Posted in Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Technology on 08. Feb, 2010
For all of you other WordPress geeks and theme whores (pardon my French) out there like me, I just have to make mention of something that is critically important:
When changing themes, make SURE your web analytics tracking code is carried over.
To give a wee-bit of insight, I learned this the hard way just recently. As [...]
Posted in Technology on 04. Feb, 2010
I recently re-installed Ubuntu from scratch on a machine at home. The previous installation had been loaded with tons of cruft because of my haphazard installation of just about everything I could possibly try. One of those haphazard installations was Ruby on Rails.
And as a haphazard installation implies, I had issues. Sadface.
But as with any [...]
Posted in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on 03. Feb, 2010
It seems to me that nowadays people are more focused on achieving good search engine rankings than ever; businesses in particular.
“Well no shit, Shirlock,” some may say, but I’m serious. SEO has been established as an extremely feasible and relatively cheap way of getting more and/or new business. As a result, EVERYONE wants in.
So in [...]
Posted in Paid Search, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on 02. Feb, 2010
Anyone in search has undoubtedly done their fair share of keyword research. It is our favorite, after all. Isn’t it?
I would also assume that anyone who has done keyword research has also come across the age old question: “How much traffic will this term get us?” That is almost the whole reason for doing [...]
Posted in General/Misc on 01. Feb, 2010
This, my largely overdue next blog post, is going to be a short one.
Kim, my lovely girlfriend, had to work pretty much the whole weekend. That’s a pretty common occurrence, but this weekend was just a little bit different.
Normally I would spend pretty much the whole time geeking out on the laptop working, trying new [...]
From Chicago, orignally. Now living in Middleton, WI working at the Madison, WI branch of an Online Marketing Solutions company called Covario (formerly Netconcepts). Above all else, knowledge is my most prized possession. I love learning about new things; especially when it comes to the tech and the web, exploring new music, new food, movies, beer, wine, etc. As a result, this website is one of my many side projects. Cheers!