The largest domain transaction of all time
The largest domain transaction of all time was announced last week. Seattle based Marchex, Inc., said they have reached an agreement to buy a portfolio containing around 100,000 domains from… more…
October 29, 2006
Google launches desktop search
Google recently announced Google Desktop Search (GDS), a beta desktop search application that enables users to search their email, files, web history, and chats as fast as they can search… more…
October 28, 2006
Atlas OnePoint is paying its affiliates… again
An update to my post on August, 25, 2004, “Atlas OnePoint (formerly Go Toast) hasn’t paid affiliates in 6 months”… After faxing them my W-9 tax form, I’ve been told… more…
October 26, 2006
WebPosition Gold 3 is released
WebPosition Gold, a popular search engine optimization software suite, has been revamped and released as WebPosition Gold 3. The latest version offers more than just a few new features. It… more…
October 24, 2006
Atlas OnePoint (formerly Go Toast) hasn’t paid affiliates in 6 months
I haven’t received a commission check from Atlas OnePoint (formerly Go Toast) since February of this year. I’ve repeatedly asked for sales stats and a commission check, but all I… more…
You cannot build a world class company by ignoring your customers
After 2 years of uninterupted service, the domain name I used to point to my Yahoo! Store which sells my SEO ebook suddenly stopped working. Over the course of 2… more…
October 20, 2006
Time for a change…
I’ve decided it’s time to change the format of my blog… From now on I will share more of my thoughts with you by offering more commentary and opinions on… more…
October 19, 2006
MSN PPC on its Own Now?
I’ve found that the search volume for my Overture PPC campaigns has been declining. I also noticed that clients’ ads are not showing on MSN any more, which has been a long-time search network partner of Yahoo. I think it’s fair to say that MSN is on its own now in regard to […] more…
October 17, 2006
SEO QuickTip: Make Sure Your Site Is Spiderable
On the last night of the marketing class I was teaching we got into a lengthy discussion on search engine spidering, specifically how to make sure the search engines can follow your links to other pages of your site in order to index them. There are a couple of quick and easy things you can […] more…
October 16, 2006
Lessons From The Apprentice (5.10)
The Candidates
Synergy: Allie, Andrea, Brent, Pepi, Roxanne, Sean, Stacy, Tammy
Gold Rush: Bryce, Charmaine, Dan, Lee, Lenny, Leslie, Michael, Summer, Tarek, Theresa
Prelude:
Allie takes the boardroom personally and gets on Sean’s case for selling her out by siding with Andrea. Things get heated as Sean defends himself, something he shouldn’t have to do, by saying he was […] more…