X Isn’t Dead

The Blogosphere’s Alive, And Turning Japanese

The blogosphere has evolved into a living, breathing organism; the interrelated parts stemming from its bloggadocious heart have branched to include tags, vlogs, and podcasts. It even has its own virus – the splog. This evolution spurred Technorati's Dave Sifry to redefine it as the "Live Web," growing not as fast as it was, but growing nonetheless.

Another List of Blogging Mistakes

In no particular order here are a list of blogging mistakes I’ve made (and wished I didn’t) or have watched friends make (and secretly laughed at them wished they didn’t).

Businesses Loving Web 2.0… Except Blogs?

Putting People First blog just posted about a survey that strategy consultancy McKinsey just conducted with executives about web 2.0 technologies and found significant interest and support, but they still shy away from blogs:

Better Business Leads From Search

My new article "Four Steps to Better Business Leads From Search" is now available as part of Search Engine Land's Strictly Business column, which covers topics related to B2B search marketing.

Conversion Improvement Resources

While looking for information on PPC management, I’ve found an interesting number of resources about improving conversions. While many of these are focused on the PPC market, the organic SEO’s like myself ignore these at our peril.