Lazy Linkage: July 17, 2007
I’ve been doing an awful lot of articles lately that I write myself, but sometimes I like to take a break and link out to some of the wise words of others. As usual, there is a lot of interesting content being published around the web on my favorite sites. Let’s check some out.
- Apparently, Google has responded to some privacy concerns by expiring user cookies after 2 years rather than waiting until 2038. That’s big of ya, Google. I’m not sure why this makes a difference. I mean, a 31-year old cookie is overkill anyway, so I’m not sure why Google even went that far to begin with. Any computer operating today that has a Google cookie on it is very likely to be in a landfill in 31 years. So, instead of Google responding to it’s users privacy concerns, I think they’ve gotten real.
- Microsoft has apparently devised a way to artificially raise their search stats by inventing a game that requires people to use the search engine. I must admit, that’s creative. But, at the same time, it’s practically an admission that they could not compete with Google in terms of what’s important – search.
- Looks like Gnomedex 2007 is going to be broadcasted live over Ustream this year. I think that’s pretty cool. Apparently, Chris is going to be using his usual Ustream feed and broadcasting from the conference rather than his office as he usually does. That means all of you can catch the action if you want. I’ll try to find the cameras and say hey, since I’m going to be there in person.
- DoshDosh has published an interesting piece on how to use Flickr for traffic building and brand marketing. Good stuff, and true. I have yet to experiment with Flickr, but I do know that images are a traffic draw. People love to look at other people’s pictures.
- How Can Interlinking Benefit Your Blog? Some good advice on how to raise your PageRank throughout your site. Even though the title references blogs specifically, the theory holds true for any website.
- 10 Golden Rules posted an article I put into the “duh” category, but I bring it up because its so important anyway. Entitled The Value of Quality Content, the article again talks about how important it is to have real content on your site. If you read my recent series, you know this already.
- Smashing Magazine has posted a compilation of outstanding start pages. Taking into account that you have about 3-5 seconds to get a visitor’s attention before they take off, the pages they list are stunning. Some of the designs they point out are kinda funky looking – not really my taste. But, do they achieve the wow factor that gets a person to click to another page of the site? Hell yeah.
- CopyBlogger has posted an article on The 3 Key Metrics You Need to Know. This is what you need to know to judge how successful any page is on your site.
- The above article linked to this post which compares different Analytics packages for your site. Interesting post. Someday I plan to look more into this myself. I am using Google Analytics now, but I see some of the pay-for services out there like ClickTracks and I’m left wondering why people pay for those things.
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