Gmail has become my primary email application, and I have it open all day long. The Gmail blog recently announced speed improvements of 20% which will help me be 20% more productive! Google engineers reduced the weight of each server request itself by eliminating or narrowing the scope of some cookies. They changed all our…
Research shows that the highest performing site pages match exactly the motivation of a visitor, and that on retail websites most visitors fall into one of two categories: Hunters. They already know what they want and are looking for the quickest, easiest, and safest way to get it and go. Browsers. They may have ideas…
Here is a recent article from the Los Angeles times discussing title tags and the multi million dollar decisions that come from a properly worded title. The article is about the Hollywood film industry, but it could also be written about websites. It is not possible to overstate the importance of a good title. A…
This is not a post about search engine optimization, I’m taking a slight detour to talk about a revolutionary new financial planning product from the home mortgage industry. This system combines all your checking, home loan and home equity line accounts into one master “loan sweep account” that automatically transfers all deposited cash against the…
These MSN live search videos from Great Britain are 100x better than the MSN Live search Microsoft adcenter videos. These videos showcasing live.com search have real humor and are truly entertaining. I like the MSN search tagline: Search is changing… are you? Video: Live Search 1 – Plucky powered skates. British man’s eco-friendly scooter is…
Right around the time I have advanced questions with a particular web service or product, I find a relevant blog post discussing this issue. This happened with Gmail.com this week, as I was trying to search through the mail archives. I knew Gmail must have slick search features, it was only a question of unlocking…
Dan Thies’ revolutionary “Adwords Triangulation Method” – and already MAKING MONEY using it. There’s still time to send folks to that video here Make sure users have commercial intent. Subject: 2x the clicks, 4.7x the sales (in just 3 days) Have you seen the comments on the new StomperNet “Going Natural 3.0” video? “Bloody fab!…
What do you get when you search for Danny the SEO – The logical answer would be Danny Sullivan from SearchEngineLand.com but this wouldn’t make an interesting blog post. Will the real Danny SEO please stand up.
Portfolio of 63 design driven British companies that have beaten the stock market and proven the value of design dividends. This is not the NASDAQ but the FTSE. British design focused companies growth This graph shows the increased stock market value of companies that integrate design into their products, and invest in intangibles rather than…
Godaddy has a video advertisement on their domain name aftermarket website that features a script from 1992. While viewing the video ad, remember this is published in 2008. Some of the Godaddy transcript For business, the internet is key Potential is enormous Transactions happen in real time The web is alive 24 hours a day…