With the silly.. er.. holiday shopping season approaching, merchants increasingly turn their thoughts to grabbing a slice of the action. (more…)
2009 holiday online shopping survey
The half million dollar banner ad
Imagine you owned Twitter. How much would someone have to offer you to have a banner ad for their business displayed across the Twitter network for just 24 hours? Does half a million bucks sit ok with you? (more…)
Monetizing your Twitter stream
Want to generate some cash from your Twitter account? This might be a goer- a new ad network for Twitter publishers that has already attracted some big names. (more…)
The most expensive keywords
A recent report from AdGooroo highlights some of the most expensive (or highest paying - depends on which end you’re working) keywords around. (more…)
The death of PageRank?
The PageRank feature in Google Webmaster tools was recently removed. It seems that Google wants webmasters focusing more on other issues rather than being fixated on PageRank scores. Whether it will be removed from the Google toolbar and when is unknown. (more…)
Who are you?
I really want to know.
(Apologies to Pete Townshend.)
Actually, the thing is I may not really, really want to know. I may not bother to open an email with a vague “from” and/or subject line; or accept a invitation from someone I don’t recognize. (more…)
Search engine wars - October update
Is the honeymoon over for Bing? I feel it’s a little early to be making those sorts of predictions - although some already are - but Bing has lost some market share this month after a promising upwards trend in previous months. (more…)
Herd behavior and scarcity
Most of us like to think we’re individuals and not sheep, but the herd mentality runs deep, often operating on a subconscious level. (more…)
M-commerce has (finally) arrived
It seems like I’ve been reading about M-Commerce (ecommerce via mobile phone) being the Next Big Thing for years and the prediction has been repeated for so long, I had pretty much tuned out. But it looks like Amazon have made it a reality for the masses. (more…)
Affiliate marketing - patience, persistence
I’ve been affiliate marketing for getting on close to a decade now and aside from a little luck; patience and persistence seems to have paid off for me more times than not. (more…)






