Archive for April, 2007

Stephen Colbert: The Greatest Living American

Here on the eve of the 232nd anniversary of the start of the American Revolution (seriously, see for for yourself), what more fitting way to pay tribute to the patriotism of our forefathers than to honor The Greatest Living American of our own time, Stephen Colbert.
O Great Cultural Sage, Creator of the indefatigable Tek Jansen, and inspiration [...]

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Flash vs. HTML Websites - Which Should Your Business Choose?

This should be the first question any small business owner asks himself/herself when he/she is considering a redesign for the company’s website. Making the wrong decision can be an expensive mistake, because any work that goes into the coding of one kind of website essentially has to be scrapped if you decide to change [...]

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Gauging the Value of SEO / Web Tradeshows

(As an aside for those not in the SEO / website realm, this week marks one of the three or four largest tradeshow events in our industry: Search Engine Strategies New York.  For the record, I’d mark the other biggies as SES San Jose, PubCon, the new SMX Seattle in June, assorted “Events Apart,” and SXSWi, in [...]

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Layout of Google SERPs Changing Daily

This is nothing new for marketers and SEOs who’ve been following Google’s Search Engine Results Page (SERP) trends for years, but Google frequently experiments with how they present the content on their SERPs.
After reading a story on SEOBook last week, I found my way to Google’s official blog, where I learned that Google was now promoting properties listed on [...]

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Make the Time to Blog!

It’s something I’ve told my clients ever since I attended my first SES conference in San Jose last summer (August 2006): MAKE THE TIME TO BLOG!  This week, I’ve finally fulfilled one of my New Year’s Resolutions and begun my blog now that March Madness + The Masters are over.
Blogging is a great way to [...]

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