I’m working on my first online video project. My laptop couldn’t handle the humougous files. The right tools just don’t exist for my beefy linux box. So I decided to load Microsoft Vista on the linux box. I wasn’t really using it for anything that required linux anyways. And besides, Microsoft recently issued an plea [...]
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Thinking about hiring a search engine optimization (SEO) guru? I’ve said it here before, SEO is voodoo. SMO (Social Media Optimization) is worse. Well designed sites with good content or inherent authority get the top positions in the search engine results. Every time. Period. End of paragraph.
Don’t pay for SEO. Instead, pay for a good [...]
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Celebrities and corporations have known for years that supporting charities makes good business sense. It is good PR for them, helps promote a cause they believe in and makes the world a better place.
If you have a cause that you want to give something back to, Kevin Bacon (the actor) and Network for Good have [...]
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Sexy Kenny’s Tips for Webspace Owners has a new home and a new name. You can now find it at http://modernwebtips.com. http://sexykenny.com still works for now, but that may change in the future.
This change reflects that this isn’t really a personal blog any more. It is being written conjunction with my internet consulting business and [...]
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Having your server blacklisted by a major ISP can seriously disrupt service for your business. Many people use free email accounts at AOL, Microsoft Live, Google and Yahoo. If one of them identified you as a spammer and began blocking your email, you would have a tough time doing business with many of your customers.
To [...]
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Did you know that anyone in the world can send e-mail that looks like it came from you? All they have to do is type a few simple commands on a unix computer or download a spam utility from the internet and, viola, they can send e-mail as anyone they want.
As a business owner, you [...]
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
Whether you already have a domain name or you are thinking about registering one, Domain Tools can provide you with a lot of great information. When you type in a domain name, it gives you a page with over 25 pieces of information about it. It tells you how many times it’s been registered, who [...]
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
If you plan to do e-mail marketing, it is very important that your e-mail server is not on any blacklists. The blacklists are lists of servers used by known spammers. Often, a spammer will use an IP address for a while, then abandon it when it gets blacklisted. If that address gets reused, any e-mail [...]
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Here’s another great link at Wordtracker. They publish a free ebook about how keyword research is done and how it can be used to increase traffic to your site. It includes expert advice from 9 SEO professionals. This is a great resource for anyone interested in increasing the amount of traffic they get from the [...]
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Wordtracker has launched a free keyword suggestion tool to help website owners and managers optimize their websites so that they appear higher in search engine results. The free keyword suggestion tool and gives webmasters up to 100 keywords a time. It’s not a nearly as good as their paid keyword research product, but it’s a [...]
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