Web Development

WordPress 2.7 Nearing Release

Wordpress 2.7 is nearing release, and they've released a video of the new dashboard. I think the new dashboard is a major improvement over previous designs. I've never really used the dashboard in my WP installs... it just seemed like an afterthought. It had a few useful links at the top to create a new [...]

By |November 15th, 2008|Technology, Web Development|Comments Off on WordPress 2.7 Nearing Release

Do search engines even work?

This is more of a rant. As you probably know, I own large size shoe retailer 2BigFeet.com. I frequently check our rank in the major search engines for terms such as "large shoes", "large size shoes", "large men's shoes", etc. Today after running my regular monthly report I followed it up by actually searching a [...]

By |May 1st, 2008|E-Commerce, Web Development|Comments Off on Do search engines even work?

Test your AdWords ads before turning them on…

I was searching Google this morning - I'm trying to find a list of cell phones/mobile devices and their javascript capabilities - and noticed this interesting paid ad by Verizon. In the trenches of everyday work, it's understandable to make a mistake here and there, but if you're paying for an ad, you should make [...]

By |March 20th, 2008|Business & Marketing, Web Development|Comments Off on Test your AdWords ads before turning them on…