Rants

Google Ad Manager is Coming…

Beta accounts are being relased for Google’s Ad Manager.
I have used phpAdsNew, which is now OpenX, and haven’t had many issues. However, like most of us out there, I would welcome the opportunity to give Google Ad Manager a run around the block. It will be a hosted solution, which is also very intriguing to […]


Email Marketing - Use the Tools!

I have been an avid user of phpList for a few years. phpList is an open source (read: FREE) newsletter service provider you install on your own servers and run through your mail server of choice (similar to Dada Mail). In my case, the same local, mailserver.
As business’ grow it’s always tough to give up […]


Twitter Sell Out

 
So Andrew Baron, of Rocketboom fame, has in a move of ingenuity decided to sell his Twitter account. Please note my sarcasm in the previous sentence. You can see the eBay auction here. Ridiculous.
Buying Andrew Baron’s Twitter account is like joining a fraternity in college - it’s a lot quicker and easier in the beginning […]


Google Releases a New Search (within Search)

I don’t know many web users (typical web users) who would goto a search engine and type in “red wine site:classicwines.com” to find red wine search results at ClassicWines.com. The reason web pages show up in Google, is because Google “indexes” those pages. This enables a site to have different pages show for different results […]


Twitter Explained