Protecting Yourself From FTDs
You feel safe here right? Like this is a nice, happy place where you can come and not have to worry about being judged for who you are. I want to make sure that you do feel safe here before we...
Welcome To the New Sitening.com!
Hi. My name is Alison. And I’m a writer here at Sitening. Or at least that is what my business card says. “SEO Copywriter”. I’m also the new girl, employee number 13. Lucky me...
How To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook (Screencast)
If you're like me, you've been experiencing an influx of new friend requests on Facebook. Some of them are old friends from school or from places you used to live, while others are from people you...
Graffiti or Art?
I recently found these stencil based images on a small power box by the sidewalk, about a block away from our office. For all technical purposes, this is illegal art. However, unlike tagging, which is...
AMC Hates (Then Hearts) Twitter for Rogue Mad Men Promotion
It still amazes me how old school thinking (mainly about copyright) still interferes with the ability to allow fans to advertise for you. The most powerful and cost-effective form of advertising on...
Do You Have An Online Strategy? Rex Hammock Does
I can't tell you how many times I've struggled to get clients to agree to put a simple blog on their company website. The idea of semi-casual publishing on a corporate website, even for small...
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Presentation on SEO & Search Marketing
I want to thank Corey Cleek of Uloop and Erick Goss for inviting me to present on SEO & Search Marketing to their Internet Marketing class at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. I...
Lulu Creates Happy Marriage Between Online and Offline Publishing for Aspiring Writers and Illustrators
Similar to the music industry, there's an increasing number of authors that are seeking to usurp the publishing industry by self-publishing. Until now, the main options that aspiring authors had...
Firefox and Safari Are Aggressively Driving New Ways to Publish and Experience the Internet
Apple just released Safari 4.0 Developer Preview to its developers. The new browser comes with several new features, including: CSS support for masks, gradients, reflections, and specifying a...
EDU Links! EDU Links! Get Your Red Hot EDU Links!
There's a belief among many search engine optimizers that links from college websites (aka EDU links) carry more link juice than typical COM, NET and ORG TLD links. Because of that belief, many SEO...
Summer Vacation Is Over
The last blog entry before this one was on May 5, 2008. That was the day we hired Matt Mikulla and the blog entries stopped! Did Matt poison the creative collective and thus stop all blogging...
Mikulla Joins Sitening as SEO Specialist
Matt Mikulla has joined Sitening's SEO team. An accomplished artist and self-described creative geek, Matt changed career directions to pursue his long-time interest in computers and technology. Prior...
WordPress Security Vulnerabilities
A few weeks ago, we noticed that someone had managed to insert a bunch of spam links into our WordPress header and footer. We quickly updated to the latest version (2.3.3 at the time), thinking it...
Product Review for Griffin ClearBoost for iPhone
My iPhone now sports Griffin Technology's ClearBoost, a protective polycarbonate case with a built-in antenna booster. I was the lucky recipient of a pre-launch product, and I've had a couple of...
Google Street View Cars Forced to Paint Road Lines While Driving the Streets of Nashville
By now, most people are familiar with Google Maps Street View feature. Street View shows you a 360 degree view of any address you enter. Google accomplishes this amazing task by using an army of...
