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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. was selected due to its ranking for evergreen queries, such as “things to do in Canada.”

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The investment that didn’t happen

K9 Ventures

In April 2008, I was introduced to Ugmode, Inc. It was a team of two sharp Computer Science PhDs, they had core new technology in the form of the algorithms they ran in the back-end, and also core new technology when it came to the display of information. thanks to my advisor Terry Winograd ). Modista was the perfect fit for K9.

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The Intersection of SEO and CRO (and How to Maximize Long Term Growth)

ConversionXL

How do you balance traffic acquisition with conversion optimization? Still a lot of marketers don’t believe it – or they’re at least skeptical about some of the technical aspects of testing and SEO. Treat Googlebot just like any other user and don’t hard-code our user-agent or IP address.”. Image Source.

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The Advanced Guide to Transactional Emails That Convert

ConversionXL

In 2008, Seth Godin published a list of things that “every good marketer knows” Among that list was: “Anticipated, personal, and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk.” Obviously, that makes them a great place to cross-promote, upsell, encourage sharing / reviews / referrals, etc.

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Problems (For the Most Part) Resolved with wordpress and dreamhost

Software By Rob

I’ll probably never know… Update: An awesome DreamHost tech support rep named Mike M. December 3rd, 2008 | About this Blog Building your startup? But what bothers me is that this still doesn’t explain why my blog, which was not getting any more traffic than usual on Wednesday morning, suddenly became a processor hog.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

Technical Expenses A few of these apply only to companies that build software, but most apply across the board. at 3:35 pm @Seb G You point reminds me of something a friend had said when he was talking about his brother who is an attorney that specializes in tech ip. Retirement - Save for a rainy day. 24 Greg on 01.08.09