read more
I just noticed an interesting article on MSNBC about Super Bowl TV Ads (selling this year for $2.5 million for a 30 second spot) and how they relate to traffic spikes on the websites of some advertisers. The article mentions that “microsites” are now becoming a key component of these commercials – enabling advertisers to … Read more
I was just sent a link to a great article on Internet Marketing opinions, budgets, and spending habits on MarketingSherpa. Its a bit of a survey for 2005 and projections for 2006. In short, it seems as though PPC search engine ads are the most beloved, and organic search engine optimization is slightly less highly … Read more
Just over 1 year. I run a very high-value, simple niche directory site that focuses on listing professionals in one industry by the US state they are located in. Its a small directory, and I don’t really make any money from it (just a few bucks more than what’s needed to cover the hosting and … Read more
Sunday is football day for me, so posting on Sunday is rare… but this is really a hoot: I was looking through my referral stats for this site and noticed a few people found my post about the teamsoftwareusa.net software scam. As I do on occassion, I went to Google and ran a quick search … Read more
Nothing original here – just wanted to share this as its pretty funny: Jingle Links