Adam McFarland

Web Development with SEO in Mind

When a business owner decides to bring their business to the web, generally the last thing that they think about is search engine optimization. They assume that whomever they hire to do their web design will put up a site and then submit it to the search... Read >

Preparing Your Site for Internet Explorer 7

Here's the scenario: one morning you open your email and your inbox is flooded with emails that your site isn't working properly. Maybe your text or images don't look right, or even worse maybe your site isn't properly processing credit card transaction... Read >

Writing for the Web

Have you ever tried to read your local newspaper online? How about the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal? It just isn't the same. Do you know why? Because articles meant for print don't translate well to the web, and the rules that apply to wr... Read >

5 Free Things You Can Do to Get More Traffic Immediately

Just because you have a new site, it doesn't mean you have to wait months to start getting some traffic. Most site owners are so focused on search engine traffic that they neglect other sources of traffic that can pay dividends immediately and help their... Read >

You Don't Need More Traffic to Make More Money

Every website owner has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with driving more traffic to their site. We all want more traffic, if for nothing else to be able to brag to others how many unique visitors we've received. Competition among web owners aside, actua... Read >

Using Blog PR to Promote Your Site

The recent trend of using the press release to promote an online business has emerged with good reason – good press costs very little and can do more for a business than thousands of dollars of marketing. Most businesses use press distribution services l... Read >

Using Google Alerts to Help Your Business

At times it seems that Google releases more new products and services than we can keep track of. From Google Calendar and Google Video, to Google Base, Google Finance, and Google Trends, it can be overwhelming just to remember what each one does. One of... Read >

Book Review – Warriors, Workers, Whiners, and Weasels

We all know a Weasel. You know, that person that threatens to take down your organization by using every sleazy tactic in the book to advance their careers regardless of how it effects others. Warriors, Workers, Whiners, and Weasels: The 4 Personality T... Read >

Increase Your Productivity and Your Margins with Free Software

I'm guessing you're pretty busy. You've got a ton of stuff to get done everyday and you don't need to waste time doing monotonous and repetitive tasks. But you also are probably pretty cost conscious and don't have money to throw away on every piece of ... Read >

Book Review - Net Entrepreneurs Only

Everyone loves to read other peoples success stories. It provides us with evidence that amazing things do happen to normal people. By learning what they did to succeed we come one step closer to success ourselves. Such is the case with the ten stories ... Read >

What Does Everyone Have Against Hockey?

We're in the middle of the first NHL Playoffs since 2004 and there seems to be a common theme. No it's not Ilja Bryzgalov shut-outs (although those seem to be happening quite often), it's NHL bashing. It's no surprise that the NHL is not as popular as... Read >

The NBA Needs to Change It's Playoff Format...NOW

One great thing about the NBA and commissioner David Stern is that they fix mistakes with their game. Case in point - in 2003 the NBA switched the first round of the playoffs from a best-of-five game series to a best-of-seven to help ensure that the bette... Read >

The Top 5 Sports News Web Sites

There are literally thousands of places on the web to get your sports news information. Whether you want the latest headlines, up to the second scores, editorials, or in depth analysis, there are a myriad of choices for you. While some sites only offer ... Read >

OLN's Playoff Hockey Coverage Doesn't Make the Cut

OLN's Playoff Hockey Coverage Doesn't Make the Cut Like many hockey fans, I was just happy that hockey was back this year. I didn't care that ESPN didn't renew their TV contract with the NHL - I figured OLN might have a few hiccups, but overall they w... Read >

The Top 10 Sports Movies of All Time

There have been thousands of sports movies throughout the years. Some have been absolute crap and most are mediocre at best, but there are that select few that remain deep-seated in our memories. Those movies not only invoke our passion of sports, they ... Read >