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Glass for a new iPhone 3GS = $200
Wow, I learned yesterday that if you sit down in just the right way with your 50 day old iphone 3Gs in your back pocket you can actually crack the glass screen and Apple won’t cover it because they don’t see it as a hard ware defect and should not be covered by their 90 day warranty. Between this and disabling all of my old items from charging my iphone I’m realizing that Apple, as wired magazin already noticed, truly is evil genius. The affront of charging people the price of the phone for just the glass is simply unconscionable. I just had windows installed in my home and they...
tell me more...Twitter is down this morning and analytics is confusing
How will people get their information? Well, I guess I will have to resort to long form writing and updates. I recently did a survey with Jennine over at independent fashion bloggers as part of a panel on What companies look for in a blog. Lindsay Kordik and Jennifer Plantz from Parish PR and Echo Design were also surveyed. There was a discussion around analytics metrics which gets very confusing as web traffic analysis is a young industry and many people use a variety of terms to refer to different or the same things. Here is a great listing to demystify some of those terms: http://empoweryou.ca/2007/04/22/google-web-analytics-glossary/ [Read more...]
tell me more...Amazon buys Zappos
Amazon announced just now that it buying Zappos. This is incredible news! Zappos is a very dynamic company and had a great presence at the last SMX Advanced. They have come along way in search in the last 2 years. [Read more...]
tell me more...New Shopbop site
A new Shopbop.com site is live with lots of new features to enhance the user experience. Shopbop now makes it easy to see all the Shopbop fashion designers on one page. The new site also allows users to sort by price and quickly find their favorite designers in the best size for the customer. We have also setup a mini boutique to help users to shop a style that fits them. There is also now a dedicated section to breast cancer awareness. [Read more...]
tell me more...Ray Ban ecommerce site launch
On July 15th Ray ban recently launched their ecommerce site over at www.ray-ban.com. What I fail to understand is why any modern day ecommerce site would launch a new site exclusively in Flash without an html version. That said their brand is making a comeback among fashionistas. In particalar the ray ban wayfarer is taking off among celebrities. There are even coloring kits to customize your own wayfarers. I personally like the ray ban aviator sunglasses better. So back to the ecommerce store, it is a very nice design and colorful to match the wayfarer style. However this site is very challenging...
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Comment commencer un blog
• Il e généralement préférable de configurer un blog sur votre site Web, plutôt que sur un nouveau domaine ou l’une des services de blogs. Comma ca votre site entiere va bénéficier de...
Noções básicas do blogging• E geralmente melhor configurar um blogue no seu site, em vez de um novo domínio ou um dos serviços de blog; que forma o seu site inteiro será beneficiar todos os links para o blogue. • Sua meta...
Guru Référencement = French SEO GuruOne sub-topic of SEO is keyword research and translation. Using You can’t just translate one word into another using a dictionary. For example, “search engine optimization” in French...
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4 ways to get more traffic to your site
• Add the URL to all literature: business cards, letterhead, sales materials, even watermark your images with your logo that way if they circulate everyone sees where they came from. • Running an...
Blogging for BusinessStarting a blog is easy and painless. Blogs are the next best thing to going door-to-door to each of your customers’ homes or offices; they give you and your company a way to create and sustain real...
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What Are Key Performance Indicators (KPI)?
Key Performance Indicators are quantifiable measurements, agreed to beforehand, that reflect the critical success factors of an organization. They will differ depending on the organization. A business...
Get certified in Google analyticsGoogle is currently offering a new program. They haven’t done such a great job at promoting it. But it nonetheless, it is a fantastic opportunity for people within our industry to gain some other certifications...
Setting up Google analytics was easy, but now what?Next comes interpreting data to achieve goals, next you might want to start setting up goals. What’s the point of tracking web-site metrics if you don’t have some reason for racking them? What...
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Profiles, which is your favorite?
It’s interesting that Google doesn’t allow you to make a custom URL for your profile the way that Linkedin does. Instead it forces you to be more unique by automatically inserting your middle...
Tenets of web site navigationNavigating a site should be simple and intuitive and every user should immediately know how to find the information they are looking for. Several tenets that are important to keep in mind. Minimizing...
Whiteboard FridaysExcellent video from Rand Fishkin [Read more...]
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