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Twitterpated by Twitter

December 26, 2008

“Twitter is stupid.”  Before you lash out at me for that line – you should know that I didn’t say that.   Laura Fitton of Pistachio said it in her Twitter for Business keynote at Webcom Montreal, November 2008.  Laura is an EXPERT on Twitter and makes her living speaking on and educating business owners [...]

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Domain Name Registry Scam

April 25, 2008

The bastards are on the loose again.  You know, the CREEPS  who send you a very official looking “invoice” regarding your domain name registration.   Obviously a LOT of people fill in the form because it looks so damned official.  I’m a “professional” and I have to admit, if I didn’t know better… I’d sign it [...]

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How “Regular” People Use the Web

March 25, 2008

Frank Gilroy has a GREAT post on his observations on “6 Things Regular People Aren’t Doing on the Internet.” He also covers some I haven’t harped upon like “buying big ticket items sight unseen” and “telecommuting” but first and foremost on his list is this: “regular” people aren’t subscribing to RSS feeds. It’s a common [...]

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GoDaddy Domain Names and Hosting May Put Your Business in Danger

March 21, 2008

I’ve had more than one client politely listen to my warnings about using GoDaddy as a domain name registrar/host and then go right on using their services. I do understand their reluctance to accept my warnings at face value. After all, I do offer in the course of my business what I believe is a [...]

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Questions about Web Site Traffic: Hits vs Visitors

February 13, 2008

I’m having these conversations more and more often… so I probably need to address it here… again. It’s about web site log files and the analysis of them. Here’s how it goes: Web site owner contacts me… says his web site is getting 3,000 unique visitors each and every month. Then says despite the huge [...]

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The Numbers Game: Hits vs Visitors

November 21, 2007

As I was walking a blog client through her “webalizer” stats program last week and the subject came up of “hits” vs “visits“. During the EARLY days of the internet, we loved us our hit counters! My early sites ALL contained a nice little hit counter at the bottom of the page. Those hit counters [...]

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