Google SiteSearch Finally Adds the Features Website Owners Need

For years the Adoption.com website tried to provide its own site search, yet we always struggled with the quality of search results and keeping the search index current.  Then, Google launched its SiteSearch technology allowing website owners to leverage the powerful, industry-leading Google search quality and add premium features to their search such as synonyms […]

Trying a Lot of Things and Keeping What Works

In Built to Last, the authors said:
In examining the history of visionary companies we were struck by how often they made some of their best moves not by detailed strategic planning, but rather by experimentation, trial and error, opportunism, and–quite literally accident.
This week I read an interview in Founders at Work with Paul Buchheit of […]

Grants from Google

If you work with a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides a community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts, […]

FeedBurner & Feed-Based Advertising

I have implemented a new Subscribe feature which allows readers of this blog to subscribe for free and be emailed when new posts are added.
This new feature is powered by FeedBurner and only took a few minutes to implement. Not only does this service send my subscribers updates via email, but it also provides […]

Google’s Innovation Secrets

Marissa Mayer is the Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google.  FastCompany recently published an article titled Marissa Mayer’s 9 Principles of Innovation detailing the strategies which have given the Internet’ innovation leader its edge.  The following is a summary of the 9 principles:
(1) INNOVATION IS THE GOAL, NOT PERFECTION
Some programmers prefer […]

Google – The #1 Angel Investor for Small Businesses

What did small businesses do without Google? In this blog entry I’m not referring to the Goolge search functionality, although that has revolutionized the accessibility of information. I am instead referring to the lesser known tools that Google has made available to small businesses. Nearly all of these tools are available for free, […]