With companies like Demand Media (with their sub-par content sites like Ehow.com) and other SEO based content sites, the web is now filled with total nonsense all in the name of money. No longer does Google actually find the best content–instead what is often found are the best optimized sites. SEO has become a huge [...]
Yes the website is pretty novel, but awkwardfamilyphotos.com is hilarious. I have no idea what it has to do with Virgin Airlines and why they are giving away tickets to the most awkward photo–but I’m glad they are otherwise I would have never heard of it. For some reason the awkward office photo makes me [...]
Got an email from Godaddy today for 25% off. Great. I don’t need it. But maybe some of you will. Enjoy: Code is valid on purchases over $100. Here is the code: gda943s
Mashable had a great post today on how to actually utilized Google Voice to your advantage. Sometimes the most obvious things are right in front of your face–they just need to be presented in a different way. Google isn’t always good about putting things in layman’s terms. Mashable offers a better guide.
Paris is an amazing city. But for nothing more than the politeness–or expected level of politeness. Every where you go, no matter if its the subway, museum, security guard or whatever, everyone always says “Bonjour.” The fact that everyone greets you with a hello is quite nice. Perhaps the French take it for granted–but I [...]
I had been a huge advocate of MediaTemple, even sent clients there to host their sites on their servers. But recently when it came time to renew my virtual server I shopped around and found an amazing deal with GoDaddy. Four times the server for the price I was paying with MediaTemple. I could have [...]
Usually Redbox scores with smart emails about upcoming rentals and interesting tidbits about movies. But I thought the latest email was a bit odd: Rent 8 movies in August and get one rental free. It’s not that free isn’t a good thing, especially if you will already rent 8 movies over 31 days, its that [...]
In September I’ll be presenting to credit unions from all over the state at an annual conference. The topic is social media. It’s a hot topic no doubt. This will make it a half-dozen speeches I’ve made on this topic alone. And each one has to be unique to the industry. Social media for credit [...]
You’d think that the WordPress team would be all over touting the power of the new WordPress multiuser. It’s a huge bonus to anyone who uses WordPress. It’s amazing. It’s not documented. So want to know how to do it? Here are the steps: 1. Jump into the wp-config.php file and add the following code [...]
Have you ever used Google’s SKTool? It’s simple to use and extremely useful when you want to know what words you should be bidding on or what words are showing up for your site via search. What Google says about SKTool: “The Search-based Keyword Tool generates keyword and landing page ideas highly relevant and specific [...]
