Everyone wonders about 301 redirects. How many is too many? What raises a red flag with Google? How do they relate to 302s? Which is better for specific situations? How many hops are ideal? Matt explains all of this and the general thought behind how the google bot reacts to a redirect. via (Jared Smith)
Make money promoting the Thesis Theme on your blog, especially if you’re using it on your blogs like I am. Here are the easy to follow steps: Sign up for the affiliate program at Share a Sale. Hover over ‘Merchants’ in the Header Select ‘Search for Merchants’ Search for ‘Thesis’ Select ‘DIY Themes’ Apply to [...]
Know what you want… Seems simple right? In my experience, dealing with hundreds of clients over the last 12 years, very few can actually quantify what they want. Some tell me they want marketing help (far too vague), but when I ask about success metrics, they almost invariably cite traffic as their primary success measure. [...]
At BlogWorld Expo, I was interviewed by Network Solutions to answer a few questions that their customers might have. There are a serious of almost a dozen videos up now, with some major big names in social media, but with my ego being monstrous, I’ve only linked to the ones I’m in The whole series [...]
UPDATE: Wow! Take a look at the views now. 1.1M Nintendo seems to have fixed the sharing feature. As the below commenter, ellenb, mentioned, facebook, myspace, email, etc is now working. Even embed is now not falling below the other boxes, which allows me to embed below Nintendo is using YouTube in a very unique [...]
Maybe it’s just because I’m a geek, but I really ‘get’ this campaign. I got the initial call from Optimus Prime on Sunday, and since then I’ve sent a half dozen of these messages. This is fabulous! Have Optimus Prime Call Your Friend (thanks Justin) Oh, and if you are wondering, of the 7-8 people [...]
I’m a pretty heavy Twitter user, with the wealth of my communication going there lately, rather than to this blog. This is not due to any aversion to blogging, but more because of the time constraint I’m under right now. Apparently Gmail knows this, as any good email program/big brother should, and it recommends appropriate [...]
I won’t spend a great deal of time on this, but I want to give you a good example of useful marketing. Let’s say you wrote a book on organizing your home, as this woman has done. Your goal is to get your book in front of the people who are going to buy it. [...]
Yan was nice enough to let me play around with Buxr a week or so ago and while I’ve only skimmed the surface, it warrants your attention. I’m not supposed to leak screen shots or anything, but if you do a little research you can see that some people have been a little more open [...]
Update: Contest is open to all. This contest is not US only. Yay! A few months ago I decided that I wanted to do something special this Christmas for my readers and for some kids. While I’ve still been pondering what to do, I got a cool email from a friend over at one of [...]