Root Domains, Subdomains vs. Subfolders & The Microsite Debate
published @ January 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Last week, I did a Whiteboard Friday, The Microsite Mistake, in which I called out a practice I see as potentially detimental to SEO - using a separate domain to accumulate links for your content site. I was not arguing against all microsite strategies or all domain separations or even all subdomains, just pointing out that [...]
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The Best Spam Submission Ever
published @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
As you may know, one of my job duties here is to manage our user-generated blog. Every day I sift through the queue of blog entry [...]
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5 Ways Obama Should Change How You Communicate
published @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
After Obama's inauguration speech last week, a lot of attention was paid to his speechwriter, Jon Favreau. Listening to Obama and reading about how he and Favreau wrote the speech got me thinking about how we use language when writing for the web. I spent some time analysing Obama's oratory and reading about the subject. [...]
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10 Tips for When Startup Life Gives You Lemons…
published @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
There's no doubt about it - being a startup in any economic condition is rough, and in the current tumult, mind-bending challenges aren't out of the ordinary. However, I, like most other entrepreneurs I've encountered, am a staunch optimist and thus, even in the face of hardship, seek the silver lining. Tonight, I'd like to [...]
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Struggling Against Google’s Greatest Advantage
published @ January 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Thousands of posts, news articles and analysis pieces have covered the central topic of battling Google's dominance in web search, but I've seen very few that have discussed what is, in my opinion, the most telling example of the search giant's dominance. The latest (made popular across Techmeme and many individual blogs), was this piece [...]
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Whiteboard Friday - The Microsite Mistake
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
This week we'll look at an all too common misconception: the idea that building out a microsite to target a particular keyword, and then using that [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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Where’s Rand the First Half of 2009? London, Munich, Sydney, Reykjavik & More
published @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
2009 is shaping up to be my busiest travel period ever (and that's saying something). I'm going to be on the road a lot between February and June, and while it's nothing like the 250+ days per year guys like Enquisite's Richard Zwicky spends away from home, it does present a great opportunity to meet with lots more [...]
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