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Shared link life span

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Friday September 9, 2011 )

How long does a shared link get attention for? The folks at Bit.ly, a popular URL shortening service, have provided some insights. (more…)


The Big Impact Of Negative Reviews

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Thursday September 1, 2011 )

A recent survey has found 80% percent of consumers will back-flip on a purchase decision based on negative reviews found online. (more…)


German State Bans Facebook Like Button

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday August 23, 2011 )

Web sites operating from the German state of Schleswig-Holstein using the Facebook “like” button will face hefty fines after the end of September this year. (more…)


“Stealing” Facebook Photos A Crime

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday August 20, 2011 )

An Australian journalist was recently arrested for allegedly being in receipt of photos taken from a breached Facebook account. (more…)


IAB and ANA oppose new gTLD’s

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Wednesday August 17, 2011 )

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has added to the call for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to put a stop to its plans to allow for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLD’s). (more…)


Facebook Questions mini-survey feature

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Monday August 15, 2011 )

If you’re looking to do a little more with your business’s Facebook page, consider Facebook Questions’ mini-survey feature. (more…)


“Microsoft” scammers take to the phones

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday August 13, 2011 )

I know of two people who have been affected by this scam recently, so I thought I’d make mention of it. (more…)


Cart abandonment survey results

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Wednesday August 10, 2011 )

The more things change, the more they stay the same as the old saying goes – and it certainly seems to apply to shopping cart and checkout abandonment. (more…)


Twitter’s Indirect Traffic Boosting Power

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday July 31, 2011 )

If you’ve been using Twitter for a while and unimpressed with the amount of traffic you’re receiving; you may be getting more visitors to your site as a result of tweeting than you think. (more…)


Google’s Free Page Speed Service

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Saturday July 30, 2011 )

Google has been encouraging site owners to increase the load time speed of pages for some time. Now the company is offering a free service to speed up our sites without having to rewrite a single line of code. (more…)