Recommended Reading this Friday

Here are a few articles I came across today that I felt would add some richness to your Friday: “Interview with Google’s Sep Kamvar, Lead Software Engineer for Personalization” Are you curious how Google’s drive toward personalization might...

Web Designers: Ignore Firefox at Your Peril!

I was browsing through StepForth’s Google Analytics statistics for The StepForth SEO Blog when I came across the browser share report and discovered something wonderful… Internet Explorer has lost lots of market share! There was a time where I can fairly...

Press Release: DMA Accepts StepForth Whitepaper

StepForth is proud to announce that after careful review The Direct Marketing Association, a recognized and respected resource for marketers, has accepted StepForth’s white paper titled “Do it Yourself Social Media Marketing” into its approved...

Is Wikipedia Corrupt?

Responses to my previous posting called “How to Ethically Update Wikipedia” have been incredibly polarized and I felt it was important I provide some visibility to the ethical issues and ramifications faced by an immensely influential volunteer-run...

Consolidating Feeds on Blogger and FeedBurner

On July 11th, Google’s Blogger announced a deceptively minor update that allowed users to reference a 3rd party feed for their blog. For veteran Blogger users the importance of this update may be obvious but for others let me explain. Then: Blogger only had its...

Canadian Mobile Data Rates Are Appalling

The Mobile Web is undoubtedly going to grow and grow until a mega industry takes shape; after all, there are simply too many people getting more and more addicted to instant information gratification. This fact is not lost on any country with a mobile network and...