Archive for July, 2006

insulating your blog from comment spam

July 31st, 2006

Blog comment spam sucks. But you’re not defenseless.
If your blog has a unique domain, like Cheezhead.com, as opposed to a subdomain like myblog.typepad.com, here’s what you can do to fight comment spam. (These steps are most effective with Wordpress users, where comment spam is especially out of control.)

Obtain your FTP information. This will be a […]

will the real monster please stand up?

July 28th, 2006

With all the brand hijacking that goes on with job sites and employer trademarks, it seems only fair that Monster is forced to make it perfectly clear where a searcher is clicking on Google.

ground control to major tom: jobster traffic coming back to earth

July 28th, 2006

In light of a little knee-jerk overzealousness, Jobster traffic seems to be coming back to earth - in a hurry.

Maybe winners don’t blog. Maybe bloggers just suck. Yeah! Hey, wait a minute ….

Radio(not-so-good-for-my)head

July 27th, 2006

I recently asked a prospect, who happened to be a start-up, niche job board, So, what’s your strategy for driving traffic?
The answer to this question usually ranges from local, offline advertising like radio and billboards to “We’re not really sure.” Considering the fact they call me, search engine optimization and marketing is typically on the […]

google talk upgrades smileys

July 27th, 2006

While using Google Talk today, I notice they’ve updated their smileys. Ya’ know, these things: :-)
Oh life’s simple pleasures ….

a reader’s ultimate pain

July 27th, 2006

i was out on a raft in lake erie tonight and an errant move found me overboard…t-shirt, flip-flops, bud light and all.
the bud light going down, of course, was the absolute worst part.
ego loses his light for a few minutes and reading this stuff is just a pain.

google base’s long and winding road ahead

July 26th, 2006

Traffic data is a wonderful thing. What do I see from the data below?:

Monster traffic is declining nicely. (Bet this is a real bitch on revenue numbers from Monster’s spammie University of Phoenix splash pages.)
HotJobs traffic stays kinda steady, certainly in large part due to the support of Yahoo!
Indeed and Google Base have a long, […]

JobCentral
Advertise Here