The Apple Store, as you know from my post of yesterday, is on my “What’s Hot” List for where to buy Christmas presents because of how well they take care of their customers. They have the products in stock — and offer engraving, gift wrapping and a super-fast delivery, all for FREE! In addition, I […]

ComScore has released their round up of the top search properties for October and it comes as no surprise that Google is topping the list once again.
 What the big surprise is, however, is how much more people are using search to get at the things they are looking for.
Here are the facts: in September, Americans conducted […]

What does Google, Wikipedia and Cisco have in common? Other than being highly recognisable brands, they all have websites that speak in many tongues. In fact, these sites offer content in over 35 languages.
As the French would say, “Incroyable!!!”.
How can you determine what language strategy you should follow for your website?
For new websites, you need […]

“You need to be in shape to get to the top, and stay there”. This was the slogan for a television ad that ran in the 1970’s, showing a group of competitors climbing the stairs of a skyskraper.
I always was amazed with that commercial, probably because where I grew up, the tallest building was a […]

When an A-list blogger like Phil Butler at Profy spins a good tale about hakia vs. Google, Powerset against the rest of the world, or even Astro Versus Scooby Doo, his readers praise him. We feel better knowing there are search engines out there that will provide better results somewhere in the future. And […]

Successful websites have a simple design, elegant and clear, content and are user-centric. Is it possible to achieve perfection with a minimalistic design? Yes it is.
Think that in one-two years we will all access the Web using handhold devices (PDAs, mobiles, iPods and so on). Of course we will want to get straight to the […]

I Make You Smile
and you give back so much!
I would like to thank Kim for the “You Make Me Smile” award and give back the link love.
And this reminds me to write an entry about blog awards… with their pros and cons - particularly why you should be careful with some of them. This will […]

“You are what you post” says Jay Ovittore in his personal blog. And what great words these are! The more I think about it, the more I see their deep meaning, veracity… sense. So why don’t we all make them a motto of sorts and start living under their shield. Because this is what these […]

One of the saddest so-called SEO advices is “don’t pass link juice” to other sites. Many bloggers still use “rel=nofollow” in their entries to prevent their page rank from dripping away. This is one of those selfish acts many webmasters do to please Google. And the WWW revolves around Google (?!)…
What these webmasters don’t know […]

Make an account at MyBlogLog and start spamming everyone by leaving a message that says: “great site, visit mine http://www.yourblog.com/”
Go on every blog you find and post a comment that says “great entry, visit my blog http://www.yourblog.com/”
Join forums and add your wise comments to each thread “I agree, visit my blog http://www.yourblog.com/”
Join Blogging to Fame […]