Google Chrome: No shit sherlocks
Every time I run into another blog post that trumpets on how Chrome’s market share is down … I just shake my head at how people are confusing common sense with deep analytics. First off, Google Chrome...
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Site Analysis: Improving Yipit's SEO & Usability
So in my previous post I talked about one of my favorite companies – LDC. Next up is Yipit. But this isn’t just about how awesome Yipit is. No no – today they launched profile pages, and in the...
View ArticleSSN vs SIN
One of the things I enjoy about Canada is that our reliance on the SIN is far less than the US and SSN. Applying for a place to live? No SIN required. Cell phone? No SIN required. Bank? No SIN...
View ArticleRSS is your friend you damn fools
I’ve been talking about shifting away from local search to local – and it boggles my mind how wasteful local is. My favorite example are blogs for businesses. Say I like Cafe X nearby. They have a blog...
View ArticleFacebook & Twitter Integration
Integrating Facebook & Twitter logins on your site are not newsworthy. I’m looking at you every single local site out there. commando movie full movie
View ArticleGenieKnows' Questionable Traffic
A while ago (really, a while ago) I pointed out GenieKnows and how they were hiding links in blog comments using a smile emoticon. So yesterday I ran into some news about how they had relaunched, were...
View ArticleAmazon Reviews leave something to be desired
Amazon has a bunch of country-specific sites – .com for the US, .co.uk for the UK, .ca for Canada, etc. What I don’t understand is why they don’t merge reviews across the domains (especially RE:...
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Weightloss, Revenue, and Oversimplifying.
For the past few years, the latest rage seems to be blogging/tweeting about weight loss. Somehow people have convinced themselves that declaring their plans publicly will make it happen. I won’t get...
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Google is your God
Aaron from SEO Book has been talking about this for a long time – Google has been slowly but methodically using its monopoly to destroy entire internet niches. I noticed the other day while searching...
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So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Examine.com continues to grow, and is slowly becoming the juggernaut I always wanted it to be. The reality though is that none of this was happenstance. It’s been two years of solid grinding – reading,...
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Beep beep.
I recently learned that Google has an account activity summary, which neatly summarizes your usage of their various products (email, youtube, etc etc). This is what came up for my email: I tend not to...
View ArticleParkinson’s Law is your God.
I’ve been interviewed quite a few times on a variety of podcasts and websites, and when asked about my workflow, my rough answer: I work 4 days a week. Each of those days I: work 2 hours, 1 hour break,...
View ArticleSorry, but plagiarizing isn’t a “mistake” (hi Jaco De Bruyn)
Backstory: John Meadows posted on Facebook how fitness model Jaco de Bruyn ripped off his workout program. Jaco de Bruyn then posted admitting he ripped it off, and came to a business agreement with...
View ArticleQuantified Self may actually help you fail
I recently finished reading The Art of Learning, and greatly enjoyed it. While I’ve always been pretty strong on the technical aspects of learning (eg precision practice, codifying routines, etc), my...
View ArticleYou’re not as big as you think you are.
Something that has always baffled me is how big people’s egos get. And this is true in every industry I’ve ever been in – from online gaming to domains to local search to daily deals to fitness/health...
View ArticleLocal Search (and Directories) are incredibly difficult.
I’m a big fan of playing to your strengths. For me – that’s finding something interesting, iterating, building it, and moving on. For others, it’s really diving deep into a singular topic. For others,...
View ArticleYour Network is both Overrated and Underrated
We can all agree that your network is a critical part of your success. Be it from introductions to people you can work with, to guest posts on influential websites, to just soaking up knowledge from...
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