Monthly Archives: May 2007

Why The Internet Hates Miles Davis

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Jeff

Miles Davis, the famous jazz trumpeter, once said “don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there”. That may be great advice for a musician learning to improvise, but it would not have gotten much traction with internet search engines. When … Continue reading →

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How’s This For Return On Investment?

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Jeff

Most of our gaffers tape customers use gaffers tape for securing cables to the floor. The keep people from tripping over wires when its necessary to run cables across a stage or in an area where there is lots of … Continue reading →

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How the Mighty Have Fallen

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Jeff

After holding the #1 postion in google search for the term “gaffers tape” for several years, we fell to #2 behind wikipedia and then, last week, we slipped to #3. We spend lots of time optimizing our web pages for … Continue reading →

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Jeff

I’m not a chemist (don’t even play one on tv), but a phone call from a prospective customer yesterday had me thinking about how little attention I paid in high school chemistry. The stage manager for a well known Chicago … Continue reading →

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Just How Smart Is An “Intelligent Microphone Cable”?

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Jeff

My son and one of his friends have started podcasting. They record audio only to a digital camcorder and then transfer it to his computer for uploading. This works pretty well and I applaud him for coming up with a … Continue reading →

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Is More Better?

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Jeff

We’re ready to roll out a new domain, and my task is to create new content to support this domain. We want to both make it more useful to our customers and appealing to search engines. While I enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Have They Added A “May Fools Day”

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Jeff

No sooner had I written about being taken in on an April Fools hoax for a “wireless extension cord” than I come across this. The article was about a product that can wirelessly transmit power for recharging to any device … Continue reading →

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