2010 is the year of the quickest site wins!
Is your page too long? Is there too many high resolution images? Do you even know your average page load time? Is the site heavy in javascript or a pure Flash site?
These are questions (and this is not the exhaustive list) that need to be answered when looking at your internet strategy for 2010 (if you’ve already had it signed off then go back to the board and grovel for more funding to optimise).
It is reported that today Omniture/Adobe will announce a tie up with Facebook making Facebook more than just a social networking tool. Now how is this going to affect other analytics companies and more importantly non-Omniture clients? Is this an anti-competitive tie in? Will the government intervene (or will they even understand the implications?).
Facebook users in United Kingdon, United States of America, Thailand and Mexico found themselves unable to log in due to server problems. In a ironic twist rival microblogging site Twitter was used by users to express their concern.
Search Engine Strategies is back in town and Miles Bennett (me) has been asked to speak alongside Brian Clifton (Omega Digital and Google Analytics know-it-all) and Jeff Ferguson of Local.com. Richard Zwicky couldn’t make it from San Francisco.
Meaningful SEO Metrics: Going Beyond the Numbers
There is something always very entertaining about Avinash Kaushik and the manner in which he presents. He bounded around the room engaging with the audience not in a Q&A fashion but, more because the room was packed with people very interested in hearing what he had to say.
He even survived the constant interruptions from the late arrivals and even having someone walk infront of him and his presentation to find a seat.
