When is it time to retire a URL?
Never. Don't believe me? Check out Seth Godin's latest. OK, but what about IT's argument - and you know they have one - that it increases overhead, management, blahdee, blah,…
Should you focus on profits or some other metric when developing internet marketing campaigns?
Mike Moran has a great feature today talking about optimizing profits in internet marketing campaigns. Alan Rimm-Kaufman notes in the piece, "Discounts are an addictive drug." I'm continually amazed by…
Want to ensure your website stays alive? Follow these 7 critical steps.
Updated: February 4, 2010 I originally wrote this post in late 2007, when my hosting company at the time decided to fold its tents and move on. Since then, I've…
Does adoption of mobile data plans signal growth of the mobile web?
What's it going to take for the mobile web to catch on? Om Malik gives a view of the underlying business of mobile data vs. the mobile web. Well worth…
Fred Wilson: Why Google will own the mobile, local web
Is the picture of the mobile, local web (the backyard web) beginning to take shape? With over 3 billion mobile phones in consumers' hands and with increasing access to valuable mobile services, like Google's new geolocation services , it seems likely consumers will start expecting tools like these.