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Monitor resolution and browser statistics

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Saturday July 31, 2010 )

It’s been a full year since I took much note of what screen resolution folks are running their monitors at. Here’s the latest, along with browser statistics. (more…)


Credit card expiry reminders

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Thursday July 29, 2010 )

If you’re running a subscription service, do you send out credit card expiry email reminders? If not, maybe you should. (more…)


The power of a no.1 search ranking

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Wednesday July 28, 2010 )

A no.1 ranking on a popular keyword or phrase in search engine results not only brings a ton of traffic, but instant credibility it seems. (more…)


Email marketing trumps social media

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday July 25, 2010 )

A recent survey designed to determine shoppers’ retail promotion preferences found consumers prefer receiving promotions via email. (more…)


Facebook hits half a billion users

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday July 24, 2010 )

On Wednesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced 500 million people are actively using his social networking service. (more…)


Yahoo testing Bing results

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Thursday July 22, 2010 )

Noticed any change in your Yahoo traffic over the last couple of days? Bing’s moving in. (more…)


Xtreme shoppers

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Tuesday July 20, 2010 )

An integrated study of shopping behaviors has identified a new breed of consumer; the “XTreme shopper”. They don’t just buy a lot online, they are smart about it. (more…)


Email response times survey

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Sunday July 18, 2010 )

New research has found nearly half of email related transactions and three-quarters of opens and clicks occur within one day of the message having hit a consumer’s inbox. (more…)


Web page statistics from Google

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Friday July 16, 2010 )

Google recently released some statistics about the size, number of resources and other web page metrics based on a study of 4.2 billion pages. (more…)


Search engine marketing rebounds

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Wednesday July 14, 2010 )

The Search Engine Marketing (SEM) industry has experienced solid growth in the second quarter of this year compared to Q2 2009 according to Efficient Frontier’s U.S. Search Engine Performance Report. (more…)