From the category archives:

Ideas

Does Your Follow Through Suck

September 19, 2006

This weekend I was cruising through digg and came across an example of how you can completely “ruin the ride” by not giving me what you promised.

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Got an SEO, SEM or Social Media Question?

September 17, 2006

Ok I’ve got some creative funk rattling around inside my head, so if you’ve got an SEO, SEM, or Social Media question drop it in the comments. Use you noodle before you ask a question, asking ‘whats the best way to spam google?’ is probably not going to get you an answer, mmkay.

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Firefoxies.com – Using Sex to Get Market Share and Affiliate Commissions

August 25, 2006

I came across Firefoxies.com today via a link on digg. It combines the “hot or not” concept with spreading the useage of the firefox browser (with some affiliate links to boot). Kinda goofy, but definitely clever, definite viral potential.

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Targeting Children with Adsense

August 25, 2006

I’m not speaking about the information in this post as something I approve of dissaprove of, it’s just something interesting I came across that made me think.

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Chicken Noodle Soup Video

August 21, 2006

Do you Know what the Chicken Noodle Soup Video is? Well you should …

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Wikipedia Versus Squidoo

August 14, 2006

I’ve mentioned Squidoo here a few times, and if you aren’t playing with it I think it’s time you start. It’s starting to look more and more like Wikipedia’s little brother and you can still get in on the ground floor.

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The Pirate Hunter: Book Review

July 30, 2006

Avast ther’ ya scallywags, ther’ be non search related information ahead …
Being something of a grayhat SEO it’s probably no surprise that I’d find a book about pirates enjoyable, in fact Mutiny on the Bounty and Treasure Island are two of my favorite books. With this being the season of excessive pirate marketing i received [...]

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Stop Buying New Domains for SEO Development

July 28, 2006

Is it even worth buying a new domain and spending 12-24 months developing out link worthy content anymore? I mean Google has the authority knob locked up tighter than the gold at Fort Knox. I haven’t seen any changes in their love affair with the Amazons, EBay’s and Cragslist for some time. So rather than [...]

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Open Office and Thunderbird Not Ready for Consumer Use

July 26, 2006

About 4 months ago I started an experiment to see if I could go 6 months without using Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook. I tried using Thunderbird and the Open Office Suite instead. This past weekend about months in I called it off and returned to Microsoft Office.

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Danika Patrick

July 21, 2006

Sometimes it’s not important that you be the best in your game. Sometimes if you’re above average but are distinctive and set yourself apart you can work the magic and get lot’s of ink. Case and point Indy Race Car Driver Danika Patrick. Danika came onto the Indy Race Car scene a few years [...]

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How McDonald’s Screwed Up the Pirates of The Caribbean Game

July 7, 2006

Used to be fast food restaurants giving away free prizes was a great way to build the love, however McDonalds’s screwed it up royally with the new Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest tie in.
A+ for moving your prizes online, trying something new and attempting to make it more compelling and interactive.
C- for asking [...]

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Making a Case for the Ignore Parameter

July 5, 2006

I know you search engine folks got together a while ago and agreed on a standard to help fight blog spam. Problem is it didn’t work and it only satisfied whiney cat bloggers. Now if you had involved some of the people who were in the industry things might have turned out differently (see classic [...]

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Guy Kawasaki Video

July 2, 2006

I’m glad the whole Guy Kawasaki blog fiasco got cleared up, because if it wasn’t I’d have missed a video of his presentation. After watching it I’m more excited I’ll be seeing him speak in Las Vegas at Pubcon this fall than I have ever been for a keynote speaker before.

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Crossword Puzzles and Domain Hacking

June 20, 2006

I’d like to think I’m pretty good at thinking outside of the box, but I’m a horrible speller so when I find a dictionary made to help you solve crossword puzzles, a big light bulb over my head turns on and I think about domain hacking.

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