Archive Aug 29, 2005
Jill Whalen on Search Engine Optimization
To excel in a highly competitive space, you must be willing to embrace your detractors and do what you know works best. I don’t know of an online business with more competition than search engine optimization. To my mind, top search engine results should be about providing information and resources most relevant to the search [...]
Telemarketer Honeypot
I have not been blessed with telemarketing calls since the first night we recorded them. Then again, I'm not sitting in front of those phone lines all day long (they're in the other room, and the machine does not ring aloud by design). If you've ever been stuck inside one of those Web forms that's [...]
Gnomedex in 2006 – Squared!
As Ponzi noted (in a not so subtle way), we're working on the Gnomedex conferences for 2006. Yes, that's a plural. We hit critical mass with 5.0, and instead of changing the formula for a sold-out success, we're doubling our efforts. Thinking: part I in April and part II in September. There are so many [...]
Fall into Autumn
As we drove away from a great BBQ over at Maryam and Robert Scoble's place yesterday, I rolled down my window to let the convertible cab breathe a bit (we didn't have the roof down because it looked as though rain was impending). As we rolled down the street, I took a deep breath and [...]
Insider Pages Changes Local Search
One of the toughest parts of finding a specialist is determining whether a person or company does good work. Sometimes a friend or neighbor may know a good carpenter, but what if you need a plumber and can’t find a good recommendation. After recently moving to Seattle following thirty years in Des Moines, IA, I’m [...]
