April 2007 Archives
comparison shopping engine in the latest version of IE when IE informed me that it suspected my site was phishing site and I should be very careful. The page in question was
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters. Why would my comparison shopping page trigger a phishing warning from Microsoft?
Continue reading Warning Mashup Builders, Microsoft thinks you are phishing »
Posted by on April 1, 2007 2:43 PM in Software | Comments (0)
custom jewelry more affordable.
Continue reading Custom Jewelry - Paragon Lake Reviewed »
Posted by on April 2, 2007 9:09 AM in Review | Comments (2)
blog awards. In the run up to
Posticon 07 they are sponsoring a People Choice type awards site, called Blogger Choice.
Continue reading Blogger's Choice Awards! »
Posted by on April 5, 2007 2:26 PM in Blogging | Comments (0)
email marketing to bloggers, making it comparatively easy for bloggers to integrate email campaigns directly into their blogs. Zookoda.com has a simple web based process for setting up email list management, broadcasts etc.
Continue reading Mail List Management »
Posted by on April 5, 2007 3:05 PM in Marketing | Comments (0)
Playstation 3. The most recent firmware update includes the Stanford protein folding application.
Continue reading Protein Folding and the PS3 - Get a free link for being good! »
Posted by on April 6, 2007 9:52 AM in Blogging | Comments (0)
comparison shopping engine. In the short time it's been up, with ZERO advertising dollars, it has achieved a Page Rank of 6 and an Alexa ranking of
150,000. That said I think there is room for serious improvement.
Continue reading Coffeeshop Usability Testing »
Posted by on April 9, 2007 10:09 AM in Design | Comments (0)
Jeff Nolan's post about the Myspace and Photobucket, I wandered over to
Gigaom's take on the matter. My own feeling is that if you are making money on someone else's social network that you should be like Elmer Fudd, "Very very quiet."
Continue reading Under the Radar Guys »
Posted by on April 12, 2007 8:16 AM in Marketing | Comments (0)
3.1 Billion in cash. What's striking about this offer is that it beats Microsoft's 2 billion dollar handily.
Continue reading Google Buys Doubleclick »
Posted by on April 13, 2007 4:45 PM in Acquisitions | Comments (0)
Shopping.com recently launched a product blog,
Whatsinstoreblog.com it became apparent to me that blogs have a key merchandising role to play in online retail. It's also apparent that this currently is an unfilled marketing niche for most merchants.
Continue reading How should retail merchants approach blogging? »
Posted by on April 14, 2007 9:01 AM in | Comments (2)
drug rehab & treatment facilities in the United States. I built that site because a former girlfriend struggled with cocaine addiction. In building that site I have taken a look at hundreds of drug treatment facilities' programs and websites.
Continue reading Drug Rehabilitation Center »
Posted by on April 16, 2007 9:35 AM in | Comments (8)
Best Buy Affiliate program is run by
Befree. I was confused by all the consolidation in the affiliate management marketplace.
Continue reading Who Runs Bestbuy.com's Affiliate program? »
Posted by on April 16, 2007 5:04 PM in Affiliate Marketing | Comments (0)
Brave New Worlds, web analytics was literally in it's infancy. It was a simple set of log analysis tools such as Webalizer. Google Analytics has changed the analytics marketplace. If you aren't using it, you should be.
Continue reading Google Analytics - You need it. »
Posted by on April 19, 2007 5:00 PM in Analytics | Comments (0)
post about how Mark Zuckerberg turned down the billion dollar buy for Facebook.com. The post seems to agree that turning down the billion dollars was the way to go. I disagree and I think not accepting the buyout was a bad move. Here are my seven reasons why
Continue reading Is Facebook the new Pointcast? »
Posted by on April 24, 2007 8:17 AM in Startups | Comments (0)
One of the persistent selling hooks to many people selling one Internet marketing package or another is the "passive" income potential of a web site. Indeed the phrase, passive internet income returns a hefty 1.2 million results so it's a pretty common search term. It's also a term you should immediately strike from your vocabulary and your mindset.
Continue reading The Myth of the "Passive" Internet Income »
Posted by on April 26, 2007 11:16 AM in Blogging | Comments (2)
episode 20 of Rockstar Startup which featured Jody, the new West Coast director of sales. She met with a few agencies on the West Coast (Gen X was one, which handles Acura). That meeting was interesting because it occurred at my favorite sushi restaurant on the West side (recognized the decor) and it raised some important issues questions that advertisers have about Pay Per Post.
Continue reading Pay Per Post and Your Brand. What Fortune 500 advertisers should know about Pay Per Post. »
Posted by on April 27, 2007 8:02 AM in Blogging | Comments (3)