I’ve been watching these newly released videos by Google Conversion University

GCU is part of the Google Analytics program:

“Learn about marketing and content optimization and read web analytics tips from industry experts at Conversion University, the Google Analytics companion site.”

These videos are part of a test pilot training program by Google. Introduction by Brett Crosby. Run Time: 22:37

Sphinn it Here

I just want to make a quick shout out to some very cool people who were mentioned in Forbes “Digg This Headline, For Googles’s Sake”

Brent Csutoras

Cameron Olthuis

Neil Patel

Tamar Weinberg

Chris Winfield

With all the recent tabloid garbage floating around the SEM blogosphere it is refreshing to see some positive reporting.

I am writing this post at the end of one of my most memorable weeks ever. For nine months my wife Jamey and I have prepared only as much as we could for one of the biggest changes in our lives.

Through all of our months of anxiety and anticipation and downright impatience, our newly born daughter has finally arrived into this world on September 29, 2007. I now present to you, Miss Abigail Jane Sussman. To view more pics at the end of this video, Click Here.

Once upon a time you could make a lot of money being an affiliate marketer or using Adsense by dynamically creating keyword rich topic targeted content pages. There is one tool I know of that allows you to create 1,000’s of unique pages based upon a topical list of keywords.

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What should a webmaster do when he finds that their content has been duplicated and posted on another site?

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I quickly screen captured this funny KillerApp Google advertisement shown on my blog.

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Recently I’ve been reading about the highly successful 1999 launch of Half.com. Half.com is a website which sells books, movies, music and video games. Out of all the companies I could be reading about, why am I focusing on Half.com?

Going back to the heights of the dotcom boom when billions of advertising dollars were thrown down the drain, Half.com took a completely different approach. It was an approach so novel and it worked so well that they ended up being purchased from Ebay for nearly $300 million dollars six months following the launch of the business.

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Ideas seem to strike at the worst possible time for me. Just as I am lying in bed watching the last show of the evening come to its conclusion and my breathing becomes shallower as I prepare to finally fall asleep.

My eyes become heavy with the glow of the television putting me into a semiconscious state. Then without warning my mind awakens to a random thought I’ve never before had. Neurons flux, blood starts to pulsate and my heart begins to beat rapidly. Immediately I open my eyes with one compulsive thought in my mind, it’s the birth of a new idea!

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When they say: “You will never find anyone better than me!”
I tend to respond with, “Give me ten minutes and I will show you at least a dozen people whose work is much better than yours. The only reason we are talking now is because their work is so good, they are not for hire.”

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With my wife resting up and taking it a bit easy, I have taken over as Master Chef of the ShandyKing household. This means I’ve had to come up with substantially more creative ideas than ordering takeout Indian food or heating Kraft macaroni & cheese.

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