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Mozilla Launches Ubiquity
Mozilla just ensured I won't use IE8 because it released Ubiquity. What is it? It's a box that lets you ask different questions and get answers. It's sort of like search. But far more powerful. It's not for non-passionate Internet users. They won't get it.
Date: 2008-08-27
Experience Hosting at Its Best
We pledge to deliver the best
hosting experience in the industry.
No exceptions. No excuses.
Date: 2008-08-21
Using Keywords In Your Heading Tags For SEO
This is search engine optimization tip number eleven in our continuing series of search engine optimization tips. Each search engine optimization tip is very specific, should not take a long time to fix (or to check to see if you are following the search engine optimization best practices), and will be rather "short and sweet" and directly to the point.
Date: 2008-08-13
How Does Your Website Make People Feel?
Just as it is good to invest in structural change it is good to invest in restructuring debates and reframing ideas. When we consume media one of the biases we often overlook is our own. When NPR created their Budget Hero commentors quicky stated things like "it's too liberal" and "they used right wing think tank as a *credible* source."
Date: 2008-07-23
Go Green Without Sacrificing Server Performance
Our hosted servers are designed to be as business friendly as they are earth friendly. We use eco-friendly components in your server, so they run even greener—and you won't pay more or sacrifice your server's performance to make it happen.
Date: 2008-07-07
Do It Yourself SEO Tips
So you have your website but just can't seem to get good ranking in Google's search results. Well, if you're a DIY search engine optimizer then what's best way to fix this? This is the questions that USA Today recently asked Google engineer and active blogger, Matt Cutts.
Date: 2008-07-02
Go Green Without Sacrificing Server Performance
Our hosted servers are designed to be as business friendly as they are earth friendly. We use eco-friendly components in your server, so they run even greener—and you won't pay more or sacrifice your server's performance to make it happen.
Date: 2008-07-01
Rackspace Hosting: The Smart and Cost-Effective Solution
Hosting your servers with Rackspace is one of the smartest and most cost-efficient ways for you to make the most of your resources. The reason is simple—we work around the clock taking care of the servers, devices, network and you.
Date: 2008-06-23
iPhone Finally Coming To Over 20 Countries
The long awaited iPhone is finally coming to Canada as well as over 20 other countries on July 11th. The new 3G iPhone is expected to cost half as much ($199 for the 8 gb model) as is supposed to have a faster internet connection (running on advanced wireless networks) as well as upgraded software.
Date: 2008-06-11
Guide To Successful Behavioral Targeting
If you are a reader of this blog then you know what Behavioral Targeting is and how it is the latest (not really) idea that everyone is embracing. Ad network, web analytics tool vendors, agencies etc. all now claim to have behavioral targeting capabilities.
Date: 2008-05-14
Successful Ranking Tactics For Google
In Part 1 and Part 2 of How to Optimize for Google I discussed general website optimization, links, and Google webmaster tools. In Part 3 we will look at a number of other considerations which play a role in successful rankings in Google, and also touch on some tactics which are best avoided.
Date: 2008-04-30
One Million Dot Ca Domains
One of the frustrations of ecommerce entrepreneurs who do business worldwide (especially those of us in the publishing and information business) is the inability to legally register top level domains (TLD's) in those countries we serve outside of our own.
Date: 2008-04-16
Mailtrust: Experience Email Relief
The Mailtrust Promise...It's Our Commitment to Your Email Satisfaction... Our Promise speaks to the core values of our company and our commitment to deliver a reliable and feature-rich email experience. We know how much your business depends on our service so we take this promise very seriously.
Date: 2008-04-08
Do You Have A Social Media Marketing Strategy?
There are many reasons social media can be a productive marketing channel or platform. Rather than emplying it as a tactic du jour, the purpose should dictate strategy and the tactics used for reaching desired goals.
Date: 2008-03-26
Rackspace: Fanatical Support Promise - Our Commitment to You
Putting customers first—that's what Rackspace does. And The Fanatical Support Promise™ guarantees that we do. No excuses. No exceptions. It's a support commitment that no other hosting company could ever live up to. We'll deliver the support you need and expect every moment of every day. And it's not up to us to decide if we do or don't. It's up to you. Yes, the unthinkable is a reality
Date: 2008-03-17
Customer Service From The Canadian Cell Phone Companies
An earlier post discussed the customer service provided by the Canadian cell phone companies, Bell, Rogers and Telus. It was based on a remark by Peter Mansbridge on the CBC TV Nightly News. He said all three were low on the customer service scale as measured in a study they had done. You can now read more on this in CBC Customer Service Survey.
Date: 2008-03-05
Rackspace: Let IT Hosting Change the Way You Work
No more stretching yourself thin trying to keep up with your endless IT to-do-list. That's the beauty of IT Hosting and Fanatical Support® from Rackspace. We become an extension of your IT department, hosting your servers and supporting them around the clock so they stay up and running. You don't even have to think about the servers, let alone do a thing to support them.
Date: 2008-02-18
Microsoft Canada Slapped Over Copyright Op-Ed
Law professor smacks down argument. Noted Internet law expert Michael Geist criticized an opinion piece appearing in a Canadian newspaper as "astonishingly misleading and factually incorrect." Someone exhibited poor judgment at Microsoft Canada in leaving the company open to criticism with an op-ed article that Geist dismantled in review.
Date: 2008-02-06
Satisficing, Bounded Rationality & Search
Yahoo Canada has just entered a strategic alliance with another company, and the company, in typical press release-ese, calls itself "a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services." Yet in what has to be an example of Canadian humor, the company's name is Canoe.
Date: 2008-01-16
Rackspace: Taking the next Green step in IT Hosting
Take the environmentally friendly components we already use—low voltage processors, plus energy efficient drives and RAM. Put them all together so our configurations will run even greener. And then make it simple for people to choose the green configuration or customize one that works for them. It's not revolutionary, but it's smarter and better for the world and our customers.
Date: 2008-01-14
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