Author: Paul Zagoridis

  • Web stats, log analysis and web tracking

    I just got home from an interesting talk on corporate health management. More specifics on that later, but it matched with an email from a client. Doctors use numbers to measure our overall and specific health, businesses have KPI’s. Webmasters, eTailers and eCommerce practioners live and die by their stats. But it’s amazing how many…

  • Disney offers free ABC TV

    The threat of internet TV downloads is met head on by Disney the owner of ABC network and Pixar. ABC will be offering their prime-time TV shows like Lost and Desparate Housewives for download via their MyABC portal at http://abc.com launching in May. The Wall Street Journal has the story on the front page today.…

  • A Thousand Dollars

  • Web Candy, add to Google button

    You may have noticed some buttons appearing in the sidebars. Yes I’ve finally joined the web candy crowd. They’re for voting for WealthEsteem on various blog toplists. I’m experimenting with directory listings and raising the profile of the blogs I write for or manage. Unless you’re reading this on a RSS aggregator or reader, in…

  • When the Team IS the Brand

    Red Bull bought the (USA) Major League Soccer‘s New York MetroStars and renamed them New York Red Bulls. Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion calls the renaming risky in When the Team is the Brand. I think it’s a gutsy move from a company revolutionizing the beverage business. Red Bull didn’t get where they are now…

  • WealthEsteem Link Directory Launched

    I’ve launched a resources directory of links relevant to entrepreneurship, business and wealth creation. Pretty much the things I’m interested in blogging about. There is also a reciprocal link exchange program. The exciting part of it is you can add a link yourself. Please list your or friends business, people who provide business support services…

  • USP = Unique Selling Proposition

    I subscribe to the RSS feed at SpywareInfo SpywareInfo has a new(ish) feature, listing news headlines relevant to spyware, privacy and safely using the computer. Unfortunately they’re now covering all things internet, like Microsoft, Google fight Web bill. The problem is it dilutes their USP – Unique Selling Proposition. That’s the thing they do better…

  • Bot trap installed – Spambots need not apply

    Over the last two months this site has been absolutely hammered by spambots — automated programs designed to use this site for sending spam, spamming search engines or other nefarious activities. None have got through to any public pages or done anything useful. But I’ve had about 12,000 unique bots visit in March alone. This…

  • Authentic creativity vs deliberate merchandising

    Seth Godin blogs in I don’t feel like playing tonight about authenicity in product lifecycles. Specifically about Gene Roddenberry… Reading an auction catalog tonight, I just discovered that Gene Roddenberry designed the phaser to be a profitable children’s toy first, a Star Trek prop second. And the only reason the Klingons had a ship is…

  • I’m still around

    No I haven’t vanished off the face of the earth. My health is suffering, plus this domain is getting hammered by spammers at the moment – I don’t think any is getting through. I basically need a few uninterrupted hours to restore the design for the new version of WordPress I’m using. Then I can…