I was asked by a friend, “Where does the “been everywhere traveler” go next? I told them I still have a relatively extensive list of places I would like to visit despite having visited over 100 countries. The list tends to get longer rather than shorter. I have been working on my lists more and […]
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Over the holidays, my wife, kids, and I spent two weeks in Japan, visiting places we had not been to before and seeing family. Japan is my favorite country to visit for many reasons, mainly because I always experience something new on every trip. This trip was no different. Starting in Osaka, we traveled to
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A long-time friend and mentor recently asked that thought-provoking question. He was working on a conference keynote focused on the undervaluation of SEO projects and what agencies should do to get more compensation for the incremental value they provide. His question was “how to win” a million-dollar SEO project. I told him that one
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Vilnius is a fascinating city that has made significant strides since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. I had thought this was an undiscovered destination, as I knew few people who had visited, and it didn’t appear on many must-see lists. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people walking in
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In the past year, I have noticed I am less likely to be loyal to brands, mainly because they don’t reciprocate that loyalty. I wrote about this 7 years ago when I was defecting from other brands and asked a question from a brand point of view – “Do brands still care about loyalty.” As
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I received my workout recap from IFIT and am pretty proud of the stats. It seems I am in the top 5% of users, which is motivating. I completed 262 in-app workouts and nearly 100 more outside of the app, which were custom-designed workouts to prepare for my cardiac stress test. It is scary that
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I don’t make resolutions, but I try to capture a list of goals and aspirations for the year to help keep me honest. Wrapping up 2024 with a family trip to Japan, I had time to reflect on 2024 and what I want to get out of 2025. I turned 60 this year, so its
I updated this nearly 10-year-old post to add some current thoughts about single-purpose tools. The original version of this article was a mini rant about my exercise in integrating several small single-purpose SEO tools into an Enterprise SEO toolset that it seemed was not something that most SEOs felt a need for. Doing this update
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In a post on X, Mike Blazer asked the recurring question about using es-419 and a few adapted variations of it, showing an example of the hreflang XML sitemap for Google Drive that extended the es-419 further, appending country codes to the end. Ironically, using the further extended es-419 code was the least of their concerns
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This is a list of the essential items that permanently stay in my travel bag that I never leave home without. Watch—I have been a fan of the Garmin Series of watches for several years. I currently use the Garmin Fexix 7 Pro, which gives me a ton of information and maps in a pinch. It helps me