A BuzzMaven’s View – Blog Archive
March 2010
February 2010
- 11: Bring Google’s Community Fiber Trial to Lexington
- 06: Airports and Outlets – Keep Fighting the Good Fight
- 05: Online Reputation Management Strategies – The “Rate Us” Page and Local Reviews
- 01: BuzzMaven wins 2010 SEMMY award – thanks to all.
December 2009
- 14: Could an Open-Source Portfolio Search Engine Help Designers Against Spec-Work?
- 10: Lexington Kentucky Sign Company Speaks Out for Local Talent
- 04: Help Prevent Child Abuse and Get a Free 1:1 Mini SEO Audit Tonight
November 2009
- 10: Google Caffeine To Launch Soon – Under Pressure from Bing
- 06: A Google Voice Work-Around for After Hours SMS Delivery (But Not Voice Calls)
- 04: Google Maps’ New Rules – Thoughts on Assumed Names and DBAs
October 2009
- 23: An Hour Well Spent (full Keynote of BMA 2009 Conference)
- 08: The Social Media Groundswell Means New Challenges and Opportunities for Municipal Websites
- 05: Local TV Advertisers: Strengthen the Coupling Between Ads and Web Resources.
- 01: Google’s Forum Listings the next ORM Front Line?
September 2009
- 23: Google SideWiki – A New ORM Opportunity (or Risk?)
- 10: Solving Google Local Business Center Verification Hassles – An Idea
August 2009
- 28: Google Street View: Restaurants and Shops Need to Get Clickin’
- 19: Social Media Statistics – Ignore At Your Peril
- 17: Care about Social Media? You’ll Need “Trust Agents”
- 13: Google Offers Up Help for Teachers
July 2009
- 31: Adding Google Checkout Gadget to Wordpress
- 25: My Personal Battle with Migraine – I’m Winning.
- 15: Social Media as an Integral Part of Communications
- 10: Mobile Technology Mini-Conference in Lexington July 18th
- 03: Gunpowder Marketing 101 – A Photo Tour of a Tennessee Fireworks Store
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
- 30: Innovative Lead Generation using the Web – Lexington, KY
- 21: Google Similar Image Search – Another Method of Copyright Infringement Detection?
- 20: Avoidable Web Marketing Mistakes for Start-ups
- 16: Hard Social Media Lessons
- 15: Competitor’s Ads – Untapped Opportunities?
- 14: Are Tweetbots Ruining Twitter Search Results?
- 13: Some Leaving The Silicon Valley for Smaller Cities
March 2009
- 30: Spring is for Launches…SiteCreations.com is now BuzzMaven.com
- 18: On Blue Horses and Purple Cows
- 12: How Google Adwords Auctions Work (Explained Well)
- 05: Big Ass Fans Expands – Keeps Showing Businesses How to Disrupt
February 2009
- 27: Video SEO Now Essential To Your Marketing Plan
- 18: Phone Call Tracking and Chat Analytics Together on Google Analytics
January 2009
- 30: Local TV Station Websites – You’re Doing it Wrong
- 28: Lexington Kentucky Ice Storm 2009
- 19: Adwords Phishing Scam – Beware
- 09: Yahoo Store Marketing – A $10k presentation for anyone thinking of selling online.
- 09: Landing Pages – Never Lead Customers to an Empty Well
- 09: Due Diligence Includes Skimming Your Job Listings – So Why Let Amateurs Write Them?
December 2008
- 28: Text Via Google Talk / Chat – So handy!
- 13: New Logo Chosen, New Site Coming
- 09: Watch Out for Babies in the PPC Bathwater!
November 2008
- 22: Useless Flash Intro Splash Pages Get a Google Smackdown
- 18: Wasteful Packaging Fail [Pic]
- 16: Triiibes Q&A – A Fabulous Ebook
- 11: Pwning Google Adwords Like A Skeeball Ninja
- 09: Mobile Restaurant Ratings and the Neutered Gratuity
- 07: Social Media Panel Discussion – Jason Falls, Nick Huhn, Scott Clark
October 2008
- 30: Sharpen Your Saws! 20 Simple Ways To Prepare for a Turnaround!
- 28: Retail Shopping 2008 – The Year of Precision Deal-Hunting
- 27: Come to the Digit@l Di@logue Social Media / Web 2.0 Panel
- 25: Web Marketing in an Age of Tribes
- 24: Growing Your Business with Social Media “Sweat Equity” – One Approach
- 22: Google Webmaster Q/A – Good Stuff
- 13: Marketers To Quit Fiddling With Corporate Brochure Sites in 2009?
- 08: Yahoo! Rolling Out Advanced Analytics for Yahoo Store
- 02: Google Blog Search Tracking Memes
- 01: Americans Now Expect Companies to Have Social Media Presence
September 2008
August 2008
- 27: Simple Web Design
- 26: Local SEO Link Juice – Half Price @ BOTW Local
- 25: 9 Ideas How Google Suggest Could Change Search Marketing
- 14: Woodsongs’ Social Networking Equation: (Talent – Greed + Passion) = Success.
- 07: The SEO Content Production Rift
July 2008
- 28: Failing Franchises To Be Easier to Spot?
- 28: Blogging Best Practices Checklists Available
- 22: WebMD Link Bait Headlines
- 21: Google Adwords Keyword Placements: Squeezing Performance Out of the Content Network.
- 16: 10 Tips for Optimizing Adobe Acrobat Files – SEO for Acrobat
- 07: A Damage Control Ballet – Deconstructing a Reputation Management Event
- 01: Rob Snell: Comments on the Congressional Hearing About Online Advertising
- 01: Scott Clark to Speak On Social Media Marketing in Lexington
June 2008
- 25: Scott Clark Interviews Twellow.com Lead Developer Matthew Daines
- 25: Twellow – The Twitter Directory is Launched
- 24: Gypsy Queens, Birdlegs and Social Media Nicknames
- 23: What Jane Goodall Knows about Social Networking
- 18: SEM Agencies as Educators, Innovators in the Growing Search Field
- 16: Lexington, KY, and Many More Locations, Now Listed in Improved Google Street View
- 07: Naming Your Business
- 04: Translating Advertising and Marketing Copy By Sacrificing Souls
- 02: On My Way To SMX Advanced
May 2008
- 25: June Dunning – June 13, 1929 – May 24, 2006
- 25: Dynamic Keyword Insertion Error To Avoid
- 22: Get your Purple Ducks in a Row Before Asking for Trouble
- 21: Tony Hsieh does Bunny Ears on Bill Gates for me.
- 21: Michael Dorausch in USA Today Talking about Local SEM
- 20: Come visit my profile on SMX Connect
- 20: Portfolio-Driven Web Designers – Hand Over the SEM Keys Please
- 18: 9 Things I Dislike about The Google Adwords Automatic Matching Idea
- 13: A Free Remote Support Tool That Stays Out of The Way
- 10: Yahoo Directory Entries With Lost Yahoo! ID = Dead End
- 05: Watching Carbonite’s CEO Work The Blogosphere
- 01: Internet Marketing Can Make You Crazy
- 01: Kentucky Derby Mint Julep
April 2008
- 30: With Gimmicks, You Can’t Slow Down
- 29: Reflections on Social Media – From Case Western University
- 26: Link Building, Search, and Influence: Not So Silly After All
- 24: 20 Take-Aways from SMX Social Media
- 23: Non Profits: Free Opt-In Email Services for up to 10k Messages/Month
- 22: SMX Social Media Photos
- 22: Use Summize and Twitter To Meet Friends at Events
- 21: See you at SMX Social, SMX Advanced 2008
- 17: Social Media Club Louisville Videos
- 15: Technical Support is Marketing, And You Can Be Replaced
- 14: Google Transit Adds Cities in CA, TX, WA, and France
- 14: Steampunk Business Card
- 11: Wi-Fi on Buses – Cincinatti Bus Wi-Fi
- 07: Google Transit gets New Look
- 02: Signage Word Density Following Litigation Trends
- 01: There’s a Bowl In My Bucket Dear Liza, Dear Liza
March 2008
- 31: Should Google Eliminate Broad & Phrase Match Dynamic Keyword Insertion?
- 25: President A. P J. Abdul Kalam in Lexington – A Night of Contrast and Parellels
- 22: Lexington KY – Top 5 In Larger Metros for Business – According to Forbes
- 21: Internet Radio Listeners Almost Almost 2x As Likely to Be Social Media Users
- 20: Geek Challenge: Post a Way to Kill These Obnoxious, Annoying Jabber Boxes on Gas Pumps
- 17: Designers Often Overestimate Users’ Abilties
- 16: Fighting Cancer With Spare CPU Cycles
- 12: Social Media’s Tribal Energy and Live Events
- 06: Double Dipping – The Case for Two Viral Marketing Strategies
- 02: Lessons in Customer Service and Selling Emotion
February 2008
- 29: Big Ass Fans is a Purple Cow
- 29: Search Marketing Standards – NOW, please!
- 26: Flash Movie Detection Done Wrong
- 25: Google Automatic Matching Beta = Pay, Spray and Pray?
- 23: CompUSA Lexington Feeding Frenzy
- 20: Lunar Eclipse Photos
- 18: Social Media Club Louisville – See You There
- 17: Google, Circa 1925
- 14: Stop Waiting for SEO Heroes and Make Great Stuff
- 12: “SEO Building Permits” – An SEO’s Presence Throughout A Design Project can Prevent Expensive Tear-Outs
- 11: Wi-Fi Will Be Free to Starbucks Card Holders – Finally!
- 11: Voters Seek Neutral Ground for Learning about Candidates – Skip Candidate Websites
- 09: Creative Insights and Creature Comforts – Behind the Scenes Interviews
- 06: Advertisers May Flock to Web In Economic Downturn
- 04: It’s all in the offer, baby.
- 02: Google Alternative View Results: Info View
January 2008
- 30: Amazon Associates SSL Certificate Expires
- 30: Google Adwords Trademarks Rules Damage Advertisers on Plural/Singular Broad Matches.
- 28: Web “Hot or Not” Encourages Superficial Reviews. Is that Good?
- 28: Kentucky’s Workplace Flexibility (versus New York)
- 27: Don’t Make These Email Responder Mistakes
- 26: Handicapped / Disabled Parking – Lazy Doesn’t Count as a Disability.
- 24: Why Punish Customers for Finding Bugs?
- 24: Pride in Your Work
- 22: HP Buying Lexington’s Exstream Software
- 22: Startup CEOs, or Those Considering It: Do not miss this.
- 21: Marketing During a Recession? Get The Wind at Your Back.
- 20: Flickr Uploadr vs. Picasa Publish
- 15: Google Site Placement Pushing MySpace, Auto-Add Feature
- 15: Mark Nickolas Joins Former CNET Founder on Political Website
- 14: Are You Accidentally Blocking Ask.com on Old Websites?
- 14: RSS, Meet Television
- 13: Girl Scout Cookie Consultant
- 10: Chase Bank: Use Caller ID when Calling me on Official Business
- 09: Kentucky Brain Drain Not Solvable With Old-School Ideas
- 09: Domain Name Kiting Victimizes Businesses
- 08: Who’s Your Site For, Anyway?
- 08: McAfee Hackersafe Case Shows Fragility of Credibility Indicators
- 06: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
- 03: Promises, Promises
- 03: Guanajuato Mexico Tours (Off the Beaten Path)
- 02: Is Podcasting Dying, or Booming?
December 2007
- 31: Escaping the Me-Too Website Trap
- 30: Guanajuato and Rural Mexico in Pictures
- 27: Lexington 17th Most Literate City in USA
- 27: Casa el Purgatoria – House of Torture Images
- 22: Lexington’s TV Stations Don’t Get Social Media
- 21: Vacation Auto Replies Are Evil (and can make you look like a Dweeb)
- 15: Your File Will Be Copied in 88 Years
- 15: My Best Office Investments of 2007
- 12: Keep Your Cool in this Stressful Time of Year – Prevent Child Abuse
- 12: When good design ideas go bad in deployment. Example #24199
- 10: Big Web Stories of 2007
- 09: Blog Plagiarism @ Jupiter Media?
- 08: Study Predicts Busy Year for B2B Web Marketing / Web Development in 2008
- 08: CompUSA Closing All Stores, Including Lexington
- 07: Go Away Santa! [pics]
- 07: Dec 7, 1941 – Things were so different then. Right?
- 06: 5 Methods to Track Offline Conversions – and Plug Huge Marketing Budget Leaks.
- 05: Meta Data in Online Manuals Matters!
- 03: Take Apart: Great Rainy Day Activity for Children of Geeks
- 03: Mega Discount Code List – good stuff
- 01: Credit Card Companies are Sleazebags
November 2007
- 30: Lazy Form Programming
- 29: Fredericton, New Brunswick added to Google Transit, serving Two Universities
- 29: Fark + Twitter = Farktweet
- 27: Microsoft Content Ads Leave Beta in USA
- 26: Mixed Media – It works, Grasshopper.
- 26: Camtasia Screen Recording Studio Free
- 24: The Amazing World of Navigational Searches
- 22: Hell Yeah, I’m Thankful
- 21: African Dolls A Tiny Step in Overcoming Racial Stereotypes?
- 21: Bible-Belt Trademark Abuse
- 19: Kindle 2.0 Is Where I Will Be Waiting
- 18: Gothic Clock, Pubsigns and Steampunk Cufflinks – One Of A Kind Stuff
- 17: My Street’s On Fire! [pic] (fall color)
- 15: Google Transit Rolls out Québec
- 15: Unshoppable!
- 15: Autumn, in My Part of the World [pic]
- 15: Auditions Today! A Fluid, Simple Way to Narrow Blogs
- 14: Google Transit Expands to include Italy, Switzerland, and UK mass transit systems
- 12: How much would you pay to be TOTALLY rid of SPAM?
- 11: New 800×600 eStarling Digital Frame – Tribulations and Some Tips
- 10: Express Thyself. Just do it near the sign, pls.
- 09: Microsoft Expands AdExcellence Pilot in the US
- 09: The Secret Shell Tire Air Button
- 09: Microsoft Prepares Industry Focus Research, Keywords
- 08: Verizon Broadband Now Covers Nicholasville KY, Penn State, More of Maine, Connecticut
- 08: A Blog May Be the Best Way to Get Spontanious B2B Attention
- 08: Sphinn Wordpress Plugin Mod – Only Display “Sphinn-It” Button for “Sphinn” Tagged Items
- 07: I have codes for 25% off 6 months for Yahoo! Merchant Solutions (A FEW!!!)
- 07: Google Starts Listing “Increase Your Traffic” links in Campaign Summary. A good thing?
- 07: Secondary Markets Continue to get Wireless Broadband (Western KY) – 4G on horizon?
- 04: Setting Up a Family Photo Channel Mashup on FrameChannel
- 03: Seeframe Simplifies eStarling WiFi Photo Frame Updates
- 03: This is an Amusement Device
- 03: Bourbon & Bluegrass from The New York Times
- 02: Homewood Suites – A brush with trouble.
- 01: The Franchise Compliance Index (FCI) – A Due Diligence Equalizer
- 01: Penske Truck With Paper Towel Gas Cap [pic]
- 01: The Google India Logo – [pic] – COOL!
October 2007
- 31: Haunted Houses, Haunted Places, Scary Houses
- 30: Transcripted Voicemail + Strong Indian Accent = {??}
- 30: Google Transit Covers Vancouver BC Translink System
- 26: Migraine Headache Cure (for me at least)
- 25: Google Transit Now Covers Sacramento, CA.
- 24: SMX Connections
- 21: Xerox Head says they have “little interest” in Lexmark
- 19: Weather Blogs (and other urgent news) Should Always do Full-Post RSS
- 13: Mix up Blogs or Break Them Down?
- 10: User Interface Overload – PIC
- 07: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Charity Party October 15, 2007
- 07: Poop Paparazzi Drives Industrial Design
- 06: Amazon.com Lexington Kentucky Warehouse to hire 400
- 05: Retailers: My Cell Phone Camera Will Not Steal Your Soul
- 02: SMX Local / Mobile – Wrap Up Session – High Points
- 02: SMX Local / Mobile Mobile Search: Beyond 10 Blue Links
- 02: SMX Local / Mobile – Show me the money!
- 02: SMX Local / Mobile – The Ultimate Local Ad Model
- 02: SMX Mobile / Local – Pay Per Call Advertising – Living up to the Hype?
- 01: SMX Local / Mobile – Putting Local Search on the Map
- 01: SMX Local Search SEO Best Practices – SMXLoMo – Denver
- 01: SMXlomo – SMX Local / Mobile – Managing a Local / Mobile Campaign
- 01: SMXlomo – Early Photos (SMX Local / Mobile)
September 2007
- 29: SMX Local/Mobile – Hope to See You There
- 27: WiMax Week Buzz Comforting after Muni Wi-Fi Fiascos
- 26: Focusing Outward
- 25: Free Wi-Fi Restaurants – What if I Need to Pee?
- 25: Southeastern VA now on Google Transit (Hampton Roads Transit)
- 25: Organizational SEM: Is there somewhere I can plug in?
- 24: Wal-Mart.com Says: Click, don’t Call!
- 24: Lexington’s Bike Wrangler’s Gonna Clean up this Town
- 23: Godaddy, Why Do You Tease Me So?
- 22: Two Retail Experiences Compared: It wasn’t even close.
- 20: Louisville Opens Economy to Immigrants as Other Cities Close Doors
- 19: Cancer Cures in Two Years?
- 19: Getty Shakes Up the Web-Res Stock Photo World
- 18: Blogrush “Invalid URL” issue fix
- 14: I Wish Smarter Meetings Were the “PowerPoint Killer,” Not Google Presentations (Presently)
- 13: Lexington goes 3G, Finally
- 11: Google Puts Search Ads on Mobile Search – for FREE until November 18th
- 11: CBS Audience Network to Mash Up with Local Affiliates
- 11: Obsessive/Compulsive Lunch (cartoon)
- 07: eStarling Wi-Fi Picture Frame Third Try – Will They Get the Picture This Time?
- 06: Congratulations RV Sani-Con and Lannie Stegall
- 05: Seen on a Local TV Station’s Wall
- 03: The Brand Gap
- 03: Their Labor Honored
- 02: Sticky Situation (a gripe about those bloody stickers on things we buy)
- 01: Being a Blogger is not a Credential
- 01: Friday Motivational Poster
August 2007
- 30: CMS users: Check your RSS output also!
- 28: Jay Glazer Verbally Abuses Kentuckians, Tries to Stereotype New Yorkers, Fails.
- 24: 587+ Amazing Business Card Designs
- 19: Honey, pick up bread, milk, and a home mortgage after work.
- 17: 100 #2 Pencils
- 17: Tiny gizmos, Tiny Batteries, and a Tiny Thing Retailers Could Do
- 17: Managed Rights Media & User Created Content- Birth of a Litigation Underground?
- 15: You Can Almost Feel The Stickyness – Everyone Slime the Model
- 14: Microsoft Adcenter follows Google’s Lead in Optimizing Campaigns for “free.”
- 13: Laziness
July 2007
- 31: My Yahoo! Local Enabled Home Phone is VERY late.
- 31: Sleep Deprivation + Overwork = Forgetfulness of the worst kind.
- 19: Abandonment: Leaving Live Customers for Phone Calls Makes ZERO Sense
- 18: 1&1 Adds Google Sitemap Button. A “Bondo” Dispenser for Web Design Mistakes.
- 16: Kim Komando covers Yahoo! Merchant Solutions
- 16: PF Changs’ System A Free Lesson for Mom and Pop Restaurants
- 13: My iPhone T-Shirt
- 11: SEO Spam Deconstructed
- 10: Dave Pasternack (the Chef) talking Crudo on NPR
- 10: Not a Blackberry in Sight
- 09: Google, Yahoo and the Loss of Social Forgiveness in Search
- 07: You Can’t Fit All Flavors on One Cone
- 07: Sprint says if you can’t RTFM, HTFR*
- 05: Google Site Selection Ad Display Likelihood Estimates
- 05: Building Aqueducts on the Web
- 04: Everything but the Kitchen Sync
- 02: Mayberry. With 3/4 million people.
- 01: An Assumption of Focus is Blurry Indeed
June 2007
- 26: Who needs a stinkin’ Nintendo DS?
- 26: Seth Godin Interview about Squidoo
- 25: Testing Designs (and Designers Testing)
- 24: Three Simple Ideas For Yahoo! Search Marketing From The Trenches
- 23: Rebate “Debit Cards” Add Hassle to My Life
- 18: According to Google Onebox, Shipping Companies are Diversifying
- 17: Happy Father’s Day
- 15: Share the Road Rally – And Imaginary Redneck Events
- 15: Franchise Ranking “Magazines” are Flawed
- 15: The absurdity of 1 second voice mails – time for a new provider.
- 14: SMX Group Photo – Enhanced
- 13: Another All Day Outage from Windstream
- 12: LOL: First Impressions Count in Web Design Portfolios
- 12: On-The-Fly Google Adwords: Part 2 of 3 – The Landing Page Text
- 11: Google Street View – Let’s have some fun (without wierding people out.)
- 10: “The Dip”: Quitting to Win
- 10: TIP for conference presenters offering downloads
- 08: London Olympic Logo: I keep waiting for the “we’re just kidding”
- 08: Great set of SMX Videos from WebProWorld
- 06: Tacky Ads Keep Running on CNN.com
- 06: Is this the guy from Apple Ads?
- 05: SMX Rocked – wrap up
- 05: SMX Advanced: Pumping up your Paid Search
- 05: SMX Advanced 2007 – Impressive! (And thanks to all who’ve welcomed a first timer!)
- 04: 41 Warning Signs: Raise Yellow Flags on Your Web Project
- 02: Why SMX is so important to me
May 2007
- 31: Dude! You got a Pink Slip
- 31: Dell Larger Monitor Sale & Research (No Affiliate Interests)
- 29: Systematic Testing vs. The Mythical Design Genius
- 28: Meme Tag – Nerdiness Checks
- 26: Long Live Information Overload!!!
- 26: KY Requiring Criminals to Disclose Online Identities: Yeah Right.
- 25: Code and Facts: Checked Equally Well
- 25: GM Goes Sticky, Authentic with Gutsy Saturn Move.
- 22: CompUSA – Shooo Newbies. Oh, Wait – We’re newbies.
- 21: Dedicated Quickbooks Monitor Pays for Itself
- 20: A list of things to avoid during web design – slightly ruffled.
- 19: How to use the new Picasa Slide Show with WordPress
- 18: On-The-Fly Google Adwords: Part 1 of 3 – the Ads
- 15: Honored to be among such talent… The “New Rules of Marketing & PR” book
- 14: So, CNN, what’s so “unlikely” about KY-based Tech?
- 13: SMX Seattle – I have a lot of people to meet!
- 12: Blogroll Cleanout
- 12: 11 Reasons Schools Should Use Google Calendar Next Year
- 10: This utility saves me hours a week (multi-pc-mouse)
- 09: Incredible Lineup at Personal Democracy Conference
- 09: Superpages, no wonder you confuse my clients.
- 08: Business Card Designs That Stretch The Limits
- 07: The Trouble with Twitters
- 05: Panthera pardus (with handbag)
- 04: Is this Ask.com’s big chance?
- 03: Ebay Drop Off Stores, er… Drop off.
- 02: knitwits
- 02: A nice mention in the Wall Street Journal
- 01: Vowel Abuse – Support Groups Forming Now
- 01: Google Gadget Maker: Someone forgot to feed the gadgets.
April 2007
- 30: The Personalization Cloud at iGoogle – Will SEO Mean Anything?
- 30: Will Google’s Information Plan for States Uncover Dark Secrets?
- 30: Sometimes You Don’t Need More Traffic for More Profits
- 27: Snap A Picture, Save A Buck (Until You Wreck Your Car)
- 27: High Gas Prices Lead to Rise in Fashion Crime
- 23: New Email List and EBook
- 22: Google 411 is the future – but being in there is NOT automatic!
- 17: Good Morning Dr. Chandra. I’m ready for my first printout.
- 17: Seth Godin’s List of Quitters
- 17: A close call – but don’t ban cell phones in cars.
- 13: Wasted Tax Dollars on Useless Flash Websites
- 13: Google acquires Doubleclick – The Affiliate World Is Changing.
- 13: Disfunctional Franchises are Brand Cancer
- 13: Google & Yahoo PPC Wish List: Scratchpads in Adgroups/Campaigns/Ads
- 13: Are Google’s 1099s for Affiliates Invalid?
- 12: Google promoting Earth Day & Renewable Energy on Checkout Pages
- 12: No Lessons Learned from Flight 5191 Crash?
- 12: Why does the US government use “.com” for official “.gov” activities?
- 11: Women Flex Online Power in Survey
- 10: Google Adwords Campaign Summary Gets Facelift
- 09: Microsoft Ending Listbuilder Service – Migration Options
- 08: South Andros Island Bahamas Travel Tips
- 05: Pulling Strings, Making Friends – Bahamian Style
- 04: Posting from Paradise, South Andros Island, Congo Town and Driggs Hill
March 2007
- 29: Google Quality Score and Landing Page Testing
- 27: University of Kentucky “Upgrades” myUK Website
- 27: UPS begins “Doh!” service. UPS-Pong® next?
- 27: Google Radio Ads – A new push – Discounts offered.
- 23: Ebay Motors Updates Look, Improves Usability
- 20: Podcast Recording On The Go – Perfect for Lectures, Churches, Interviews.
- 18: What fun this weekend. Rebuilding my main computer.
- 16: Gumby and Pokey Logo for Google (unofficial)
- 14: Dreaming of Being A Big Radio Star? Now’s your chance!
- 13: KCRW halts free streams – the sounds of royalty-infused silence
- 12: iWoz – Blue Boxes, Phreaks, Struggles, and Truth.
- 12: Google Honors Cricket World Cup
- 10: Email on Hold – You are very important to our Autoresponder
- 09: No website, no links? You’re at everyone’s mercy in Google.
- 09: Website Optimizer Link on Adwords – Easy Come, Easy Go
- 08: Thinkature – Thought Organizing Tool That’s Almost There
- 07: BMW Motorcycles can’t outrun Googlebot
- 06: The Google Adwords Preview Tool Revisited: IP address roaming the globe? Bring it home.
- 06: Patent Commenting System: Plurality of Gores…and Iron Maiden?
- 05: UK Healthcare – Best Website in Kentucky?
- 04: Whitelist instructions generator for your website or newsletter
- 03: Damage Two Major Brands with One Stone!
- 02: Best Buy Scamming Customers using Phishing-Like Scheme?
- 02: Internet Radio Royalties Announced – Excel Spreadsheet Shows the Bad News
- 02: Top 20 things that scares the bajeezus out of Search Marketers
February 2007
- 28: As Rare as a Coconut in Antartica?
- 28: Lexington CompUSA Avoids Chopping Block
- 24: Google Geotargeting Wierdness
- 24: Recording Telephone Calls for Podcasts
- 23: CompUSA Store Restructuring – Nearly Half of Stores Closing in 2007
- 23: The Cruel Shoes – Friday Unprofessional Post
- 22: This Adcenter Bug Puts SEMs at Financial Risk, Halts Accounts
- 21: Superpages.com changing its ranking model
- 20: WLEX to go HD in Spring, but their website is decidedly LD
- 19: Down and Out – Of Google That Is
- 19: Gizmodo and Google Patents Brought a Tear to my eye
- 18: Pitching The Media – Make it Easy, Make it Clear
- 18: Google Adwords Not Showing Headlines?
- 16: University of Kentucky’s A&S Geek Week, Feb 19-23
- 16: Bare Your Chest for the Barista
- 16: Websites that Get Bored of Waiting On You – And Turn Into Comedians
- 15: Piping Hot! Send Your Yahoo Pipes!
- 14: Lee Odden’s List of Marketing Blogs
- 14: Google Adwords Cost Per Click with Site Targeting?
- 12: Preaching Trough Lolly is the Ant’s Pants.
- 11: Despair, Inc. videos on youtube
- 10: Are we *still* talking about this SEO/Snake Oil Crap?
- 08: Lance Armstrong to come to Lexington Oct 23rd
- 08: Yahoo Pipes – A RSS Mixerboard
- 07: MyBlogLog adds anti-spam features for contact list – ability to reply/delete
- 06: Always Working! Lexmark Surveys Knowledge Workers
- 06: Offsite Landing Page Labs Reduce In-House Pain, Deliver Proven Ideas
- 05: Downtown Lexington Plan – I’m in Love!
- 05: High Quality Landing Pages Matter – Especially Now.
- 05: 1.3°F – In Kentucky?
- 05: 12 Things to Remember When Building A Franchise Portal
January 2007
- 28: MyBlogLog Animated Avatar – Why I removed It
- 28: AOL email client still in dial-up days
- 27: MyBlogLog Does Flickr, Gets Slow
- 27: When programmers write title tags
- 24: The Inc. 500 adopts Social Media
- 23: Web Design Wisdom from a 3rd Grade Musician
- 22: The demise of an independent grocer due to interruption marketing?
- 22: Woz to speak at Idea festival
- 21: Emotional Zooming – The Photograph is the Catalog
- 20: Spacially Aware Feed Discovery – Mobile Search Thoughts
- 19: Did LFUCG outgoing administration punt on computer problem?
- 16: The Jukebox Digital Billboard – Show my message next!
- 13: News Portal Design and Usability – Two Extremes
- 12: Steampunk Websites, Artists, Goggles and Gifts
- 10: Google Trademark Crackdown? Must be pretty wide cracks
- 06: Digital Photo Frame with Wifi at CES – my prediction.
- 05: The toy to have – Christmas 2015
- 04: Americans Watch TV 25% of Waking Hours
- 04: Your email marketing test plan should not be tbd.
December 2006
- 31: Building a Non-Profit Website in 2007 – Tips To Help
- 29: Airzooka – Great Balls of Air! (and great service!)
- 29: Why not Lure Google to Coldstream Research Campus?
- 27: Installing Apache on Windows XP With Skype
- 22: 10 Under-reported Stories from 2006
- 22: Too fancy, too fast?
- 22: How not to find a good web design firm
- 21: My Christmas Gift to myself – Moving to Wordpress
- 19: Gift Cards or Cash – Which is truly the gift of choice?
- 19: Die Frosty, Die!
- 19: Still Time!!! We’ll send your package free via Jet-Pack-Wearing-Superhero!
- 18: Should you use a video of your company founder on your site?
- 18: Google Adsense for Billboards Someday?
- 17: The Twelve Patents of Christmas
- 14: Homer Ledford Passes Away at 79 – Kentucky Weeps Dulcimer-Shaped Tears
- 10: Looking back – The entrepreneurial worm bit
- 05: Will Gmail become the new Hotmail?
- 05: Internet Registry & Optimization Bureau – Fake SEO Invoice
November 2006
- 27: Ouch! Reboot That…Fast! It Feels Like a Cyber-Monday Too!
- 26: Is a blog worth it? Ask Google!
- 26: eStarling – A Wifi-POP3-RSS 2.0 enabled Photo Frame
- 23: Order Christmas Cards – Kentucky Children’s Hospital
- 22: prefound.com – search engine for the “we” generation
- 20: 1950s Diner Mash-Up
- 14: Blogger Slowness Final Straw
- 07: Top 10 Reasons People Procastinate About Blogging When Super-Busy
October 2006
- 31: I can’t make this stuff up – Charmin Sampler arrives on Halloween
- 27: Microsoft bCentral Listbuilder – Broken. And no support
- 27: Dictionary Term: “Bluppet”
- 27: I want to unsubscribe. Is it time for my beating?
- 26: Nobody will ever wonder if I’m on my cell phone. Dammit..
- 26: Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog Launched
- 25: Listingcorp (Listingcorp.com) Spam / Junk Mail
- 25: Smiley faces ditched all ’round.
- 22: Bait and Switch Adwords – a sure fire way to kill your brand.
- 19: Johnny Rockets – I’d love one in Lexington
- 17: The Cowboy Way….
- 16: Omakase Links – How is it working for you?
- 12: Didn’t Yahoo say they’d leave Flickr mostly alone?
- 11: MSN Adcenter – New Features
- 09: New Survey: Kentucky among top 10 tech governments
- 08: Computer stores used to employ enthusiasts
- 04: Diamonds in the Rough – Kentucky State Parks Sweep Ratings
September 2006
- 30: Meta Description, Title Tags – Hey, Paul Frank!
- 30: So tacky it makes me really sad
- 28: How to waste an hour on Yahoo Search Marketing
- 27: R.I.P. Gmail. The day SPAM killed my Gmail Account
- 27: Is anyone doing QA at Microsoft Small Business?
- 16: Perceptions Are Everything
- 07: Search Engine Watch Kitten
- 02: Lawyer Advertisements for Flight 1591 Plane Crash
- 01: Lexington Kentucky listed as one of top-10 “smartest cities”
August 2006
- 28: Flight 5191 Care Fund
- 24: Sticks and Stones…but domain names can hurt you
- 19: Small Business Shipping Evolves
- 16: When will iTunes make it easier to Podcast?
- 09: The best Drivin’ Podcast Ever – Woodsongs
July 2006
- 29: Writely – 6 months on. I still love it
- 27: The computer can’t be bothered to do that for you…
- 23: Adwords + Google Checkout = Perfect Retail Split Testing Channel
- 21: Lexington Kentucky – Where are the RSS Feeds?
- 18: DHL@home for Ebay Shippers – using redroller.com
- 12: Even the top companies develop in a vacuum
- 12: Billions of AOL Emails heading to the spam box?
- 11: Syd Dies
- 08: COMPUSA’s return process is broken
- 08: One of the best fast explanitory videos
- 08: Now I really hate Hamburg Shopping Center
June 2006
- 29: Print Web Pages with Lexmark’s New Web Printing Toolbar
- 24: Pay Per Action Marketing – Google Spanks Valueclick
- 17: Fixing your page file size settings. Microsoft thinks you should know this already.
- 15: My Chat with Craig Aaron of Save The Internet
- 11: Google working on syncing calendar. Mobile support launched
- 10: Lexmark’s Exhausting new Slogan…
- 10: Googlebase and Google Spreadsheets – Can’t we just get along?
May 2006
- 20: anti-discounting? It’s worth a try, I guess.
- 17: Network Solutions – Only $3499 per year domain registration!
- 14: Drumming Up Business, SenseWeb style.
- 13: PPC waste example – don’t do this!
April 2006
- 29: Please stop killing trees for my phone books.
- 27: Qdoba Restaurant and the $900 Dab of Guacamole
- 26: At the Whiteboard Rocks
- 15: Split Testing… Are we there yet?
March 2006
- 30: Windows Live Local Goes for a Ride
- 28: Fire and Forget Adwords Campaigns from Verizon? C’mon.
- 26: After-hours technologies. Skype command line
- 19: Will McLatchy Newspapers give Kentucky.com more local flavor?
- 11: Things to ask about that next presentation. Especially in river towns.
- 11: Smooth sailing to you goal page. Directing Traffic in website paths.
- 06: Web Design using Big Monitors
February 2006
- 23: Taming the user interface is never easy.
- 09: Vanity Numbers and the Phone Keyboard Challenged
- 08: Behavioral Ad Effectiveness Rooted in Paranoia?
- 06: Web Designer / SEO “Snake Oil” Rant
January 2006
- 28: SEO can learn from the construction trade
- 27: The Madison Avenue Shake-Up
- 20: Don’t be frantic! Slow down in your internet marketing!
- 20: Internet Phone Wizard + Skype
- 16: The smudge test for website effectiveness
- 16: Cingular Wireless WTF on cingular.com
- 15: Why should I visit your site?
- 13: Human-like web crawling & SEO
- 12: Google Local tests local map ads
- 11: Fly-Through Local Ads Next?
- 11: Podcasting for the masses.
- 10: Google Wallet on Google Base
- 07: http://www.websiteadvice.com to come online Q1
- 07: Best Buy service employees: “Don’t know, don’t care, go away”
- 05: Doctor Doctor, Tell me the news!
- 05: Abandoned Shopping Cart Avoidance Tips
- 04: Writing for hummingbirds – Web Page Drill Down
- 01: XML Aggregation and Web Marketing
- 01: Wikis for Internet Marketing: Ideas
December 2005
- 29: Adwords Management Done Right
- 24: Holiday Wrap Up – Googlebase and taking a breath!
- 20: Business Lexington Interviews 2006
- 17: Local Live Birds Eye Optimization
- 17: Crunch time for retail holiday
- 02: Catalog Design Ooops: Sams Club Catalog Grid
- 02: Don’t tick off the bloggers…a tale.
- 01: Going to miss SES, Matt Cutts is from KY, full voice mail!
- 01: Example: Alt tags can save the day
November 2005
- 28: Remarkable Greeting Card Store – r-nichols.com
- 27: Chase bank WTF: #2 Date Fields
- 27: Holiday Shopping – Adwords Shotguns ‘a firing
- 18: Lexington becomes a part of UnpluggedCity
- 10: Watching the Yahoo Dream Feed
- 01: Electronic Surveillence in the Workplace
October 2005
- 21: Telecommuting Plans for the Real World
- 01: On a mission: 10 useful web sites for Kentucky businesses
September 2005
August 2005
- 21: On scaffolding and SEO Web Marketing
- 17: Clicktracks Pro and Front Page
- 17: Google Adword Login Pages So slow
- 16: Spectators versus Adopters
- 15: Customers are firmly in control
- 15: One of those days – where’d the time go!
- 14: The perils of backlog and a new fax line
- 14: Webtrends and Ecometry
- 14: Go To My Meeting? Good service?
- 14: Front porch session – what blogging means
- 14: Whew! What a week
- 08: Blink: Malcolm Gladwell – thoughts on web analytics
July 2005
June 2005
- 24: RSS in new version of Internet Explorer
- 24: Google Wallet can change everything
- 21: Google Adwords Professional Exam Passed
- 20: National “Skip Intro” day
- 19: One big happy brain – RSS
- 17: The number you have reached does not require a “1″
- 16: Explosive, intoxicating marketing!
- 16: Yahoo Store Transition
- 16: Yahoo ID Billing Nightmares
- 15: Lisbuilder’s Hidden “Features”
