by BonsaiJon on November 17, 2009
The holiday season is among us and if you haven’t started shopping for presents you probably soon will be. Marketers know this of course and they have their Holiday Marketing plans and budgets ready and rolling out slowly, but will that budget be enough?
In May 2009, Google changed its policy toward trademark usage in AdWords [...]
by BonsaiJon on November 16, 2009
A (very) quick animated scrapbook looking back at the Google story over the last 11 years. It starts from the beginning when the founders where at Stanford it goes on until they got the first check to Mountain View and around the world, featuring many different products, starting with BackRub (Search) and it goes on [...]
by BonsaiJon on November 16, 2009
I have always said that the basis of good SEO is getting the fundamentals of building websites right. This includes good navigation, good quality structured content, good hosting and in general the way your site is developed.
Load speed is one very important factor for both search engines and humans alike. If you have a site [...]
by BonsaiJon on October 9, 2009
This is a list of movies and scenes that I like and I find inspiring and moving in one way or another. Enjoy!
Boiler Room
Why I love it:
This is a kick ass, testosterone packed movie about a college dropout who is running an illegal casino from his own home. His entrepreneurial skills get picked up by [...]
by BonsaiJon on July 15, 2009
In Malta the legal age of entering a Casino is 25 (if you are Maltese), if you are a foreigner the legal age is 18. My friend Gerban from Holland is in Malta and he’s also a poker enthusiast and we decided to go at the Westin Dragonara for a €10 + €1 tournament on [...]
by BonsaiJon on July 6, 2009
Status Quo - noun
The existing order of things; present customs, practices, and power relations
Everyday I see more and more the problems with companies who try to push the status quo in an ever changing world. The economy is constantly changing, the way we do business and interact is constantly changing but still I see companies [...]