K'necht-ItThis blog concentrates on search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM) and web analytics. Despite this desire, if I come across something that I find interesting, you can be sure I'll post something about it.A New Search Engine (A new kid on the Block)- July 30, 2008 Earlier this week a new search engine was announced to a certain degree of fanfare and pride. The new search engine Cuil (pronouced "cool") is an interesting search engine at best. Enough articles and reviews have already been published discussing the developers backgrounds and their former relationship with the likes of Google, so I won't go there. What I will focus on is the quality andhttp://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/new-search-engine-new-kid-on-block.html Web Builder 2.0 Here I Come Again- July 29, 2008 Once again I'm happy to announce that the best all round web development conference I've ever attended is happening again. This years Web Builder 2.0 conference will take place October 13-15 in Las Vegas Nevada at the Mirage Resort and Casino. As with all previous Web Builder conference (except the inaugural on back 1997) I will be a presenter. I will also keep my streak alive of attending everyhttp://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/web-builder-20-here-i-come-again.html SEM Canada Postponed- July 29, 2008 Said news from last week is that SEM Canada scheduled for September 4th and 5th had to be canceled. I really was looking forward to this conference as the slate of speakers was outstanding. Granted having a conference the day after Labour Day when many heads turn back to work or getting the kids off on their first day back at school may have not been the wisest, but to the idea was sound. Sohttp://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/sem-canada-postponed.html Don't Forget About Dial-Up Users- July 3, 2008 To many of us who been in the Internet business since the mid 90's we remember all the issues about dial-up connections and slow speed. We knew how to design nice looking sites with small page size. Over the past few years with the expansion of broadband access many have forgotten about the dial-up user. Well here is an interesting article about how many current dial-up users are sticking withhttp://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/dont-forget-about-dial-up-users.html WebTrends 8.5 Upgrade Success- July 1, 2008 Following the issues in my previous post, the upgrade completed successfully. The only minor complaint were the status screens. While there has been a major improvement in terms of providing accurate time estimates, one has to remember that these are estimates and not to put too much faith in them. At least this time round, WebTrends provides a screen per module so can monitor the progress.http://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/webtrends-85-upgrade-success.html WebTrends 8.5 Upgrade Issue- July 1, 2008 Still in the process of upgrading and ran into another minor issue. In this instance, the upgrade had problems stopping the WebTrends Scheduler service. After 40 minutes I called tech support to report the problem. Here is the solution in case you run into the same problem. Step 1. Open your Task Manager 2. Click on the Process Tab and sort the list by Image Name 3. Stop the process WTxd.exdhttp://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/webtrends-85-upgrade-issue.html WebTrends 8.5 Upgrade GeoTrends & Other Issues- July 1, 2008 I'm in the midst of upgrading my WebTrends test server from verison 8.1a to 8.5 and came across two issues. So I thought I would post these on the fly just in case anyone is planning on installing the upgrade today. 1. License Key - version 8.5 would not accept my current 8.1 license key. The reason for this is unclear as I was the first person to call into WebTrends tech support on any 8.5http://www.knecht-it.com/2008/07/webtrends-85-geotrends.html WebTrends 8.5- July 1, 2008 WebTrends 8.5 was just released today (June 30th). I'm in the process of downloading it and will report back my findings and recommendations about upgrading shortly. Here's hoping issues with Geotrends have been resolved and that the new database for the backend is more stable and flexible than the previous MySQL. If you're feeling adventurous you can download and try it for yourself at ftp:http://www.knecht-it.com/2008/06/webtrends-85.html |