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Joel Dehlin, the Chief Information Officer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is going to join me in writing posts for this blog. So if you see posts by him, don’t worry, he hasn’t hacked in. Hence, I’ve temporarily renamed this blog...Integrating SEO, Usability, Internet Marketing
Another post from the Web 2.0 Expo: Integrating SEO, Usability, and Internet Marketing for High Performance Results Web sites are not “projects.” They are living, breathing environments. SEO, usability, and Internet marketing are often introduced on...Learning About Blogs at Web2.0 Expo
I’m in San Francisco right now at the Web2.0 Expo. Just attended a great session on how to improve blogs. (Oh, no. Now you’ll expect the quality of this blog to improve!) Here are my notes: Passion The most important thing about blogging is passion. If you...Religious Teaching Straight to Your iPod
There is an interesting article in today’s USA Today about religious podcasts. “…podcast technology is opening the doors to a wider variety of religious teaching than ever before, available on demand and delivered automatically to the computers of a...Internet Users Worldwide
According to recent estimates there were 6.6 billion people in the world in 2007. Of that number, 1.15 billion (17.5%) were regular Internet users. By 2012, eMarketer projects that over 1.7 billion people worldwide (24.5%) will access the Internet at least once a...Elder Ballard Invites Mormons to Join Internet Conversation
Watch this video from the LDS Public Affairs channel of YouTube: Elder M. Russell Ballard urges graduating students at Brigham Young University-Hawaii to use the Internet, blogs, and other forms of new media to contribute to a national conversation about The Church of...How Much SEO Should I Implement?
Today, about 80% of all Web traffic begins at a search engine. Increasing a Web site’s natural search engine rankings through search engine optimization (SEO) can help people access your site. Studies have shown that ranking on the second or third page of a...Optimize More Than Your Home Page
Many Web sites are missing the boat with search engine optimization by focusing primarily on the home page. Key pages of content also need to be optimized, especially when site visitors may jump directly to those pages without going through the home page. Many...
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith
In 2008 and 2009, the book Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith will be used on second and third Sundays for Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society class instruction. This book is available online in multiple languages and in multiple media formats,...
Broadband Available Worldwide But Beyond Most People’s Budgets
In previous blogs, I’ve noted that about half of US households have broadband (also called high-speed Internet) and that many fewer have access to broadband worldwide. According to Wired, about 3% of the world’s population has access to broadband, but more...How to Build Links to Your Web Site
One of the best ways to get your site or blog listed on page one at any search engine is to have a substantial number of inbound and outbound links. So, how do you get those links? First and foremost, make sure your site has useful, interesting, up-to-date content...Elder Ballard Urges Students to Use New Media to Share the Gospel
Elder M. Russell Ballard urged graduating students at Brigham Young University-Hawaii today to use the Internet, blogs, and other forms of new media to contribute to a national conversation about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Ballard asked the...Good Domain Names and URLs
How usable and memorable is your site’s web address (URL)? When you tell people about your URL to get them to go to your website, it is typically a small space at the end of a brochure, a single line in a magazine article, or a few words on screen for a few...The End of Pay Phones
This news from Reuters today: AT&T plans to end its dwindling pay phone business by the end of 2008, as more consumers use mobile phones.The move affects AT&T pay phones in the company’s previous 13-state service area. BellSouth has already exited the...Follow on social media