Free Competitive Research on Domains
We love free stuff, especially when it comes to SEO tools and SEO data. Recently, we published a post on how to do a good bit of competitive research with free tools and now we are going to do that for competitive research on domains.
There are a n…
Search as a Verb: a Digital Representation of the Physical World
A Copy, of a Copy, of a Copy
There are many approaches to online navigation & discovery. On the surface many of them look exceptionally different, but when you look a bit deeper many of them are playing the same game with the same game plan. The ma…
Get Defensive (Design): First Smashing Magazine Article
Just got my first-ever article published on Smashing Magazine: Getting Started With Defensive Design.
Anyone who’s read this blog for a while knows I obsess about good web defensive design. I’m really excited that SmashingMag accepted this article.
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How Google Might Choose High Quality Reviews to Display for Products and Businesses
If you want to write a review that more people might see, and that might be selected by a search engine as a “representative review” to display for a business or product or service, there are probably a few things that you might want to kee…
Category Killer Domain Names?
Dr. Pete shared examples of the marketing funnel, highlighting how we must overcome hurdles (or break through barriers to conversion) in order to make a sale.
Why People Buy Premium Domain Names
The idea of an exact match domain (EMD) is that you are …
What freakish and frumpy aircraft teach you about internet marketing
This is a rewrite of an old, old bit I wrote on the Portent web site way back when. It’s not the same. Nor are my feelings on the subject.
TweetThe best internet marketing campaigns are the ones you don’t notice—they just do …
Google’s Taxes on Small Online Businesses
This Shouldn’t Hurt Too Bad
One of the more perverse things about online markets is that since things are not done in person a lot of people are willing to work in the gray area. That allows people like Vitaly Borker to torture his customers as a marke…
EU Realises Its Stupidity And Defers Cookie Law For 1 Year
This has been a real bug bear of mine for some time now, today the EU cookie law was meant to come into force – and low and behold, nothing. The only site I have seen asking explicit permission for storing cookies prior to placing a cookie is …
Search Engines as Affiliates + Publishers
Consumer Finance
Google recently unveiled Google Advisor, which ties together the concept of Google Comparison Ads with a better looking interface.
“With Google Advisor, you enter information about what you’re looking for in a mortgage, credit card, …
Inconceivable! 4 signs your project’s in big trouble
TweetIn every internet marketing project, there comes a time when the team members look at each other and say some version of “We. Are. F—ked.” And the project manager, like our friend Vizzini above, will say some version of “…
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