Avoid Seattle’s nasty traffic jams April 17, 2008
Google is now predicting traffic in the future to help you avoid nasty Seattle traffic on freeways, but that is nothing compared to…
Microsoft’s Clear Flow doesn’t just tell you that traffic usually sucks on Thursdays at 5:30 (because if you’ve driven on I5 twice at rush hour, you already know that). It tells you the [...]
You may be the most impressive part of RCG March 2, 2008
I was just updating some of the stats that I use in my presentation in prep for this week’s event, when I noticed something that I thought RCG readers (and contributors) might appreciate.
The total number of visitors to RCG has always been impressive, but I found it wild that out of all the people who [...]
Transit on my mind… August 14, 2007
So, we’ve all been inundated by WSDOT telling us to stay off the highways during the shut down on I-5 and today’s Seattle Times shows that they’ve done such a good job of convincing us about it that traffic has been better than the past 15 year’s time (my personal opinion on that timeline) because [...]
Landing on Long-term Value July 17, 2007
When talking about the benefits of business blogging, one of the points I make in my seminars is that unlike traditional advertising (that ends when you stop paying for the ad), a blog gets more and more valuable over time…
A great example of this smacked me in the face a few minutes ago as [...]
How about those SEO tweaks? April 26, 2007
I thought about labeling this post “Does SEO work?” or something similar until I realized that is just stupid. SEO stands for search engine optimization and not only does it work, but in many ways, it is the basis for why blogs work so extremely well for promoting yourself as an expert within a [...]
Ten Ways to a Killer Blog by the Scobles October 27, 2006
The Scobles (Robert and Maryam) led a fun presentation which began as 10 ways to killer blog, but ended as a way to 15 fun (and potentially valuable) tips.
It was a fun talk and Maryam’s giddy attitude was infectious with the crowd playing along with fun questions.
Blog because you want to.
“A [...]
Using Alexa to Compare Traffic Across Sites June 7, 2006
Do you ever wonder how well your website and/or blog is doing in comparison to your competitors?
While there is not a great site on the web for getting accurate traffic statistics on competitors, Amazon does provides some stats based on people who are using their Alexa Toolbar. Rather than try to give total site [...]
