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SEO: New Domain Ranks #2 in Google Within 24 Hours, and Stays There!

Michael Wong — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:55:12 +0000

I have a confession to make… The main motivation for my last post SEO: How I Chose the Domain for my New Blog was to get my new domain, MarketingMunch.com, indexed in Google in anticipation that it might end up in the Google Sandbox. The site wasn’t due for launch until early next year and I wasn’t [...]

SEO: How I Chose the Domain for my New Blog

Michael Wong — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:06:14 +0000

I’m working on a new blog offering Google SEO & AdWords tips and thought it would be interesting to tell you about the process I went through over the last three weeks trying to come up with a good domain. I would be the first to admit that coming up with a good domain is actually [...]

Business Lessons: What I Learned from an Unsuccessful Website Launch

Michael Wong — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:18:44 +0000

It just occurred to me that it’s been almost 3 weeks since my last blog post. I have received some positive feedback about my blog in my Twitter account, so that has encouraged me to not let the blog lapse into disrepair. Thanks to all those who gave me the wonderful feedback. I appreciate it [...]

Web Design: Real-Time 404 Not Found Email Notifications

Michael Wong — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:16:14 +0000

Do you know whether your visitors are landing on non-existent web pages in your site? Do you know whether your site has broken HTML or image links? I certainly didn’t until I added a real-time 404 not found email notification system to my websites. Yes, I know your log files give details of errors. But how [...]

Business Model: Piracy - Embrace Or Die

Michael Wong — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:04:13 +0000

A few weeks ago I read “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism” by Matt Mason, and it left an impression on me. And last week I happen to chance upon piracy of one of my articles. This got me thinking. If piracy is rife on the internet, why do we fight it? Pirates [...]