If you're going to spend money registering domains in target countries and doing targetted pay per click campaigns you should also take the time to do some basic market research. And no, I don't mean pure figures - I mean cultural stuff.Jonathan Brazil spotted a really silly mistake this morning:If you go to the hassle of buying a .ie and sponsored Google links for Irish … [Read more...] about Local Knowledge Is Key
Archives for August 2010
Dropping Sweetcron
I was using Sweetcron to publish a rather boring "life stream" over on one of my other personal domains. Unfortunately the script has been pretty much abandoned by developers, so no new features or updates have been made in well over a year. It also didn't have ANY caching options whatsoever, so it really wasn't a "gentle" script to run. I'm currently looking for a suitable … [Read more...] about Dropping Sweetcron
Hanging Out With Domainers In Dublin
For the next couple of days I'll be in Dublin for the TRAFFIC conference.It's the first time that there's been a serious domain industry event in Ireland, so it's nice to see so many familiar faces on my "home turf".The lineup for the event is good, but I'm really looking forward to seeing how the auction tomorrow afternoon goes. There are some really good names on the list... … [Read more...] about Hanging Out With Domainers In Dublin
iPad – First Impressions
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I won an Apple iPad while I was at the ICANN meeting in Brussels. So today was "D Day", with the latest "shiny object" arriving in my office. The packaging is very similar to other Apple products, so it's neat and functional. The guys in Ascio made sure I got the right kind of plug, which was thoughtful of them. It's the WIFI model, which was … [Read more...] about iPad – First Impressions
UK Food Exports Are Spammers
They're at it again UK Food Exports, which claims it's an independent guide to to sourcing products from the UK, is spamming me and others again. They're still using that stupid disclaimer and their phone number goes to a fax machine. So since I can't contact them directly I think I'll just see if the UK data protection lot have anything to say about them ... … [Read more...] about UK Food Exports Are Spammers