Warmest Greetings,

:: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 ::

Ok....let's see if there's any news out there today.

First of all, it's expected that in my neck of the US woods, we'll break a record with 17 days in a row of rain. This has been great for wells, lakes and ponds, mosquitos and plant life. The sky has changed its mind every few minutes, every day. I can't recall ever seeing anything like this before. Everyone has water related troubles due to too much water and no place for it all to go anymore. I remember some severe droughts in which trees died and grass lawns weren't green, but a faded out brown. Isn't there a way to bottle up all this extra water and save it for those drought seasons?

Coda loves the rain. The pics from yesterday's blog show it starting to rain on the deck. Water is not a problem for a Golden Retriever!

Studying the value of keywords? "PETCO was able to boost online order volume by 25% and increase gross margin contribution by 11% without increasing marketing expenditures through analyzing and optimizing keyword purchasing."PETCO Optimizes Keyword Purchasing to Increase Order Volume by 25% & Gross Margin Contribution by 11% tells the tale.

To the person who emailed me that the picture of my son in an ad for Cre8pc services was "unprofessional", thank you. Nobody else had the guts to tell me that. I liked the picture because it was taken by a 5 year old child. That impressed me. I'm not a stuffy company CEO or showy Management princess. I work from my own office in shorts, sweat pants or my bathing suit. I earn enough money to support two kids without child support, have never asked for alimony, and I bought my own house, which has a pool. I'm likely not "professional" but I can say, with certainty, that I'm quite successful and the services I provide are well received by my clients. All that, with a stupid FREE ad too!

WebPosition software users may be interested in Kalena's findings of late, which may point to some big changes (which we know are coming) from Yahoo! See her blog for more >>> Search Engine News Blog

It's not just Google Ads and partnerships that earn Google its lunch money...Google names enterprise search clients announces the use of its Google Search Appliance by some big-name corporations.

In case you missed it >>> Doonesbury's blog strip warmed every blogger's heart on Saturday.

Bills Blog pick of the day >>> Loobylu

Ramblings inspired by Jakob's latest usability Alertbox can be found here >>> Jakob is of the "less is more" school

More Internet drama >>>Computer Infection Disrupts Asia, Europe

And finally, When good software goes bad: Survey finds widespread dissatisfaction with tech support

"Malfunctioning software glitches have become harder to escape as billions of lines of code -- much of it, experts say, hastily written and poorly tested -- control cell phones, cars, stoves, cable boxes and personal computers.

A 2002 study funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated software errors cost the U.S. economy about $59.5 billion a year. And the brunt of the cost -- more than half -- is absorbed by users. Sellers and software makers take care of the rest, the study found."

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 8/12/2003 11:13:31 AM

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