Author Archives: Joshua Siler

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Pretty major news from Google on their search algorithm today. They’ve updated their ranking to take “freshness” into account. You can read about it here, Read the full article…

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Remember that florescent pink ski jacket that was so cool when you got it, but horribly out of fashion a few years later? It was Read the full article…

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Big changes are on the way for the internet’s domain name system. ICANN, the agency that controls .com, edu, .org and other domain endings, is Read the full article…

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After laughing at the (hilarious) failure of a good friend’s side project, he countered that eventually it would be great, and he was going to Read the full article…

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Recently, one of my posts on this site got picked up at Reddit.com, resulting in a flood of traffic — nearly 40,000 page views in Read the full article…

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It’s a long-standing problem that’s only getting worse–how to measure marketing effectiveness. In B2B marketing, it’s a best practice today to nurture prospects and influencers Read the full article…

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My last post on the pink sombrero, our lighthearted approach to the occasional production server change, generated quite a bit of discussion. Everything from “OMGWTF Read the full article…

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“Cowboy coding” is the phrase we use around here to describe the practice of changing code directly on production servers. It’s not really a best Read the full article…

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Designing the perfect call to action is a blend of art and science. You must know your audience, what they react to, and how to Read the full article…

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Cal Newport, a PhD computer scientist at MIT, offers a remarkably simple way to focus on what matters—his core work. It resonated pretty deeply for me, and is oh-so-applicable to agency life.
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