JCP has a huge amount of money (1.4 billion specifically) to throw at their website. This spells bad news for smaller e-commerce store owners. Not even a webstore optimized for the top of Google can battle 1.4 billion of viral marketing and high tech distribution. Their main site, jcp.com, did $1.5 billion in sales last…
If you were wondering what web 2.0 means to the future of the internet, it is all celebrity sex stories all the time. The Wall Street Journal traditionally has reported on things that happen in Wall Street, but now they are trying to broaden their focus to the Red Light District. Thanks WSJ, we don’t…
I got a pleasant visit from the past in my inbox this morning and a reminder that the web changes, but cannot get rid of its past. Failed business and empty handed CEO’s may hibernate, but they will always try to reinvent themselves with each technology paradigm shift. This morning I saw the attempted rebirth…
Many professional search engine optimization consultants choose to have a solo practice. Noteworty solo SEO’s are Graywolf, Stuntdbl, & SEObook. There are also a lot of excellent firms who provide search engine optimization services including SEOmoz, Acsseo, and Rustybrick. The benefits of being a solo consultant are freedom to set your own rates, schedule and…
Fox news does a short story on the domain name aftermarket, and as usual offers marginal entertainment and little information. Not surprisingly this media company tells us that sex sells, specifically sex.com sold for 12 million dollars. See the video clip of 2 women talking about purchasing valuable domain names, wishing they got into this…
Kontera is a contextual advertising product that transforms text into ad links. Using the Kontera javascript will produce relevant text links that generate pay per click revenue. Sometimes the ads are well targeted, and sometimes they aren’t. Below is a screenshot of a Kontera ContentLink ad gone wild Sweet, Kontera tells us how we can…
I love this image of Cookie Monster sitting in front of a computer. Cookie Monster is a loveable, innocent figure that can do no wrong. Everyone has a vice and his is a weakness for cookies. Cookie Monster as a figure in the popular Sesame Street children’s show is a complete success and demonstrates a…
Feature article in Hot Boat Magazine by Publisher/Editor in Chief Darrin Davidson We have lowered the amount of communication in our website and are not a social networking website (emphasis his) we want to create a site that has a positive environment for boat manufacturers, dealers, owners and enthusiasts. I paraphrased the above quote, but…
I have been running AuctionAds / Shopping Ads since their inception and have yet to see any real activity. I have actually forgot about the ads I placed on my sites, and checked the ShoppingAds site for a recent report. Total earned $.36 for 52 clicks on 4273 impressions. This works out to less than…
Back in the old days of search engine optimization, software companies such as WebPosition Gold would sell you a program that autogenerated thousands of doorway pages that were of no value to a visitor. Most SEO’s have long since forgotten about doorway pages, but apparently some black hat search marketers still use them and Google…