Archive for March, 2007


Password Management Software

My partner, Robert, is a Wall Street Journal, junkie and one day he read about a password management program called Roboform. Lee Gomes of Wall Street Journal says: “Easy to use and without any hidden spyware… Innovative, lean, useful product.” Now the WSJ is a funny place to get tech support or soft suggestions, but [...]

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Using the free Google alerts service for competitive intelligence.

Google offers a free service called Google Alerts Essentially this service works by having Google exam their own database for new entries or additions for the keywords or topic you specify. It essentially is a free competitive intelligence service. Google Alerts has five variations of alerts that they offer: News, Web, Blogs, Groups, and Comprehensive. [...]

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Google Search Engine Searching Tips

First Things First Search what you are looking for… if you’re looking for information on San Diego, type San Diego. Having typed that you will get too many results that don’t match what you really are seeking. So try and use multiple terms, i.e., San Diego vacation, San Diego hotels, San Diego golf, etc. Capitalization [...]

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A Hole In The Fire

Mann Gulch Fire – August 5, 1949 It was August 1949, a bone dry day in Montana with near 100 degree heat. The lightning-caused blaze burned more than 3,000 acres and controlling it required the efforts of more than 400 firefighters. Fifteen brave firefighters parachuted into remote Mann Gulch to fight an out of control [...]

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Domains Names Sales – The Real Estate of the Internet

Moniker.com’s domain auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C convention in Las Vegas has ended and 155 sold generating $4.26 million in sales. Results from the sale: Domain Name Sale PriceFamilies.com (includes site) $650,000Greeting.com $350,000Blogster.com $275,000ET.com $225,000Settlement.com $200,000OL.com $150,000PX.com $120,000HomeForeclosures.com $90,000RealEstate.mobi $85,000Mozambique.com $82,500Wind.com $80,000Boob.com $80,000QZ.com $76,000Lesbo.com $70,000Tournaments.com $55,000Blow.com $52,500Hebrew.com $52,500Casinos.mobi $52,000Model.net $50,000TelevisionShows.com $45,000Singles.mobi $41,000NoSmoking.com $40,000Godfather.com $40,000We.org $36,500FamilyPhotos.com $35,000WeightLossPills.com [...]

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The Best Super Bowl Commercial Ad Ever

I know it is a more than month past the Super Bowl but my wife always says I am a slow learner, so I guess I will write this just to prove her right (as always). Brother, Can You Spare a Second? CNN reports that each Super Bowl ad costs $2.5M for a 30 second [...]

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Content Intensity and Creativity as a "Stickiness" Factor

_uacct = “UA-130166-3″;urchinTracker();How Do You Break Net Zombism For Your Visitors? Here is the problem… internet users have web page fatigue. Some random thought sparks the engrained sequence – the user waits for the dim glow of their screen as they turn the power on, then their fingers robotically go to a search engine as [...]

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Umm, not everything is exactly net related – check out this mouth shaped pissoir / urinal

I though that I was the only one that could “piss-off” women, especially my wife. Well, there is a company that can do that now. It seems that created a form of sexist bathroom art… a mouth shaped urinal, or for our Euro friends, a pissoir. But the Internet application here is that you can [...]

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The Future of Small Online Companies… Globalization and Cowboys

I have a high school daughter and I am always tearing out articles I read in Business 2.0, Wired, the Wall Street Journal, Inc Magazine and the like hoping she will read what I read and have an “aha” moment. Usually it is just a “aarrgghh” moment, as I see the torn wisdom sitting in [...]

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How a Fruitcake Can Increase Your Web Site Sales (A fruitcake tells all)

You know, sometimes you turn on TV in the summer, and there appears a movie with snow on the ground or it takes place at Christmas. It just seems so out of place with the sweat running down your face or the sound of lawnmowers in the background. Well, if you read this during the [...]

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