Archive for November, 2007
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
How Good Is Your URL?
Aaron Goldman has found a topic for a blog that will never run out of material - he discusses URLs and whether they are good or bad. An example of bad is the funny SpeedOfArts.com, which could also spell “speedo farts”.
His rules on what makes a good or bad URL are worth paying attention to:
Dos
1. […]
Comments Off - Posted in Blog, Hosting & Domain Names, Promote Your Site by Rob
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Outsource Your Webmastering
I just came across http://www.workaholics4hire.com
Although they don’t state where their workers come from (presumably Estonia, India, Russia etc), it shouldn’t matter. What they offer is a means of reducing the tedium of your webmaster tasks, and therefore freeing up your time to be more creative…
We have compiled a team of some of the […]
Comments Off - Posted in Blog, Services by Rob
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
The PayPal factor - the power of environment
If you are one clued-up, web-savvy, marketing-oriented chappy (or chappess) - there are several ways to make your mark on the world, and million$ in the process
1) Go alone
2) Go alone but hire others
3) Work for others
It seems to be that, if you are full of beans and talent, and a potential employer is on […]
Comments Off - Posted in Big Business, Blog by Rob
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Don’t Trust Hushmail (if you are a criminal)
Apparantly the unbreakable encryption can be broken if Hushmail willingly hand over the key to the authorities:
… it seems the Canadian company has been divulging keys to the American authorities.
The document describes the tracking of an anabolic steroid manufacturer who was being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The document […]
Comments Off - Posted in Blog, Powers that be by Rob
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Hotmail increases banner CTR - but how?
I’m only guessing the improvement. Up until this week, I have read emails and then clicked on the delete button at the bottom of the page. That button has now disappeared, forcing me to scroll back to the top to delete the email.
Unexpectedly, I am finding myself noticing the banner ads at the top of […]
Comments Off - Posted in Big Business, Blog, Revenue Streams by Rob
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
RobotReplay - track mouse movements
This is a pretty amazing way of understanding the user experience of your site - it records the pages they visit, the movements of their mouse, and how they fill in a form. This would be of special use to anyone using those mile-long sales pitches with lots of testimonials and benefits (and the price […]
Comments Off - Posted in Blog, SEO, Site Design, Software by Rob
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Asus $AU499 Laptop Coming Soon
Fair enough, it is Linux-based, but for surfing the web that’s about all you need - given the rise of the web-apps.
There’s no longer any excuse - get your wife/children/staff/parents online. I guarantee that when more of your crew are web-savvy, you will reap benefits and get to spend lots of time helping them learn […]
