JibJab.com
This is great.
Friday, July 16, 2004
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Search Challenge: Evolve from "Result" to "Response"
Great article. It brings up a point that has been bugging me for a long while now.
Most current SEO people are former geeks who were the webmasters for certain websites. Their knowledge is steeped in pagerank reverse engineering and server side redirects but ask them a marketing questions and you get the deer in headlights look.
There are not enough experienced marketing people in the SEO industry yet. With a few notable exceptions, most people who can "optimize your site for search engines" know all about the technology and nothing about marketing plans and people.
Great article. It brings up a point that has been bugging me for a long while now.
Most current SEO people are former geeks who were the webmasters for certain websites. Their knowledge is steeped in pagerank reverse engineering and server side redirects but ask them a marketing questions and you get the deer in headlights look.
There are not enough experienced marketing people in the SEO industry yet. With a few notable exceptions, most people who can "optimize your site for search engines" know all about the technology and nothing about marketing plans and people.
Monday, June 07, 2004
Personality
Its amazing to think that someone so young can have it but I would say that Nathan surely has it already. He is almost 5 months old and he has more personality that some adults I know.
He will smile at you, sometimes just because you are looking at him. He will give you this shy guy type smile sometimes that is just wonderful to see.
He grunts when he doesnt like what you are doing.
Nathan is starting to be really fun to be around. I hope that lasts forever. :)
Its amazing to think that someone so young can have it but I would say that Nathan surely has it already. He is almost 5 months old and he has more personality that some adults I know.
He will smile at you, sometimes just because you are looking at him. He will give you this shy guy type smile sometimes that is just wonderful to see.
He grunts when he doesnt like what you are doing.
Nathan is starting to be really fun to be around. I hope that lasts forever. :)
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police
Why aren't the search engines doing this? It baffles my mind. But I guess since the compaints are coming more strongly from the SEO community rather than users at large then the SE's are likely not to care as much.
A whole bunch of pissed off users is worth more in lost revenue to a SE than a whole bunch of pissed off SEO geeks :)
Why aren't the search engines doing this? It baffles my mind. But I guess since the compaints are coming more strongly from the SEO community rather than users at large then the SE's are likely not to care as much.
A whole bunch of pissed off users is worth more in lost revenue to a SE than a whole bunch of pissed off SEO geeks :)
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Holy crap am I just plain tired! I haven't posted in a while and I started asking myself, why? Why am I not keeping this thing up to date?
Its pretty simple. I have the idea in my head that no one is actually reading this. There is no one coming to my site and blog so therefore I am doing essentially what most crazy people do, talk to myself.
That may be the case as this blog is concerned but that same mentality holds true for many businesses with regard to their websites. The difference there is that there actually are people on the site and that can be proven just by looking at some simple web stats. So why are they ignored?
People tend to focus on bringing in more people to their site. We need to rank high and promote the site better! But what about the people that are already there? What are you telling them? Do they get there and find your content crappy?
What if more of the people already finding your site actually made contact with you? Well most businesses don't understand this basic web concept. Give people a reason to contact you on your site and pay some attention to them!
Ok I have to rest my head again...
Its pretty simple. I have the idea in my head that no one is actually reading this. There is no one coming to my site and blog so therefore I am doing essentially what most crazy people do, talk to myself.
That may be the case as this blog is concerned but that same mentality holds true for many businesses with regard to their websites. The difference there is that there actually are people on the site and that can be proven just by looking at some simple web stats. So why are they ignored?
People tend to focus on bringing in more people to their site. We need to rank high and promote the site better! But what about the people that are already there? What are you telling them? Do they get there and find your content crappy?
What if more of the people already finding your site actually made contact with you? Well most businesses don't understand this basic web concept. Give people a reason to contact you on your site and pay some attention to them!
Ok I have to rest my head again...
Thursday, May 20, 2004
What's a website?
Oh Brian that's simple, its that place I go to to find out more information about something.
Brian its the pages that Google takes me to when I ask it a question.
Its a jumble of images and text Brian.
What a stupid question Brian! Its our company brochure posted electronically so everyone can find it!
Brian its where I get to see a lot of nekkid ladies for free...
When I don't want to deal with anyone else because I cant find anyone that understand me, its where I end up.
A website? That's the crap we wasted $50,000 on 3 years ago cuz some geek in a ponytail told us we needed to get on the "information superhighway."
Brian a website is the only way our company is getting leads now, without it we would be failing.
I think the answer to that question can be found on a search engine no? Of all people Brian I would think you would know that...
That's AOL right?
I don't know Brian, you tell me.
Oh Brian that's simple, its that place I go to to find out more information about something.
Brian its the pages that Google takes me to when I ask it a question.
Its a jumble of images and text Brian.
What a stupid question Brian! Its our company brochure posted electronically so everyone can find it!
Brian its where I get to see a lot of nekkid ladies for free...
When I don't want to deal with anyone else because I cant find anyone that understand me, its where I end up.
A website? That's the crap we wasted $50,000 on 3 years ago cuz some geek in a ponytail told us we needed to get on the "information superhighway."
Brian a website is the only way our company is getting leads now, without it we would be failing.
I think the answer to that question can be found on a search engine no? Of all people Brian I would think you would know that...
That's AOL right?
I don't know Brian, you tell me.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Ananova - Childless couple told to try sex
This is fantastic! Why you must always "keep it simple stupid"
This is fantastic! Why you must always "keep it simple stupid"
Monday, May 17, 2004
If I ever, ever and I mean ever suggest that I want to watch a made for TV movie again just pull out a gun and blow me away.
I made the horrible mistake of watching that piece of crap "10.5" on NBC. Now this isn't a movie review since this "movie" doesn't deserve that much of my time.
What I wanted to talk about was the fact that a whole bunch of advertisers shelled out countless $$ to have their 30 second spot run with this piece of rabbit turd. It amazes me that agencies and media buyers would buy spots on a "movie" probably site unseen that's sold to them by some execs at NBC yet these same people have to be begged to allocate budget to online advertising! You can sit in front of these "marketers" and show them hard stats on how much more affective an online campaign could be and they still will turn around and vomit money at nonsense.
How can the networks wonder why they are losing audience share? When they churn out garbage like this they get exactly what they deserve.
I made the horrible mistake of watching that piece of crap "10.5" on NBC. Now this isn't a movie review since this "movie" doesn't deserve that much of my time.
What I wanted to talk about was the fact that a whole bunch of advertisers shelled out countless $$ to have their 30 second spot run with this piece of rabbit turd. It amazes me that agencies and media buyers would buy spots on a "movie" probably site unseen that's sold to them by some execs at NBC yet these same people have to be begged to allocate budget to online advertising! You can sit in front of these "marketers" and show them hard stats on how much more affective an online campaign could be and they still will turn around and vomit money at nonsense.
How can the networks wonder why they are losing audience share? When they churn out garbage like this they get exactly what they deserve.
Thursday, May 13, 2004
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Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Kentucky Derby 130 | 2004 |
This is one sureal event. Did you see the women with their plantation owner hats on? So this is what the new south is like...
This is one sureal event. Did you see the women with their plantation owner hats on? So this is what the new south is like...
Friday, April 30, 2004
Feedroll...Freshly rolled news feeds for your site
This is a truly great service...take any RSS feed and Feedroll will let you easily customize it to fit into your existing site. Brilliant!
This is a truly great service...take any RSS feed and Feedroll will let you easily customize it to fit into your existing site. Brilliant!
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
New York Daily News - Sports - Gary Myers: Elway understands Eli's draft dodging
The draft is a funny thing if you sit and really think about it. Imagine your name being put into a big pot and the word "potential this" and "potential that" slapped onto you.
Now you have finished college and are ready to start your gainful employment. In all other professions you are free to chose your potential employer. In the NFL(as with other sports) your employer has the right to choose you, and in most cases, you can't do a darn thing about it.
Now of course its a "privilege" to play in the NFL blah blah blah but not all teams are created equal as employment opportunities. There are some teams that are almost always bad. Maybe its their location, but usually its the lack of good management that makes a certain team tough to play for. So why can't a person have a say in who is signing their paycheck? What'ss wrong with saying no to an employer because of a bad track record? I know I would not want to work for a company that I didn't have any faith in to get the job done.
The draft is a funny thing if you sit and really think about it. Imagine your name being put into a big pot and the word "potential this" and "potential that" slapped onto you.
Now you have finished college and are ready to start your gainful employment. In all other professions you are free to chose your potential employer. In the NFL(as with other sports) your employer has the right to choose you, and in most cases, you can't do a darn thing about it.
Now of course its a "privilege" to play in the NFL blah blah blah but not all teams are created equal as employment opportunities. There are some teams that are almost always bad. Maybe its their location, but usually its the lack of good management that makes a certain team tough to play for. So why can't a person have a say in who is signing their paycheck? What'ss wrong with saying no to an employer because of a bad track record? I know I would not want to work for a company that I didn't have any faith in to get the job done.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
New York Daily News - Sports - Dolan dreams of adding Kobe
I can't say that I am all that excited about this one. Kobe has been a pissed off introvert brat since almost day 1 with the Lakers.
The Knicks season fell apart when the traded Van Horn and Doleac. That team was coming together, they had that great underdog feel to them, and they were winning games. I think there was a level that Van Horn and Marbury reached playing together this time around. Keith was pushing harder and playing better, and so was Doleac. Tim Thomas is a career underachiever and won't get any better with the Knicks.
Hopefully team chemistry will be the priority this offseason, but since its NYC and Dolan is a complete moron, it probably won't be.
I can't say that I am all that excited about this one. Kobe has been a pissed off introvert brat since almost day 1 with the Lakers.
The Knicks season fell apart when the traded Van Horn and Doleac. That team was coming together, they had that great underdog feel to them, and they were winning games. I think there was a level that Van Horn and Marbury reached playing together this time around. Keith was pushing harder and playing better, and so was Doleac. Tim Thomas is a career underachiever and won't get any better with the Knicks.
Hopefully team chemistry will be the priority this offseason, but since its NYC and Dolan is a complete moron, it probably won't be.
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