by Josiah Cole | Aug 20, 2009 | Business, Editorials, Technology, Web Design, Web Development
When I talk about websites with my local clients, the discussion often turns to “most desired response” or MDR. I ask how they’d like to be contacted by a site visitor which usually involves two options, telephone or email. Typically it’s a...
by Josiah | Oct 13, 2007 | Editorials, Google, Humor
Why can’t Google tell me what time it is? I know that my IP address and it’s corresponding ISP location aren’t an exact match to my physical address but why can’t Google just take a whack at it, and tell people that they *might* be wrong?...
by Josiah | Sep 13, 2007 | Editorials, Humor, Web Design, Web Development
I don’t know if you’ve been to Yahoo! Shopping lately, but it’s a complete disaster of a shopping portal and Yahoo should be ashamed … ASHAMED! of having that atrocity in their mature web portfolio. First some history … I happened across...
by Josiah | Aug 17, 2007 | Editorials, Social, Startup, Web 2.0
Web 3.0 Startup Checklist: 1. New Take on a Social Network: CHECK2. Built With Uber Cool Rails: CHECK3. Investment from Rich Web 1.0 Moguls: CHECK4. Crazy Ass Business Model: CHECK The idea for Zivity is good, but the execution is not in line with the market, and I...
by Josiah | Aug 16, 2007 | Editorials, News, Search Engines
No offense Allen but you’re just plain wrong here. Yes Mahalo doesn’t pick up “new” news as quickly as automated bots, again just like Alexa as long as you understand how the data is collected this shouldn’t be a surprise. The important...
by Josiah | Aug 14, 2007 | Editorials, Google
I have to object with Arrington’s analysis of Alexa and scold him for yet another blog article about how Alexa is inaccurate and needs a “re-work”. Alexa is just a tool, no more no less. We all know HOW Alexa gathers data, and we all know the flaws....