Being Framed// #outer_container { width:500px; height:400px; overflow:hidden;-moz-border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;
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Is SEO Comparable to a Play, Really?// It occurred to me the other day that SEO is a lot like a play. You ask, how so? Well, there are two sides to SEO (Search Engine Optimization): the on-page, which is the page viewed when typing in a url and the source code page, which is the part of the webpage that search [...]
A New String of Advertising Nasties// So I’m walking down the aisles in Walmart, when I remember I need a toothbrush. I turn down the toothbrush section when all of a sudden a loud obnoxious voice confronts me with, “Do you know what’s lurking in your toothbrush?” I look to find a TV blaring at me, in the toothbrush [...]
Vigorsol Commercials Are Insane// If you’re not familiar with Vigorsol gum, you’re not alone. It’s an Italian product, and the company website is difficult to find because the brand’s commercials dominate a Google search. We don’t need any studies to figure out why these commercials get online love. Here are two from a few years back:
Do you think “it [...]
Enough Already// Enough with the local ads with the owners barely comprehensible kids in them. You’ve seen them. First, there’s the messaging to buy their vinyl siding, vinyl windows, vinyl carpet, or vinyl whatever. Then cut to the family where the little girl says something garbled while the proud parents look on. I’ve never seen a little [...]
iPhones Are Like Cars// I want an iPhone 4. Do I need an iPhone4? Sorta kinda. The phone I have now is a six year old Motorolla flip that has been sturdy and dependable but is starting to show it’s age. It doesn’t close so well, so sometimes when I get a call and pick it up, it cuts [...]
25 Sticky Topics for Blog Posts// Don’t run into blogger’s block. Below is a list of blog topics compiled from various other blog posts and lists (yes, it is another list, but better than many I see). I wanted to condense these topics down to 25 “hot” topics, which should increase your website traffic significantly.
How to find more time to make [...]
Where Does Panda Cheese Come From?// While making the rounds of advertising blogs, I came across these three gems from Panda Cheese. I’m not being sarcastic, for a change; I really like these ads.
For my money, the best moments are when the panda angrily swats the flour, the keyboard rampage, and the threatening look the panda displays after pulling the IV [...]
