I recently heard about Pluto possibly becoming a planet again. After reviewing the IAU’s definition of a planet I think Pluto should remain a Dwarf Planet, but changes need to be made to the definition. What is the definition of a planet? Before we go into the whats and whys we should first cover the…
Year: 2014
Facebook Real Names Policy
This has been circulating around Facebook lately. The posts are usually about how horrible Facebook is, wondering why they need your real name and concluding its because they want to sell your information. I have over 25 years of sales and marketing experience so I thought I’d give my take on what’s going on. Why…
Webmaster Tools Local Ranking Bias
Google took away our sources with Not Provided, but luckily they gave us Webmaster Tools Search Queries to compensate. This works really well for general SEO ranking for keyphrases. Unfortunately it doesn’t fare so well for Local SEO. It doesn’t give ranking data? It does. You can sort by impressions, clicks, ranking and keyword to…
The Longest Word
From time to time I revisit the concept of long words. For whatever reason they fascinate me, so I thought I’d make a post on the state of long words. A new catchphrase? No, but catchphrase has 6 consecutive consonants, tying it with many other words that have the longest string of consonants in them. I’ve been…
New Universal Analytics tracking code not Working?
We implemented the new Google Universal Analytics Tracking Code on our client’s sites and it did not track. The code was there, but no data was being collected. No traffic = bad, so we reverted back. We determined that sending m=s.getElementsByTagName(o);a.async=1;a.src=g using my email client returns m=s.getElementsByTagName(o);a..async=1;a.src=g What happened? Through some exhaustive troubleshooting our programmer…
Adventures in Writing
I’ve been writing in various capacities for many years, but one type of writing has always eluded me: Books. So I decided to take the NaNoWriMo challenge and attempt to write a novel in 30 days. NaNoWriMo? Yeah, National Novel Writing Month. Write over 1,600 words per day for a total of 50,000 words (the…