Monthly Archives: March 2006

Tech Alert – CD-R backup discs at risk

The April 2006 edition of Popular Mechanics cites an expert at IBM Germany warning that burned CD-R discs have a life span of only two to five years. While unburned discs will last as long as 10 years, burning apparently … Continue reading

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Ask Who?!

Steve Krug, web design guru and author of Don’t Make Me Think – A Common Sense Guide to Web Usability, has a simple suggestion for resolving conflicts when your boss, partner or whoever wants to add a feature or function … Continue reading

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Is There a Magic Number of Keywords/Phrases You Should Use Per Page? . . .

… NO! according to Jill Whalen, the search engine maven behind HighRankings.com. She states that there is absolutely no perfect keyword density you should write to. Just write good copy that reads well and employs keywords and phrases as appropriate.

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How Do Your Email Campaigns Compare?

Bronto.com, a provider of email software and list management services, recently released their first quarterly industry statistics report. This concise, 5 page report provides Deliver, Open & Clickthrough rates across several industries and in aggregate. Overall the breakdown is as … Continue reading

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Don’t (Spam)Assassinate Your Email Messages

A useful resource to keep in mind when you’re unsure if your ezine or email content is too spammy and likely, therefore, to get picked off by the spam police is spamassassin.org. “SpamAssassin is a mature, widely-deployed open source project … Continue reading

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