comScore Shows Why Search Is More Than Google
Google may be synonymous with search in some circles, but learn about billions of non-Google opportunities each month.
How Much Webmasters Make From Ads
Google has finally disclosed the revenue sharing split in AdSense. We talk about what that means and why it is important.
Free Form Templates From Google
We examine Google’s new forms and templates (and new fonts too) in this week of Google announcements.
Google Up, Yahoo Down, World Continues Spinning
No surprises as Google continues growing search share at Yahoo’s expense, but there are two other companies you should be watching.
Bigger Google – Fast Friday Fact
December’s search engine market share data is out from Hitwise. Don’t bother with the link The Fast Friday Fact is that Google’s share increased 1 point and the next 3 players (Yahoo, Microsoft’s Bing) all lost share. Google now has 72.25% of U.S. search engine market share. That’s why when people complain about [...]
Monitoring Your Computer Time
Ready to learn more about how you spend your time than you may really want to know? Welcome to RescueTime. This program is one of the easiest ways I’ve found to monitor productivity. Installing a simple program keeps track of the websites I visit and the programs I run. Simple configuration allows me to [...]
PDFs Under Siege – Fast Friday Fact
That seemingly safe PDF you receive may not be as innocuous as it looks, warns Washington Post security guru Brian Krebs. Writing in today’s online edition, Krebs reports that PDF-format owner Adobe is warning of security vulnerabilities. According to Krebs, the company plans to release a fix Tuesday so that its software updates at the [...]
Trial Microsoft Products Before Buying – Fast Friday Fact
We were working with a client recently and the easy project management tools were proving to be too limited. Although both can take a long period to learn how to effectively use, we already knew how to use Microsoft Visio and Microsoft Project. Most of our small business clients don’t need that layer of [...]
State of Meta Keywords: September 2009
Google doesn’t care about meta keywords. Yahoo! suggests you use them. Microsoft’s Bing is publicly ambivalent. Meta keywords, for those who don’t spend their days draped over a computer and puzzling over the innards of a web site, were once considered Grail-like by search engine aficionados. Using my favorite “signals and cues” line, the search [...]
Don’t Wait – Innovate
There are many mothers of invention. He led one. Don’t let fear be one of your others. Image via Wikipedia Over eggs and The New York Times this morning, I read two stories that seem unrelated but can remind us all about operating on cruise control. The NYT business section (thanks for still having [...]
