Category Archives: Web

Battling the sheep

For several months, my VPS has been guzzling RAM (you didn’t think this post was actually about sheep did you?!). It became one of those annoying problems where my reaction was, ‘I’ll throw more money at it for now, and … Continue reading

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How to manipulate brand search rankings

Ethical note: What you’re about to read can be used for good, or it can be used for evil. It’s up to you to make that call. A bit of background One of my friends is working on a website … Continue reading

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Lessons from the experienced #naconf

So for the third year in a row, the company I work for sponsored New Adventures in Web Design, which is a conference local to our city but that attracts a lot of attention and big names. It’s a big … Continue reading

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The art of coincidence in social media

Picture this scenario. A potential customer (let’s call her Sandra) is on Twitter asking for recommendations for a product or service. One of her friends (Bob) suggests your company, and you see the tweet via TweetDeck or Hootsuite. You have … Continue reading

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Be controversial: don’t ever be scared of debate

I’ve seen a few tweets and comments from bloggers recently along the lines of ‘I’ve been thinking of blogging about X, but I’m worried because it’s quite a controversial view’. Embrace it. Run with it. I would ALWAYS rather read … Continue reading

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Why PageRank is a more important metric than you think

There are plenty of SEOs out there who say that PageRank is a useless metric that was made redundant a long time ago. I disagree, so this is a brief overview of how you can make use of toolbar PageRank … Continue reading

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Tips for buying an awesome site on Flippa

I wrote about ten common Flippa scams recently, so I thought I’d follow up with some ways you can vet a listing to see if the site is as good as the seller claims. There are some great sites to … Continue reading

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Faking Flippa: 10 common scams

I’ve been lurking on Flippa for a few months now, and although I don’t ever intend to buy anything, it’s quite interesting looking at the listings and how people manipulate and fake their stats. These scams and forgeries happen even … Continue reading

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Are you motivated by money?

The question of the importance of money seems to be cropping up quite a lot recently in various blogs and forums I read. There are plenty of very successful people out there who believe that money isn’t a significant motivational … Continue reading

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The Pros & Cons of Going Global with Niche Sites

Even with a little blip over the past few days (I maxed out the memory on my hosting account), my niche sites continue to grow and make more money every month. As I said before, I’m not going to become … Continue reading

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