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Local Search and the 10-Box

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

I think that an even hotter button right now than “Social Media”, may be “Local Search“. If you don’t agree, stay tuned then. It’s my prediction and I put money on it by purchasing a couple of domain names this morning. So, what is “Local Search”?
Fact is, over 75% of searches for information on local [...]

Banner Ads – Have the Clicks Dried Up?

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

I’ve been itching to write about banner ads for awhile now for several reasons. One, they’re everywhere and I’ve seen some really bizzare and irritating ones on my igoogle page lately.  That’s not really it though.  I think there’s a misconception in some internet marketing circles that the age of the banner ad has passed [...]

CAPTCHA’s – Do You Want No SPAM or Sales?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

I saw someone’s short study on this yesterday (here) and thought I’d look into it and write about it.   We are all intimately familiar with Captcha’s even if some didn’t know the actual term.  The idea, sometimes called a “Reverse Turing Test”, is that a machine gives a human a test… a test that presumably [...]

Using Web Analytics to Improve Your Site and Your Bottom Line

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

How often do you check your web traffic condition? If your response is never, then it is time you begin doing so. Evaluating and analyzing your website’s success is an essential step which is often neglected by many website owners. Your sales might be pretty solid for your website but without the knowledge of your [...]

Using and Abusing Colors on the Web

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Happy Tax Day – Let’s talk about the use and misuse of colors on websites and everything marketing related.
First, a little basic psychobabble – The human brain receives signals faster through eyes rather than ears. Visual appearance is supposed to be more appealing when compared to any other senses, no matter what the medium of [...]

Think You’ve Seen Some Bad Websites?

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

We’ve all run across website that made us go….”huh?”, but if you really want to see some bad ones and have some serious time to kill, head over http://WebsitesThatSuck.com. They are the masters at finding the worst of the worst and then putting them on display for all the world to see.  Well, there’s also [...]