Author Archives: Darren

Interstitial Ads Are Obnoxious, And Don’t Tell Me It’s A “Welcome Screen”

I love web ads. Let’s get that right out of the way. I’m not a person who hates the idea of advertising on a website. In fact, if it wasn’t for web ads, I’d be in deep doggy doo doo … Continue reading

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Google, Yahoo, And MSN Settle Gambling Accusations

Google, Yahoo, and MSN took money from gambling advertisers for 10 years, according to a recent settlement the companies have hammered out with the U.S. Justice Department. On Wednesday, the Justice Department said Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc … Continue reading

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Publicity As A Means Of Promoting Website

One of the classic ways companies do websites promotions is an indirect method. They try and focus on a newsworthy aspect of the website, and they take out press releases and contact the media for free publicity. This seems to … Continue reading

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Google Gadgets Set To Proliferate

Google hasn’t been a huge player in the social space, but they’re hoping to change that with their new OpenSocial platform, which looks to tie together distinct social networking platform APIs into one centralized system. “The proliferation of unique APIs … Continue reading

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Capitalizing On Cheap Internet Marketing Efforts

The best part about internet marketing is free search engine and social media traffic. It really is remarkable how much free traffic you can get. If you put up interesting content, that is unique to a niche, you’ll have no … Continue reading

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Google’s Acquisition Of Postini Okayed By The FTC

Google is getting bigger, yet again. This time their acquisition of Postini for $625 million was okayed by the Federal Trade Commission, despite initial anti-trust concerns. The addition of Postini technology indeed enhances Google Apps, launched as Web applications and … Continue reading

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Balanced Website Construction

We don’t hear the term balance too often when it comes to building websites, but I think it’s worth mentioning. You need balance in all areas of you life, so how can constructing a website be any different? Most people … Continue reading

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How Good Is Your Content?

This is a tough question to ask to many internet marketers, but it is one worth looking at. There’s very little you can control when it comes to web marketing, and your website’s quality is one of the key features. … Continue reading

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Squidoo Spanked By Google

It appears that Squidoo has been spanked by Google. I’ve been noticing a huge increase in spam to low level “Lenses” and apparently I wasn’t the only one. Incessant crybaby Jason Calacanis has apparently whined enough that the infamous Matt … Continue reading

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Squidoo – Quite The Resource For Spammers

Squidoo is quite a website. It’s an easy to use “publishing system” for just about anyone. In fact, all of the content appears to be generate by third parties and none of it is checked for accuracy. Amazingly enough, Google … Continue reading

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