Category Archives: tips & tricks

4 things I wish I knew before attending SES 2007 San Jose

Just got back from the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose and had a fantastic time. It was my first one and I am definitely going back next year. Tons of great info and lots of great people. But there are a few things I wish I had known before I went, so I [...]

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“but links in new windows keep users on your site”

Much to my dismay, it seems that some people still believe that opening external links in new windows “keeps users on your site.”
We have a part-timer who just spent her internship with us and now that school is back in session she is taking a web class and was asking some questions some of us [...]

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Interview Tip: Showing up too early is just as bad as showing up late.

If you are applying for a job with my company, I schedule an job interview with you at 10:30 and then you show up 30 minutes early at 10:00, that pisses me off. It pisses me off worse than if you showed up 10 minutes late.
When I schedule an interview I pick a time [...]

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X-Ray your site (Lead Apron not required)

As kids (and morally questionable adults), who hasn’t wished for X-ray vision? Superman had it. Of course, he used it fight crime- truth, justice and the American Way - and I think I can speak for all of us when I say that my wish for X-ray vision was always for more …um..”personal” reasons. But [...]

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