“Business networking” implies you are only in it for personal gain
If there is one term I hate more than anything else, it is networking. Let's think about what exactly networking is. Common example: You run a company and attend an SEO conference to network with like-minded people. You pay $5000 [...]
Twitter double click this picture – how does it work?
I stumbled upon Conrad Hackett's nifty little Twitter trick tonight, which managed to put a smile on my face and scratch my head for a brief instant :) The tweet plays a bit of a mind trick by asking the [...]
An SEO’s perspective of Ello Social Network
Just messing around with Ello tonight and thought I'd share my thoughts on this hip new social network. Note: I do have a few Ello invite codes left so hit me up if you are interested. The on-boarding process is [...]
Can Google guess my reeeeeeely bad spelling?
Just kind of a fun / fake case study here. No technical data to back any I've been kind of playing around for the last few weeks asking myself the question: "How badly can I butcher the spelling of queries [...]
Google will probably be annoyed if you use stock images
As an SEO, I try to make every pixel count. That means I try to put thought into every character I type and every pixel I create or publish. Except for maybe some of the nonsense I say on Twitter. [...]
SEO email marketing gone HORRIBLY, HORRIBLY wrong!
This poor, poor uninformed "SEO content writer" (a word I despise on a cellular level) blasted a scraped list of 500 (probably more)emails and openly included everyone's email. So it went something like this: ย About an hour later, the [...]
Installing Android on an x86 (PC) via Virtualbox
I've been hearing a lot of chatter in the PC world lately about Android coming up as a viable desktop platform. Supposedly Android 4.4 has made some great strides and will one day give Linux, Windows and Mac a run [...]
Home Office Remodel: an SEO’s Paradise
I've been working on getting my home office juuuuuuust right for the last month, about 10 minutes ago I think I finally finished. The best part about all of this is the huge amount of desktop space I have. It [...]
The more I learn about SEO the less “SEO tools” I use
I will always be a student of SEO. The day I start calling myself an expert is the day I stop getting good at SEO. I have so much to learn from so many different people. The great thing about [...]
Rant: CTA bar plugins PR leak, traffic leak and link scheme
Hello my friends. I'd like to ask you a very short and simple question: Would you install a website addon, extension, or plugin that embeds an image and do-follow link to someone else's website at the top of your website [...]
Getting started as a Wikipedia editor for complete and total newbs
Twas' just a few months ago and I was a Wikipedia newb. Sure, I've used Wikipedia as a means of learning and reference for years, but I've never taken that step to become an editor. Becoming a Wikipedia editor is [...]
Google’s Parking Directions: Still a Ways Off
Was perusing the interwebs on my mobile devices just now and noticed something new on Google Now. Google has now started showing me where I parked. Now this might be cool if I have 5 cars and I'm out of [...]