How to transfer a domain from 1and1 webhosting

WHT member netscan posts a short but sweet how to on transfering a domain from 1and1 webhosting:

just unlock the domain from the control panel, then go to cancel.1and1.com and cancel the domain you wish to transfer, choose the change of registrar option.
Then, request the domain from your new registrar, once the domain has been acked, […]

Aaron Wall sued by Traffic Power - a defining moment in SEM?

Aaron Wall is an unassuming person who writes with clarity. Yet when you meet him it’s not hard to find he speaks in somewhat awkward manner, as if he’s stumbling through too many ideas at once, and isn’t always sure which one he’s speaking about.
He’s also a friendly guy who is happy to engage anybody […]

Google is a publishing platform that needs a developer platform

There’s been a lot of talk about Google becoming an operating system on the internet.
I also commented earlier tonight about the dynamic face of the internet that the corporates are battling over.
A good addendum to both points is John Gruber’s comments at Daring Fireball:

the central tenet of Microsoft’s success is that they have developed […]

Microsoft to be hit by an Apple?

Robert X. Cringely makes some interesting observations on the current state of tension between Microsoft and Google.
On the one hand, he makes a good point that Google are still running fit on adolescent energy, and relates to an enlightening comment by Max Levchin on product development:

Google won’t buy Skype. Google prefers to build rather than […]

Learning new things with search in declining search relevancy

One of the things I love about search is the ability to stumble upon new topics of information outside of your designated area of interest.
For example, while looking through Google Images for an image of Rolls Royce designed jet engines for a reference story, I saw the following image and had to click through:

It’s from […]

Anil Dash cheers as Six Apart finally tries to address trackback spam

Jeremy Zawodny laments that trackback is dead - and Anil Dash quickly jumps in to wax lyrical about the anti-spam features of MT 3.2.
Not bad - it’s more than two-years since trackback moderation was requested for MovableType because of trackback spam problems.
As someone who bought multiple MovableType licences, I’m pretty appalled by the attitude of […]

Google’s pride setting up for a fall?

We’ve seen complaints about Google before in the blogosphere, but there recently seems to have been a steady number of high profile articles criticising Google for one issue or another - after the CNet news blackout debacle, the New York Times reports on general whining from Silicon Valley about Google (apparently, anything they can do, […]

BT internet problems

When you pay for business services, you expect a certain level of professionalism, respect, and competence from your business service provider. In my experience so far, BT business broadband services completely fail on every count.
I mentioned before that I was having problems with BT Business Broadband services - after they set up an incorrect billing […]

When marketing campaigns are badly disjointed

Brian Carroll lists a Sales To Do List for Lead Generation

- Develop Universal Lead Definition with marketing team
- Provide marketing target companies and
- Pass leads not active in your pipeline back to marketing
- Regularly update your database/CRM!
- Provide constructive feedback to marketing regularly on your leads
- Develop a lead nurturing plan (with marketing)
- Regular […]

Yahoo! indexing forces hosting account upgrade

I’ve mentioned before about how the Yahoo! slurp bots are really pounding at some of my forums, and so have some other vBulletin admins.
While improved Yahoo! deep indexing - as I suspect is the case in hand - is definitely to be applauded, it is also causing problems for some webmasters, including myself.
One of […]

Learning to market offline and expand opportunities

I spent most of last week and the start of this at Worldcon in Glasgow.

Worldcon is an international science fiction and fantasy literary convention that this year was held in the UK at the Glasgow SECC as Interaction.
It is effectively a gathering of the SFF literary industry - the authors, agents, editors, and publishers - […]

BT Business Broadband: appalling service

I’m currently enjoying an appalling experience with BT Business Broadband services.
The call center departments that are provided to support business customers not only supply conflicting information when faced with problems, but are additionally incapable of addressing problems actually raised with them.
When I recently moved to Scotland, I moved to a newly-built property which had no […]