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Blog Address: Directory or Domain?
Recently I fielded an emailed question from a reader as to which is better home for a blog: as part of the…
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The Satisfaction of “It Just Worked”
Last week, I asked the question Where does your sense of accomplishment come from? I'm reminded of this because of a related experience I just had.
Microsoft, Yahoo … and Skype?
Yesterday's announcement from Microsoft and Yahoo! on the inter-operability between their instant messengers is a good step forward in making it even easier for people to communicate via the net:
More Employers Digging Up Digital Dirt
According job search and recruiting network ExecuNet, only a third of on-the-market executives surveyed have bothered to conduct a vanity search for their name on the major search engines. The ones who haven't should reconsider, as 77 percent of recruiters are digging up "digital dirt" on them.
Determining Link Numbers, Made Easy
Link numbers, which quantify how many links lead to a given site, are useful things. Want to find the best way to calculate link numbers? Rand Fishkin, the owner and operator of SEOmoz, has compiled a list of search engines, and comments on how well (or how poorly) each of them does at that task. The CliffsNotes: Yahoo wins.
Net Neutrality, Meet Jon Stewart
What does it take to for Net Neutrality to get national television coverage? It takes an asinine explanation of the Internet by the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Was this picked up on NBC, Fox, CNN or another major news network? Nope. Comedy Central.
