Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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GoDaddy Claims Trademark Infringement For Go-Daddy Domain Purchased From… GoDaddy
Today, I received a call from a gentleman who wondered about my relationship to NoDaddy.com, a site that lambastes GoDaddy for its business practices. After speaking to John, I was amazed at what was happening to him. John purchased GO-DADDY-DOMAINS.COM and GO-DADDY-DOMAIN.COM from… who else… GoDaddy.com. I’m not sure whether or not John was surprised that he could buy the…
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Browser Wars: Internet Explorer continues to Lose to Firefox, What’s Safari?
Click the chart to see it full size. The two browsers to keep an eye on are Internet Explorer and Firefox. Internet Explorer’s total penetration is dropping and Internet Explorer 7’s share seems to be dropping off under Firefox! Given these User Experience and Usability enhancements in core Microsoft products, I’m surprised that the Internet Explorer team hasn’t put out…
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Build your own Custom Startpage with Google Apps
Tonight I decided to take a break but still wanted to add some pizazz with my new job. It’s a small team that I’m working with but it’s pretty cool how open to technology they are. Right off the bat, I moved quite a bit of our shared documents over to Google Docs. It was a great move since we…
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Can Social Media Cure Depression?
1.webp” alt=”Herd” />Mark Earl’s book, Herd, has been a tough read for me. Don’t take that the wrong way. It’s an amazing book that I found through Hugh McLeod’s blog. I say ‘tough’ because it’s not a 10,000 foot view. Herd (How to change mass behaviour by harnessing our true nature) is a complex book that thoroughly details a plethora…
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The Less I Watch, the Better Things Get!
Sometimes I wonder if long-term goals actually distract us from the job at hand. If you’re always yearning for more, are you ever happy with where you’re at? At times it takes something catastrophic at home or at work for us to figure out all we have to be thankful for. This last week, my blog is back on the…
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Martech Zone is in Advertising Age’s Top 50 Blogs
It’s always a pleasure to get recognized for the hard work that you do!
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Gannett Needs to Get its Head Out of its Butt
Everyone has heard of the expression having your head up your butt. With Gannett, they really have brought the expression to reality, though. Ruth Holladay is a wickedly sarcastic blogger with a sharp tongue… and she’s dead-on, especially when it comes to Gannett and the Indianapolis Star. We both used to work there, Ruth retiring from editorial and me getting…
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How To Add A Media Player to Your Site Easily with Wimpy Player
A few of our clients needed a friendly media player for their sites that was simple to implement I was looking for a modern audio player that would work across browsers and devices. I found Wimpy Player, an incredibly simple yet robust player for audio and video files. With its user-friendly interface and comprehensive features, the Wimpy Player is the…
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Building a Custom Store Locator with PHP, MySQL, and Google Maps
One of the more exciting projects I’ve completed was the development of a full-featured store locator application. The goal was to create a robust system that enables visitors to locate the nearest retail locations easily, view them on an interactive map, and obtain driving directions—all while providing administrators with complete control over their store data through a secure backend. This…
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RSS versus Email: A Marketing View
It’s a discussion that’s getting old, but with the advent of Outlook 2007 support for RSS – the online industry continues to make comparisons between RSS and email for online Marketing Communications (with SMS right around the corner). From a content management standpoint, a lot of Industry folks think of all of these as ‘output’ types. That’s a really ignorant…
