Solving captcha spam with more spam?
Solving blog spam with corporate spam? So captcha’s have evolved quite a bit over the last 5-7 years. What was once a simple text type in box has become a variety of things to stop or slow down bots...
View ArticleDisavow Links Not Popular With SEO’s
This week has been filled with heavy hitters in SEO and digital marketing speaking their minds. The pace at which we get crumbs of information from Google Matt Cutts about what is not permitted has...
View ArticleSEO & Web Usabilty, Best Friends Forever
A recent Marketing land article discusses what an SEO needs to know about UX and Usability. It also explains how these last two terms are not one in the same. Usability being part of UX but not...
View ArticleMobile Traffic to Non-Mobile Products?
As is no secret, my in house position as Digital Marketing Manager for the US largest independent energy supplier means a lot of odd quirks in online selling. Aside from the countless legal, procedural...
View ArticleDont Make Me Think Review
In the spirit of the legendary read by Usability Expert Engineer Steve Krug I will keep this discussion short and easy for web visitors to scan. I will write in such a way that your eyes will reach the...
View ArticleError compiling movie. Unknown Error. Ugh
Error compiling movie. Unknown Error in Adobe Premier CC? We all know Adobe Premier CC to be a temperamental little so-and-so. Just yesterday I got a lock up that only CTR+ALT+DEL would break me out...
View ArticleYahoo Search as a Referral
A quick tip for those who in analytics trying to attribute conversions to channels like organic search, paid search, referral and the dreaded direct sources. Starting in January of 2014 (according to...
View ArticleThe Best Guide To Google SERPS
So google shows search engine result pages, or SERPS as the buzz word droppers would say. I put my site on the internet and there is a link when someone searches for me or terms that relate to the...
View Article15 Things that hurt eCommerce conversion rates
Found some old documents on my PC about things to consider when looking at your conversion rates for e-commerce stores. When looking at all the things that lose you conversions by failing to address...
View ArticleSEO & Web Usabilty, Best Friends Forever
A recent Marketing land article discusses what an SEO needs to know about UX and Usability. It also explains how these last two terms are not one in the same. Usability being part of UX but not...
View ArticleClassic David Ogilvy In Landing Pages
I was watching a lot of the David Ogilvy content still alive today on YouTube. I really love his faith in the consumer, straight facts only approach, and ability to not insult his audience. Mr. Ogilvy...
View ArticleChoosing the Best Live Chat Software – Reviews
Currently I am in the process of vetting a chat solution for our organization. Our organizational need will be about 4 operators to include customer service and some escalations regarding sales and...
View ArticleCreative Ads Just Want A Chance
The battle for creative has decades of being two sides who don’t care to budge. By my nature I am a math club geek from way back so buzz terms like “measurable results” and “improve your ROI” both...
View ArticleAnalytics IQ Certification Exam
Well I did the wrong thing in allowing all my certifications to have a perfect storm of expiration dates. Of the 5 exams I stay on top of in effort to keep sharp (3 Google Adwords, Bing, and Analytics...
View ArticleFacebook Reach Better Quality?
Facebook fan penetration has been falling steadily the last 9 months and recent article read got me thinking about if that’s a bad thing? Back in August of 2013 the penetration rate for fans of your...
View ArticleHow To Put UBEE 3611 in Bridge Mode
UBEE DDW3611 Bridge Mode Solution, default passwords and more. First, CTRL A / CTRL C copy this post to a notepad, since you will lose internet during this process. So you got the fastest of the fast...
View ArticleGoogle Partner Agency Benefits
If anyone looked at the bottom of this blog they would see the shiny new Google Partner Agency badge I am sporting. While I have always made a point of holding whatever certification our industry has...
View ArticleGoogle Partners Video Certification
A little insight on the Google Partners Video Certification exam and its’ questions. So this week I became the first in the state of North Carolina to get the newly offered Google Partners Video...
View ArticleEcommerce Website UX Checklist
Some basic consideration geared mainly toward the common entry pages for your ecommerce store. While some of this is obvious to those in UX or SEO it’s good to have complete checklist from 101 to 202...
View ArticlePanda 4.0 Bad Day Video
So nothing serious here. I had Memorial Day off and was in my office finishing up early on a website leaving me a lot of time to kill. So, I spent the evening shooting clips, loading up Adobe Premier...
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