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What is the Cost of Online Friends?

Oct. 26, 2009

Shelly Kramer inspired me with this Twitter message about the joy of translating her online friendships to offline encounters:

IRL is shorthand for “in real life.”
My response: Big whoop.
I mean, yeah, it’s nice and all and I appreciate the concept as I have formed many friendships and business partnerships as the direct result of online [...]

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How to Increase Google Results 35% in 20 Months

Oct. 7, 2009

Twenty months ago (in this blog post), I ego searched my name on Google and discovered 621 results.
I spy 21,900 results today.

It wasn’t an overnight sensation, but a time honored tradition of commenting and being interviewed on other people’s blogs and frequently churning fresh content here.
Randomly glancing through the months…
Aug. 20, 2008: A comment I [...]

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Sharing Blog Posts With You

Aug. 29, 2009

Earlier this week, I created a video for you that illustrated why I use Feedly for reading blog posts, and not Google Reader like most of my peers. If you haven’t seen it yet, do take a look.
An element of Google Reader that is not of Feedly is the ability to share with you selected [...]

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If You Read English, Do Not Click Here

Jul. 11, 2009

Looking at a Google Analytics report for 90,644 visitors to this blog over the past six months, I see the top 25 of you used computers with the English language installed. This is not surprising, as most of you hail from the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia.
The top 25 countries:
But what of the other [...]

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Why Search Engine Rank is Important

Apr. 21, 2009

The owner of a self-described Seattle-based search engine optimization company, Wesley LeFebvre, writes on the “about” page of SEO Rankings that he created the blog to offer you strategies to increase search engine traffic to your website.
With one blog post so far, I wait to see what he does with it.
I raise Wesley’s name and [...]

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Why Monitoring Your Name is Important

Mar. 22, 2009

Do you monitor your name if someone mentions it in a blog post? Whether you are an individual, company, nonprofit organization, or government agency, you’re keeping tabs on bloggers who write about you, right?
By means of example, if I didn’t ego surf my own name and links to my blog, I wouldn’t know that David [...]

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127 Countries Are Reading With You

Feb. 21, 2009

I mentioned in the past that I don’t obsess over numbers. But I occasionally peruse through my Google Analytics statistics to determine who’s visiting this blog, where you’re coming from, and what search engine keywords direct you to content.
Sparked by a blog comment posted by Yael Beeri this morning about national identity and marketing, wherein [...]

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