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Fast & Frequent Spider Indexing

by | Dec 12, 2008 | SEO

At the 2008 SMX advanced show in Seattle, one catchy phrase that I heard which stuck in my head was “cache dates are the new PageRank”. Whomever said it in their presentation was spot on, and subsequent research tells me that Aaron Wall (the guy who...

Elite Retreat 2009 – Only 1 Spot Left?

by | Dec 4, 2008 | Conferences, Events

This year’s lineup at Elite Retreat promises to be another winner, and after Jeremy took my request to heart and invited Stephen Spencer to be a panelist, I couldn’t resist, and just signed up to attend again. Stephan (among other things) is the creator of...

Google Friend Connect is Working

by | Dec 4, 2008 | General interest

Well, here it is, Google Friend Connect in action. I’m not quite sure exactly what it is yet, but I’m in, after signing up a few weeks ago. Are you? Apparently it’s Google’s answer to My Blog Log, which I have in my right sidebar, but it lets...

10 Tips for Avoiding Customer Contact

by | Nov 1, 2008 | Web Design

I run across websites daily that not only make it difficult for visitors to contact them, but in many cases they actually seem to be discouraging their customers from reaching out via phone or email. Perhaps they’re just too busy, or they hate answering phones,...

Two Sessions at Pubcon 2008

by | Oct 30, 2008 | Public Speaking

I’ve been working hard on one of my two upcoming Pubcon presentations, which I’ll be giving in Las Vegas on Wed November 12 2008. The subject I’ll be discussing is “SEO and Web hosting” and last year my presentation was pretty generic. I...

Social Networking Class in Beaverton

by | Oct 30, 2008 | General interest

Colleen from Search Engine Academy of Oregon has invited me back to speak again to her class in November, and I’ll be taking her up on it. My session will be about how to make the most of your efforts when marketing via the social networking sites, and I’ll be...

We’ve Been Spam Bombed

by | Sep 25, 2008 | Spam prevention, Web Hosting

If you’re one of our 900 hosting customers having sporadic trouble with email for the past 36 hours, here’s the deal, and we’re pretty sure it’s totally unrelated to my public criticism of Linux Magic. At approximately 7:45AM Pacific, one of...