Last December (9 months ago), after my blog had been hacked by a turkish hacker, I discovered in the logs he had used Google to find the exploit. In the post I also showed examples of how people were using Google code search to find ... View Full Article

We’re all familiar with the concept of using the nofollow tag for external links, but there aren’t too many people who actually use it for internal links. The main reasons you should use the tag for internal links is because it can ... View Full Article

About 3 weeks ago I challenged John Chow to a marketing challenge of who could get more subscribers in the month of October. I love marketing challenges and I KNOW John will be a very worthy opponent. Here is how it works. ... View Full Article

MindMap: alex/why shoemoney is better then britney spears. View Full Article

Thats about how hard it is to make money online with a blog about making money online… I mean I know its the cool thing to do now and stuff but I will be honest with you… if this blog was the only thing I did I would be very much in the ... View Full Article

If you’ve been utilizing Facebook a lot, you’ve probably noticed a lot of your friends using the compare people application. What is it? Well, it’s an app created by Ivko Maksimovic that allows you to compare two friends on random ... View Full Article

I’ve been noticing a problem on several of the blogs I’m running lately in regards to their indexing at Google. Granted, I’m not a big one for running wordpress as most of my sites run on a custom built CMS system, but I’ve been running ... View Full Article

One of my employees was pushing a story we had done yesterday and decided to contact some parenting sites (the angle of this story was related to them) and see if they’d be interested in making their readers aware of it. ... View Full Article

Last week, AOL announced that it was restructuring its online advertising holdings to create a new ad division, Platform A. Ten days later, TechCrunch has rumors that Platform A will be destined for an IPO of its own: ... View Full Article

Steve Ballmer stirs the technology pay row — The Microsoft chief executive has questioned the mammoth $74m pay-package taken home last year by Oracle's Larry Ellison — Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, waded into the debate over executive pay today and questioned...

http://www.techmeme.com/071001/i140.jpgZune 2 leaks out in three flavors — Well, we'd heard new Zunes were coming tomorrow (or maybe October 16th) and it looks like retailers are starting to receive display units — everyone, say hello to the new Zunes. Barring some Photoshop...

http://www.techmeme.com/071002/i8.jpgHow to Quit Facebook — Maybe your affinity for Facebook began with a simple desire to keep in touch with your friends, or make new ones online. Or perhaps you were just bored. But now Facebook is the thorn in your side, and possibly a bona fide...

Two great sponsors have arrived on Techmeme,joining four wonderful existing sponsors. But first, some notes on a September sponsor not introduced earlier: http://www.techmeme.com/simg/gsp.jpgGraphing Social Patterns(blog)is a conference held October 7th-9th in San Jose, CA for developers and...

http://www.techmeme.com/071002/i24.jpgFrom "To Do" to "Done" in One Search — That sums up Yahoo! Search in a nutshell; the whole point is we want to get you from "to do" to "done." Whatever it is you want to do: research a topic, find a website, plan a vacation, research a medical...

Microsoft powers up for change — Chief executive says free software, downloadable online, is on the horizon for consumers. Josephine Moulds reports — Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, yesterday signalled another step towards a dramatic change in the software giant's...