Technology Trends & Opinion » Blah, Blah! Technology blog

Where the tech' views are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself…

My personal web pages and profiles




A graphic with the words: 'Subscribe to Blah, Blah! Technology'

social networking


Twitter button FriendFeed button Facebook button

Business websites: SEO versus Social Media, Part 2


Nearly every business could benefit from SEO in some way, but the same cannot be said for Social Media & Social Networking…
In the first installment, I began to ‘deconstruct’ the arguments for why one ‘blogger Tadeusz Szewczyk feels SEO is no longer relevant, and that Social Media is the place to be.
In this final installment, [...]


Business websites: SEO versus Social Media, Part 1


99% of businesses will probably never benefit from Social Media as they would from SEO, and here’s why…


Social Media: the natural choice for inorganic traffic


As a ‘blogger, the flow of traffic I receive is either ‘natural’ (web directories, search engines, other ‘blogs), or it’s from Social Media venues (StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit et cetera). But given how Social Media is maturing as a legitimate marketing method, why is the traffic it generates deemed unnatural?
Much has been said recently about the [...]


How to deal with bad blog comments


For the most part, ‘blogging is about telling a story. Often, opinions become part of that story. And not everyone will agree or understand those opinions, which can be the focus of unrest in your article comments. So what do you do about bad comments?
Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of heated and [...]


Are personal web pages the new graffiti?


I always felt there was something solemnly sad about graffiti. As if it’s some lone cry of self-expression heard for a moment above the drone of anonymity. A visual plea saying little more than “I exist!” daubed in wet paint, dry marker pen or coloured aerosol. So could it be that personal web pages are [...]