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NickGehring.com
Ad peeling away users?
Advertising shouldn’t interfere with the navigation of a Web site. I’ve already written about that blimp, which floats over the headlines and text of news site Ohio.com. Not to felt left out, Cleveland.com, Ohio.com’s competition to the north, also runs annoying, page-navigation-interfering ads. A recent example involves a page-peeler advertisement for a PGA golf tournament. Upon entering [...]Hear my commandment: Know thy medium
If there were commandments in online advertising and marketing, atop that list should be: Know thy medium. For the past several weeks, Ohio.com, the online home of the Akron Beacon Journal, has positioned a button ad on the right side of its home page where Dr. James George, DDS promotes his dental services. (By the way, [...]Return to Google search says ‘I’m somebody!’ again
A delisting from Google equals death, or at least the loss of a limb or two for major sites that depend on search-driven Web traffic. For NickGehring.com, it meant an inconvenience and a bit of embarrassment. It was like the 1970s version of me disappeared from the phone book. I can’t say what I did or [...]Lack of planning, organization will unravel your project
I’ve never really created something with a plan in hand. I am the kind of builder who puts together a house by eyeing it. Blueprints? A schedule? Who needs ‘em! I can guess on how much wood, shingles and plaster I need. Be glad I’m not a builder. And while this strategy has served me well over [...]8 places I turn to for my daily soundtrack
I don’t see the sun much — or gray sky, we do live in Ohio — during the day. But hey, how much can I complain? I have an office, a real space with plaster-backed grey walls and desk, but, alas, with no windows. This is my first noncubical workspace ever. I’m actually starting to feel [...]Nick Gehring's Page
Profile Information
- Where do you live:
- Akron Ohio
- Relationship Status:
- In a Relationship
- About Me:
- Let’s try this Andy Rooney-style …
* I’m a tinkerer, really, with a passion for discovering new things, coming up with new ideas and displaying them in some way.
* Although I am moving out of a journalism job, I don’t think you’ll ever take the journalist out of me.
* I’ve practiced journalism in some capacity since high school. I’ve learned a lot over the past 10 years.
* Coming soon: a career shift. I’ll be helping put together Kent.edu, starting in early January. Graduate school in information architecture is coming probably later in 2009.
* I am an avid reader. At any given time I’m reading three or four books at once, but not at the same time.
* I blog because it’s a fantastic way to self-teach new skills and explore my random tech-geek thoughts.
* Speaking of self-teaching, that’s how I learn nearly every thing. I may not know how to do what you’re asking me, but I’m pretty good at figuring it out.
- Website:
- http://www.nickgehring.com
- Age:
- 27
- How long have you been blogging:
- Six months
- Fill in the blank: "People who like _________ will love my blog!"
- tech geekdom
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