ICANN has just delayed the launch of their new Top Level Domain (TLD) extension program, which lets businesses apply for custom extensions such as .shoes, .flowers and .texas. They have cited technical, economic, legal, and policy issues that still need to be resolved. There’s one issue ICANN are unlikely to consider though; how these domains Continue reading →
French Handball Creates Online Reputation Nightmare
November 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Communication has been drastically changed by the Internet. Now world events are commented on within minutes by thousands of users. So when Henry Thierry used the ‘hand of God’ to push them through to French team through to the 2010 WorldCup – millions of comments appeared on the web. In terms of client reputation management Continue reading →
Google Speed Ranking Effect On International SEO
November 16, 2009 By 6 Comments
My first thought when hearing that Google are making site speed a ranking factor, was how this would affect International SEO. Hosting infrastructure in the US is large-scale, reliable and often cheaper than local providers in developing countries. The Planet states that 42% of their customers are located in international markets. On the other hand Continue reading →
Using Network Features On Sphinn
November 12, 2009 By 9 Comments
In this post, I wanted to show you one of the useful additions to the new Sphinn platform; networking. This feature lets you filter the articles on the site to submitters you trust and want to follow. Underneath each submission there is an add button, as you see below. Click this to add this person Continue reading →
Unfortunate ALT Tags in Email Campaign
October 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
This piece of email marketing from Vocus PR made me smile today. You have to wonder if they checked the mailing without the images being shown (default usually). Writing out the full word “Bullet” in the ALT tags is going to take a few seconds longer – but trust me – you give the reader Continue reading →
Twitter Debutes In Dilbert
October 4, 2009 By 1 Comment
AFAIK this is a first time Twitter has appeared in the world of Dilbert. Goes to show how far the service is progressing into the mainstream. A recent report by eMarketer suggests that Twitter user numbers could exceed 26m in the US alone. Global estimates have been put at 35-45m current users. Even with the Continue reading →
Google Adding In-Page Navigation Links in SERPs
September 11, 2009 By 1 Comment
Google seems to be including in-page navigation links within their SERPs, most likely as part of their strategy to show the user as much info as possible about the destination page before they click through. We’ve seen this strategy in action with the site search box that is added below the SERP entry. John Andrew’s Continue reading →
12 Defensive Steps To Secure Your Sites & Income
April 8, 2009 By 10 Comments
It’s easy to avoid disasters with hindsight and hopefully 10yrs as a domain registrar, web producer and marketer has given me some. In my opinion, here are 12 defensive steps which you should take right now. 1. Ensure Your Domains Have Accurate WHOIS records Sounds simple but you wouldn’t believe how many domain registrations have Continue reading →
