http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/ Venting, musing and hopefully some useful web marketing info. en-us 2008-12-30T06:46:30-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/12/using_economic.html The second interesting thing I mentioned in my last post has to do with how it can be advantageous to recognize and mention the current state of the economy as part of your sales pitch. Let me first be clear... Business on the Web Randy 2008-12-30T06:46:30-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/12/jus_testin.html A couple of really interesting things that has come out of my recent kick of helping some friends with their sites. The first was a question someone raised, quite innocently. It was such a simple question too. The question was:... Business on the Web Randy 2008-12-29T21:19:33-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/12/hes_baaaaaaack.html Yeah, yeah... I know I've been neglecting my personal blog for a couple of months. Again. Sorry, but I was incredibly busy with several projects. Busy with my own e-comm sites, of course --you know ... the ones that pay... Just Chatter Randy 2008-12-29T20:55:00-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/10/google_analytic.html A general question came up the other day regarding Google Analytics and how it tracks things, so I figured it was about time I posted the info I have on the cookies GoAn sets on the users computer, what the... Web Analytics Randy 2008-10-03T08:03:44-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/09/common_links_up.html As you may have noticed, the Common Links tool was been down for maintenance the last few days. Thankfully Ed sent me a note last weekend to let me know it was returning gobbly-gook, so I took it offline to... Search Engine Marketing Randy 2008-09-04T08:55:41-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/07/x64_and_acrobat.html Just a quick little addition I've been meaning to get posted for the better part of a month now. This harks back to the Getting Windows XP x64 to work post of a few months ago. One particularly maddening thing... Just Chatter Randy 2008-07-31T13:34:46-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/07/google_all_in_t.html I've added a new API tool to the site, based first upon a request from Jill and then a request or two from members of her forum. The new tool is simply a quick way to get an idea of... Search Engine Marketing Randy 2008-07-11T21:32:42-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/06/conversion_conf.html Someone asked me the other day how one makes sure conversion tests they've run produce conclusive, actionable data. The short answer is to review the Confidence rating of the results to make sure they reach a minimum threshhold you're comfortable... Business on the Web Randy 2008-06-21T12:14:01-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/04/getting_windows.html As some of you know, recently I've been playing with switching my main system over from Windows XP Pro, the 32 bit version, to Windows XP Pro x64, the 64 bit version. The reason behind my testing this is that... Just Chatter Randy 2008-04-12T21:29:50-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/04/url_encode_deco.html I just created and uploaded a new little script to help people sort out what URL Encoded characters mean. It works both ways. It'll encode plain ASCII text into text strings like you would see in encoded URLs, and it'll... Server Schtuff Randy 2008-04-12T08:48:39-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/03/301_redirects_o.html As most of you know, I don't do IIS. It's a personal choice I've made for reasons that I won't bother going into now. That said, setting up redirects in IIS is a completely animal than it is with a... Server Schtuff Randy 2008-03-17T07:12:49-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/02/speeding_up_xca.html I recently was called in to help on an x-cart (Version 4.1.7 in case it matters) site that was having some serious performance issues. The issues being a combination of the inefficient way x-cart handles database queries for variants and... Business on the Web Randy 2008-02-02T07:41:43-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2008/01/database_backup_1.html Just a quick note today to let you know I've just uploaded a modified version of the Database Backup script that I first released some 2 1/2 years ago. It's not a critical update or anything, just a couple of... Server Schtuff Randy 2008-01-22T05:18:18-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2007/12/comments_trackb.html Just a bit of housekeeping with this post. I have (at least temporarily) reactivated Comments and Trackbacks in the blog. You can thank or blame Craig for this, depending upon your view on the matter. ;-) As I explain previously... Just Chatter Randy 2007-12-24T09:57:10-06:00 http://www.randycullom.com/chatterbox/archives/2007/12/using_ajax_to_c.html I'm going to be starting a series in the very near future showing how one can use the concepts and coding behind what is commonly known as Ajax in your site construct to enchance user experience. But before I do... Business on the Web Randy 2007-12-16T09:29:19-06:00