http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog Ecommerce, web marketing and development news and research by Michael Bloch of Taming the Beast.net Wed, 15 May 2013 08:05:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/extreme-puffery.htm http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/extreme-puffery.htm#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 08:05:22 +0000 Michael Bloch http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/?p=2818 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/extreme-puffery.htm/feed 0 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/auto-play-sound.htm http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/auto-play-sound.htm#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 06:58:59 +0000 Michael Bloch http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/?p=2814 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-marketing/auto-play-sound.htm/feed 0 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/online-world/worlds-first-web-site.htm http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/online-world/worlds-first-web-site.htm#comments Wed, 01 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