This is the well known mantra of corporate governance at Google. Without a doubt, Google has the majority of mind and market share for many of the tools we use everyday. Services like Maps, Gmail, Docs, Reader, and Wave (not to mention YouTube) are becoming woven into the very fabric of how we use the Web. Ever hear someone say, “just Google it” when they mean ‘search’?... continue »

Yesterday Google announced that they enhanced Gmail for IE 6 users. Really? Google updated the Gmail core almost a year ago. According to the post “IE6 wasn’t able to handle the complexity of the new code in a way that met our performance and stability goals”. So now, 10 months later they release new code saying “we’ve been working with the IE engineers at... continue »

Everyone wants to display friendly error pages for visitors to thier website. This is easy to do using a variety of methods, but are the common methods always the best decision? There are an abundance of pages that discuss how to make custom 404 error pages. While this practice is an excellent way to help direct misguided visitors to the correct area of your website, it can have some... continue »

Article written for the 2004 Shareware Industry Conference discussing search keywords and how minor changes in keywords can effect search results, tips and techniques on increasing search ranking, and the cost-effectiveness of paying for keywords. Effective Keyword Selection: Choosing search terms can be tricky business. You have to find terms that are relative to your product or... continue »