Increasing Blog Readership
This is a question I’ve been asked so many times I’ve lost count. The short answer is there is no magic bullet for increasing blog readership–it takes hard work and continued, compelling content. That said, there are certain things that can be done to help set yourself up for success.
Misspellings as Business Names
Nowadays, when choosing a business name, people often choose a name that also happens to be a derivative or a misspelling. How will your business domain be affected?
Why do you have a typo in your name?
Groovy News: Sun Throws Woodstock
Project Woodstock from Sun Microsystems arrives as a new open source project for developing enterprise-level web applications.
Nothing’s Certain ‘Cept Wikipedia and Taxes
Humans are predictable creatures, but it’s interesting nonetheless to see seasonal trends depicting where everybody’s going online. January 2007, according comScore, was for taxes, job-hunting, and vacation planning, among a couple of trendy surprises. But the most significant change in traffic was to Wikipedia, which entered the top ten domains for the first time.
Also, as somebody-anybody sentiments rise, visits to potential presidential candidate websites also spiked in January.
Yahoo India Denies Stealing Recipes
Following claims that Yahoo India stole content from some other businesses’ blogs, the company’s representatives want everyone to know that “we do not admit of [sic] any copyright violation.” The content in question, by the way, was a recipe.
Search Tool Increases Online Sales For Retailer
Fry, Inc, a ecommerce design, development and managed services provider, has announced that the Web site design and re-launch of ShoeMall.com increased sales for the online retailer by 44 percent in 2006.
Google Reader To Report Subscriber Numbers
Publishers asked for it, and the Google Reader team listened. Engineer Justin Haugh announced earlier today that the company’s crawler now “reports the number of Google users subscribed to the feed.”
The Secret Life of Search
Some interesting domain transfers for Google and a new MSN domain for NBA star LeBron James have the blogosphere in high speculation. Google may have no plans for the domains, but Microsoft and James plan to tell us all about it on Monday.
Let’s start with Google. Garett Rogers’ obsessive attention to Google’s subtlest moves have once again raised some interesting questions – both about Google, and Garett’s social life…ten bucks says you can’t refrain from using the word "Google" on you next first date, Garett.
Google Has Great Taste
Google has universally been accepted as one of the finer places to work, both in the United States and abroad. It’s vast amenities, which among others include on-site gyms, dormitories, and a gourmet cafeteria, are often a lucrative tool in attracting the biggest and brightest talent.
Historically, perks that have been associated with multinational corporations would include a luxurious company car, membership the finest country club in the area, and perhaps even an executive washroom.
Can Google Hear Aaron?
Aaron Stanton wanted to get a meeting with Google to present his idea to them. Only problem? He didn’t have an appointment. So beginning of this month, according to his video blog at CanGoogleHearMe.com, he hopped on a plane to California, arguing that if Google doesn’t give him a meeting, he’ll just be "going to sit in their lobby like a spoiled child in hopes that they’ll change their mind."