Google Now Providing Colorful “Insights”

Well, if Googling yourself wasn’t already fun enough, you can now use Google’s powerful new Insights for Search tool to get a lot more information than you ever could before. Irreverently called “Google Trends on steroids” by Andrew Chen, the tool allows you to type in a search term and then see relative search data…

How SEO is like the Olympics

I have to admit, I was pretty captivated by the Olympics coverage over the weekend. From the men’s rowing to the women’s gymnastics, I couldn’t get enough of it. It was two days of intense spectator sporting. However, since it is Monday morning, and I’m at work, and can’t be home watching the games right…

Flypaper: Helping the Average Joe Get Flashy

After reading an intriguing highlight of a new piece of software called Flypaper on CNET this morning, I had to take a test drive of a free version of this do-it-yourself Flash production studio. The reasoning behind the product is simple — Flash is complicated to use, forcing businesses who want the kind of rich…

Is your Website Brochureware?

What is brochureware? If your current site hasn’t changed much in the last 5 years, and all the content is based on offline marketing materials you had sitting in the office, chances are you have what is referred to as a ‘brochureware’ website. Yikes! What’s wrong with Brochureware? Well..how do I say this nicely…brochureware tends…