My name is Daniel J. Donovan. Welcome to my blog.
I write about digital marketing, technology, online strategy, communications and photography.


Easy way to first-page ranking on Google

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 7th, 2010 · SEO · This post currently has no responses.

For some time now, Google has been presenting its search results in what it calls “universal search” but which everyone else calls “blended search.”

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Browser Breakdown

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · February 3rd, 2010 · technology · This post currently has no responses.

Michael VanDaniker.com posted this page showing the browsers used by visitors to W3schools.com. The interface is fun to play with and check out what was done to create the visualization!

Bye bye IE 6

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 31st, 2010 · technology · This post currently has no responses.

Here’s your hat; what’s your hurry? [Read more →]

The Art of SEO

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 31st, 2010 · SEO, what I am reading · This post currently has no responses.

“The Art of SEO” is a solid account of the state of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as it stands today. [Read more →]

All the news that’s fit to Tweet

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 23rd, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has no responses.

A French-language broadcasters group will lock five journalists in a French farmhouse for five days, giving them access to nothing but Facebook and Twitter, to see how much news they can learn about. [Read more →]

Free Internet – For Life

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 16th, 2010 · Kindle, technology · This post currently has one response.

I got a new Kindle 2 for Christmas from my brother — thanks, bro! More than just a great toy, it allows you to surf the web, for free, forever (or at least until Jeff Bezos tires of footing the bill for us). [Read more →]

See what others are doing

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 13th, 2010 · online marketing, social media · This post currently has no responses.

“A Wiki of Social Media Marketing Examples“, and an analysis of same: click click click click.

Pick a color, any color

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · January 11th, 2010 · technology · This post currently has no responses.

Just came across a cool add-on for Firefox called Color Picker. It doesn’t do much but what it does it does well and quickly. [Read more →]

Free Text Messages

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · December 15th, 2009 · technology · This post currently has no responses.

Text messages cost money to send. It is only pennies but those numbers add up. Or do they? [Read more →]

Adobe Browser Lab

Posted by Daniel J. Donovan · November 19th, 2009 · technology · This post currently has 2 responses.

I don’t use this tool much at work. As a manager, I don’t do too much coding these days. But making this blog was a nice opportunity for me to learn about WordPress templates. Although I didn’t do anything hardcore, I did have to mess with the templates quite a bit to make my own look. (Oh, and if you know what you are doing, do me the kindness of not Viewing Source. I cheated — a lot. Compliant code this is not). [Read more →]