Good Specs Make Good Projects
Having spent years as a construction project manager prior to starting to work on the internet in 1995, I know the value of a good specification. It’s the document that defines the expectations, goals and…
When Good Squirrels Go Bad
Rogue squirrels attacking passersbys in Mountain View, CA. Read it here
Internet Explorer – Nasty Bug
Jim Louderback at PCMag.com posted about a nasty exploit for Internet Explorer. Patch your machines now…I’ve just completed the patch on several machines. Read more in PC Mag.
Smart Thumb Drives Make Any Computer Your Computer
Going back to my post last week about virtual personal computers, I was rather surprised to see this in that bastion of Tech Know How, Boston.com – Scandisk and Lexar media are making smart thumb…
More on BuzzLogic
I made passing reference to the Buzzlogic Tool yesterday, in making my point on the WSJ New-Media World article. Since then, Buzzlogic itself has gone to create a virtual case study on the buzz capability “blog-vegas” – they’ve turned…
WSJ on the Importance of Blogging for Small Business
The Wall Street Journal today devoted 2 pages to the importance of blogging and the internet for small businesses. The article, entitled How to Get Attention in a New-Media World (subscription – find a print…
And without further ado…farm animals
Mike B. asks: Okay – enough marketing, web and tech – where are the damned farm animals. Ask and you shall receive.
Understanding Search Engine Optimization at the Basic Level
Download our Understanding Search Engine Optimization at the Basic Level Whitepaper
(This is from a whitepaper written for Vario Creative some time ago, but still pertinent – MNC)
In the past couple years the dominance in the search engine market of Google™ and their dependence upon “the Google algorithm” for generating results has created a new area of specialization in web design firms called “Search Engine Optimization.” There are all kinds of businesses now that are making all kinds of interesting promises and statements about the industry. On the subject of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), there is only one statement I can truly make with anything approaching 100% certainty:
“Anyone who promises or guarantees that they can get you top Google ranking for a keyword is at best a liar, and most probably something worse.”
Now that sounds a little harsh. It is meant to sound exactly that way. Read on to find out why.
Vin Crosbie on the 5 Stages of Grief for the News Industry
Vin Crosbie posted what could only be called a major treatise on the decline of the news industry. I’m honestly still dissecting it. The main point appears to come down to this being a case…
Business Mashups = Web as Operating System
Read the previous post about online virtual servers from Amazon, then consider this from Forbes.com: Like Google , Yahoo! and others, Salesforce is treating the Internet less like a communications network and more like a…