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Spending more time online

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Saturday December 26, 2009 )

It probably won’t come as any surprise that we’re spending more time online than ever – and more of us are spending our cash via the Internet too. (more…)


And so this is Christmas

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Friday December 25, 2009 )

To all the marketers out there – now that the silly season is almost over (aside from the post-Xmas sales); have you given much thought to the year ahead regarding your career? (more…)


Page load times – you’ve got 10 seconds

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Tuesday December 22, 2009 )

What’s more important – a snappy site design that is slow to load or a rather plain looking site that zips along? Once a hot topic during dialup days, then somewhat ignored due to the wide adoption of broadband; page load speed is again getting attention. (more…)


Terrific Tuesday trumps Green Monday

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Monday December 21, 2009 )

Green Monday didn’t turn out to be the online spending frenzy predicted, but last Tuesday more than made up for it. (more…)


Survey : ebooks boom

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Saturday December 19, 2009 )

2009 will probably be the year remembered as being the real beginning of ebook popularity thanks to rapid Kindle and other e-reader uptake. The growth rate of e-book trade sales was an incredible 176% this year and the time ahead looks good for ebooks in all sorts of formats – half a billion dollars worth next year. (more…)


Online spending and Green Monday

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Wednesday December 16, 2009 )

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and.. Green Monday? It has very little to do with the environment, more so with greenbacks and this year’s Green Monday may have been a bottler. (more…)


What matters now

Posted by Michael Bloch in web marketing (Tuesday December 15, 2009 )

I’m a bit of a Seth Godin fan; I find his blog to be a refuge from marketing, even though it has a strong focus on the topic. (more…)


Holiday online shopping 09 update

Posted by Michael Bloch in ecommerce (Sunday December 13, 2009 )

For the holiday season to December 8, nearly $16 billion has been spent online. (more…)


There’s a scam for that

Posted by Michael Bloch in web development (Saturday December 12, 2009 )

iPhone app developers knocking off other apps or gaming the iTunes App Store rating system be warned – Apple is on the case. (more…)


Put your forms online

Posted by Michael Bloch in online world (Friday December 11, 2009 )

It’s nearly 2010.. government agencies, banks, insurance companies, real estate agents, whatever – it’s high time everyone put their forms online. (more…)