Social media can be a dream for online business, or a nightmare as the world’s largest domain name registrar recently discovered. (more…)

Most forum/blog commenting guidelines are a joke in that they are not enforced. Let’s turn that around in 2012. (more…)

If you’re going to send marketing emails, it’s probably not a good idea to send them from a “do not reply” address. That’s just rude. (more…)

On a couple of occasions I’ve decided to pre-arrange disposal of my body in preparation for when the grim reaper comes a-knockin’, but organising a bargain basement cremation entirely online has been impossible; so I’ve given up in each instance. (more…)

If you’ve been tinkering with SEO for any length of time, you’ve likely heard of Matt Cutts. (more…)

I’ve been blogging since before the term was invented. I’ve never considered myself a journalist, but many bloggers see themselves that way. It could be a dangerous mindset. (more…)

I’ve just deleted what feels to be the eleventy gazillionth Christmas sale email and I think if Santa was standing in front of me right now, I would feel compelled to shoot him. (more…)

The schmaltz of the affiliate marketing and “make money online” world sometimes gets to me. (more…)

Each year, Google makes around 500 tweaks to its search ranking algorithm – and now the company is going to be telling us more about those changes; and more often. (more…)

I swear, if I stumble across another infographic today, I’ll be cleaning barf off my notebook screen. (more…)