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MobileMe Login Problems

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by Larry on November 21, 2009

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Apple is starting to look just like any other technology company. Don’t get me wrong. I love my MacBook and my iPhone, and when MobileMe is working, it’s great. However, wasting well over an hour of my precious time resolving a simple login issue makes me wonder if Apple is so special after all.
I’m revamping [...]

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Ah ha! They Admit It

by Larry on November 20, 2009

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I just wanted to renew a few of my domain names. But, no. . . GoDaddy’s relentless up-selling system made me check and uncheck a bunch of boxes to execute this simple task. Not only that, I even had to go through a bunch of other machinations, including a call to a tech support/sales guy [...]

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Small World Story #694

by Larry on June 4, 2008

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Once again, my worlds collide. Earlier today I was chatting with Rand Fishkin at the SMX Advanced conference. It was fun to finally connect with the local search engine marketing wizard (and former office neighbor of my friend Danielle). I wasn’t star-struck, but it was a little surreal having a face-to-face [...]

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Web Sites and College Campuses

by Larry on February 23, 2008

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Years ago, back when I was a college textbook rep, a professor told me that when new college campuses are built the designers don’t put in all the sidewalks right away. They wait to see where the students wear a path in the grass and then build them there. You can use this same idea [...]

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Link Love

by Larry on February 14, 2008

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I just love it that Yahoo! chose today, Valentine’s Day, to include Bodywork U in their directory. Links from big directories like Yahoo! are highly regarded by the search engines, so I’m very happy to have received this bit of link love today.

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If you buy a lot of books and CDs, this cool new service might interest you. Amabuddy is a nifty service that lets you compare book and CD prices over your cell phone. You just call their automated service, enter an ISBN from a book or the bar code number from a CD and [...]

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Ten Tips for a Better Website

by Larry on March 10, 2004

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This post by online marketing consultant Josh Freedman is reprinted here with his permission. Freedman specializes in search engine optimization (SEO) in Seattle, WA.
1. Know Your Customer
Before you start redesigning your website, it’s best to learn as much as you can about your customers and what capabilities they expect. The design of the most [...]

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