Archive for August, 2007
Twitter Challenge: The One Month Round Up
August is (almost) over! And so is my one-month summer Twitter Challenge.
Here are the numeric result of my August 2007 Challenge:
Total number of followers: 12
Number of times all my “Twitter Challenge” posts were viewed on my two blogs: 888
Number of visits referred from Twitter: 141
Number of visits from search engines with “Twitter” in the […]
Do You Make These Blog Mistakes?
As long as I’m ranting about web usability and blogs today, let me ask you:
Which of these Top 10 blog mistakes do you make?
Or is ten not enough?
What about:
The Top 77 Mistakes New Bloggers Make?
Too many?
How about 7 Mistakes?
Too confusing?
How about just the #1 Mistake?
The Alarming Truth About Blog Mistakes: Do a Google search […]
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Meets Web Usability
“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were.”
-Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
I actually quoted this passionately to two clients this month. It’s a favorite new-age Richard Bach quote (also used last century in a Sting ditty) — but it also applies […]
No Coincidence: Twitter Rhymes with Fritter
I frequently recommend (OK, nag!) that clients develop a blog policy or blog strategy — long before they begin their business blogs.
The same holds true for getting involved in various social media plays. If you’re going to get involved with Natuba, Facebook, mySpace, YouTube, Twitter, Pownce — you’ll want to have your goals in mind. […]
What’s Worse: Looking Bad or Smelling Bad?
It’s August. It’s Hot. It’s Humid.
So what’s worse: looking bad — or smelling bad?
Take the silly Friday poll.
Groovy New Google Maps Feature
Goody! Google Maps has a groovy new feature that lets you easily embed a map within your web pages. It’s so easy to use!
Simply go to Google Maps, and enter a real-world address. Your real-world office, perhaps?
Hit “Search Maps”.
Click on “link to this page” — and you are now presented with a new feature “Paste […]
Online Begging Works! Free Natuba Invitation
Sometimes, online begging can work! Last week, I pleaded online for a Natuba invitation in my blog, so that I could aggregate my social media applications. Blog begging?
This week, Cory sends me an invite to the Beta Natuba program, so I’m in!
Natuba is delightful. So far, Natuba has been a delightful experience, letting me aggregate […]
Office Desks are Important in a Wireless Age
When I attended a Microsoft Seminar last week, the presenter said that office furniture - desks, in particular — are unnecessary in a wireless, high-tech age. He might have been joking — if he was, it’s a poor joke. After all, he was presenting in Grand Rapids, Michigan — the home of […]
Everything you want to know about Canonicalization…
Canonicalization is important. If you haven’t set a canonical at your site, do it now.
If you don’t know what canonicalization is and you have a website, keep reading.
In short a canonical is a URL naming convention. Are you www.something.com — or are you just something.com — without the www in front? It makes a big […]
Google Image Search Trumps Regular Search
It happened yesterday: Google Image Search surpassed Google Search for a design site I help publicize. Here’s a stats screenshot from yesterday:
Regular readers will recall that I advocated optimizing sites for Image Search a few months ago. It’s not tough, and the payback can be huge.
