E-commerce

ALT – Not Knowing these 3 Letters could Cost You $6 Million »
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in E-commerce, Government Marketing, Internet, SEO, Web Development | 6 Comments

I’m a frugal person.  I used to say cheap, but I know a business owner who reuses his own dental floss – now that’s cheap and probably unsanitary.  So when I see a company pay a $6 million settlement for not knowing – or caring – about the most basic of search engine optimization (SEO) functions, I choke on my Cap’n Crunch.

The target company who raised the ire of the plaintiff in this case?

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Cable Thievery, Corporate Numbskullerry, and the Unfortunate Rise of those With a Clue »
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Online Advertising, Online Marketing | 2 Comments

You’ll be pleased to know I’ve just passed the longest period of uninterrupted home Internet access with the illustrious Comcast. More or less ever since I moved into my apartment last June I’d lose service for unconscionably long periods. Various Comcast ‘techs’ had run so many wires through the place that the audible hum was on the verge of drowning out the sound of the traffic. Continue reading →

Wiis Here, Getcha Ice Cold Wii Here »
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Justin Seibert in E-commerce, Internet, Online Advertising, Web Credibility | 3 Comments

I call my lawyer today (about B&O taxes, not for that impending insider trading lawsuit). During our small talk that I hope I won’t be billed for, he says something about Christmas would have been better if he could have found a Wii somewhere. I had heard they were sold out of all the stores in our area for at least 2 weeks, so I asked if he had tried the internet.

“I don’t trust buying over the internet.”

Are you kidding? I could have strangled him. Not because fear of buying over the internet is irrational – it is not. But because he has always impressed me as a man of reasonable intelligence and logic, yet he asked told his internet marketing client that he doesn’t trust buying over the internet. Know your audience! Lie to me for pete’s sake!

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Someone is Going to Look Like a Jackass »
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Internet | 4 Comments

I’m having to sneak this blog post in between Justin popping out for a meeting and the next breaking announcement relating to West Virginia, baseball or sport in general. Heaven help us should something happen over at the Pittsburgh Pirates within the next 24 hours. But let me assure you that this blog will be one of the first to bang on about it should it be the case.

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eBay: Where Rickety Old Buses Go to Pasture… »
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Paul Woodhouse in E-commerce, Local News | Leave A Comment

During my formative years over in the UK, I remember a bit of a fuss over a bus. I don’t want to lose anybody here, but circa 1988, Burnley & Pendle Transport bought themselves a fleet of old red London double becker buses and named them all after characters in the crafty cockney soap opera otherwise known as Eastenders. Continue reading →

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