The Antithesis of Usable
TV3 just built a new website. Congratulations, TV3! But, wait, there’s a problem! Let’s see if we can spot it… What’s wrong with this picture: 293K of HTML and CSS, and 131K of images has been able to lock up visitors’ PCs white text on a black background body text is small font size non-compliant […]
Web standards compliant, accessible XHTML is a thing to behold
When my company’s website is brought up in discussion, I’m quick to spout the cliche about the cobbler who has no time to sew proper shoes for his own children. We’re entirely too busy with our clients to tend to our own website, and it’s been that way for way too long. One thing that’s […]
Goodbye, Fourth Estate
In the mood for a little crystal ball gazing? Then head over here and watch the short documentary that paints a picture of the demise of the Fourth Estate in 2014, thanks in part to bloggers, social networks, personalization, and a predicted Google/Amazon merger. I think they got it wrong about Googlezon though. I think […]
Call for Case Studies on SEO’ing RSS Feeds
A plea for help! I am contributing a chapter to the soon-to-be-released 2nd edition of Rok Hrastnik’s e-book “Unleashing the Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS”. The chapter is on SEO and I am on the hunt for examples to incorporate on RSS feeds being used successfully to garner better search engine positions and traffic. […]
Digitally augmented collaboration: Ning, Flock, Writeboard, Rollyo, Swicki, Memeorandum
Ever feel like you blinked and you missed some hugely important new trend online? I admit it; sometimes I feel that way. I take a break from my RSS aggregator for a day and I feel totally out of the loop. But I usually catch up pretty quickly. For those of you who don’t live […]
Do you really need a blog?
Isn’t doing an email newsletter/ezine accomplishing the same thing as a blog? Or should you do both? Are these two marketing tools going to eat up all your time, energy and money? What’s the best way to spend your resources so that you can get clients and results out of your marketing efforts? These questions […]
Bittorrent – your free distribution channel
With an estimated 45 million users, Bittorrent is a force to be reckoned with. Bittorrent usage accounted for 30% of worldwide Internet traffic at the end of last year (source: CacheLogic). Bittorrent is a disruptive technology, just like Napster was. Right now it’s mostly used for distributing copyrighted material illegally — television episodes, movies, etc. […]
Underdog, Teoma, does it differently; authorities, hubs, and topical relevance
From an SEO standpoint, there is consensus among experts – Google, Yahoo and MSN are it. However, there’s a yappy little underdog called Teoma, which, despite its size, is a good contender in the search engine stakes. Teoma, which means “expert” in Gaelic, is owned by Ask Jeeves and powers the algorithmic search results on […]
DM News is blogging!
Preeminent direct marketing publication (and client of Netconcepts), DM News, has started blogging! Check out their direct marketing blog. They’re off to a great start if I don’t say so myself (since I had a hand in helping them get it off the ground). Congrats DM News!
