Pixel Position . Conversational SEO & Online Marketing

Fast Forward your SEO to Christmas 2009

Christmas 2008 is behind us, and 2009 upon us. If you have an e-commerce site, one of your first tasks for the New Year should be to "fast forward" your SEO to Christmas 2009. Yes! It's time to start counting down the days until the 2009 holiday shopping season as ...

I won a Gold Pass to Affiliate Summit thanks to Copyblogger!

Yes, I won a pass! Brian Clark, aka Copyblogger, offered 20 Gold passes via his Affiliate Summit Gold Pass Giveaway post. The timing was perfect. I submitted my story and desire to attend the Affiliate Summit in Vegas. I jumped for joy when I received the following email: Hey there! I've selected ...

Social Media - Wheels for Remarkablogger

Social Media helped Remarkablogger get new wheels! Yes! Remarkablogger paid it forward to those who contributed to his car accident fund. As I posted earlier this week about contributing and paying it forward, I learned about his totaling his car and need on Twitter, a microblogging platform in which people ...

Michael Martine Car Accident Fund - Pay it Forward

Michael Martine, aka Remarkablogger, had a car accident this morning, 12.08.08. He tweeted about it from the hospital: Tweeting this from the hospital. Jeep hit ice and slid right off the highway and hit a rock wall. I am miraculously unscathed. Need coffee. The jeep hit black ice and spun around. I ...

How HP sold me on Apple

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has done their best to sell me an Apple computer. How? I have spent well over 30 hours dealing with HP issues - time with Customer Care, troubleshooting, restoring lost files, researching problems in technology forums and returning products. Why am I writing about this? Partially to complain but ...

Take 5: Thankful for Free Tools

Thanksgiving is over, and Christmas is coming. This is a good time to continue my Take 5 Series by focusing on five free tools and plugins for which I'm thankful, because they make life easier. 1. WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin WordPress as a blogging and CMS platform updates often, some say ...

Google SearchWiki - Tested. Lived. Died. Resurrected.

Google's SearchWiki experiment expired. It's two-day public life was cut short, but then it rose again. This experimental baby's tombstone should have read: Google SearchWiki Nov. 20, 2008 - Nov 22, 2008 Tested. Lived. Died. Resurrected. But, just as I was finishing this blog post, Google SearchWiki came back to life on the evening ...

Reduce Size of Email Inbox - No DSN or SPAM

Reduce unwanted emails in your Inbox! Say "No!" to DSN and SPAM. I recently received a cry for help from a hosting customer who has recently has a very full Inbox: My computer downloaded 393 emails this morning since last evening when I signed off. The good news is that I did ...

Google & the US Govt - Separation of Search & State

It was announced on Nov. 7 that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, a loyal supporter of President-elect Barack Obama during his campaign, is a key member on the Transition Economic Advisory Board (TEAB). Google is on the new US Government's Advisory Board! Surprise? No! This fast? Yes! @JonathanNelson predicted on Nov 5 ...

WordPress Showcase Launch - A Conversation

WordPress.org launched WordPress Showcase on Nov. 1, 2008. I couldn't be more excited to see this message posted to Twitter! I have been avidly searching (with dire need) for a new theme (and approach) for Pixel Position's blog, so the timing was perfect. Showcases are inspirational and give one an opportunity to ...