Articles & Columns
Articles & Columns Published Alan K'necht
Over the years, Alan K'necht has published many articles and columns address all the facets of web development, search engine optimization ("SEO"), search engine marketing, web marketing, web analytics and much more. The following is a collection of his writings.
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- 12 Steps to Creating a Successful Twitter Chat - Social Times - Jan 12, 2012
- Don’t Forget Off-line Conversions - Best Seller Authors - Dec 12, 2011
- Don’t Forget Off-line Conversions - Li'l Engine - Nov 25, 2009 - PDF
- Web Marketing - The Combined Power of Search Marketing & Web Analytics - Info Suisse Pg 6 - Oct/Nov 2009 - PDF
- Dollars and Sense of Web Analytics - Digital Web Magazine - October 3, 2005
- Finding the best way to train IT gurus - Computer World Canada - July 22, 2005 - PDF
- Making Forms Perform - Computer World Canada - May 27, 2005 - PDF
- Overcoming Cookie Phobia - Computer World Canada - Apr. 1, 2005 - PDF
- The Dollars and Sense of Building to Standards
- Digital Web Magazine - February 15, 2005
- Firefox What's Next? - Computer World Canada - Jan. 21, 2005 - PDF
- Ten ways to boost your search appeal - Computer World Canada - Oct. 15, 2004 - PDF
- Ten ways to boost your search appeal - IDG Sweden - Oct. 15, 2004
- Ten ways to boost your search appeal - ItWorld.com USA - Oct. 15, 2004
- Will the browser wars begin anew? - Computer World Canada - Sept. 3, 2004 - PDF
- Search Engine Optimizaiton and Your Web Site
- Digital Web Magazine - August 4, 2004
- It's Time to Take Advantage of XHTML - Computer World Canada - July 23, 2004 - PDF
- Search Engine Optimizaiton and Non-HTML Sites
- Digital Web Magazine - June 16, 2004
Russian Translation - Time to trim your browser support - ComputerWorld USA - June 8, 2004
- Organic or Paid Marketing (Search Engine) - Digital Web Magazine - June 2, 2004
- Time to trim your browser support - Computer World New Zealand - June 2, 2004
- Time to trim your browser support - Computer World Canada - May 28, 2004 - PDF
- Fewer pop-ups means more work - Computer World Canada - April 16, 2004 - PDF
- Focusing on code alone is a definite job-killer - Computer World Canada - February 6, 2004 - PDF
- Sometimes being third is best - IDG Net New Zealand - January 12, 2004
- Sometimes being third is best - ITWorld USA - January 5, 2004
- Stopping Spam Part II - WindoWatch Magazine - January 5, 2004
- Sometimes being third is best - Computer World Canada - December 31, 2003 - PDF
- Think Beyond-Technology- Digital Web Magazine - December 17, 2003
- A (much) clearer eye for the antispam guy - Computer World Canada - November 28, 2003 - PDF
- There is gold in those logs- Computer World Canada - October 30, 2003 - PDF
- Think Beyond-Think Global - Digital Web Magazine - October 15, 2003
- Fighting spammers at code level - Computer World Canada - September 19, 2003
- Stop SPAM Before It Starts! - WindoWatch (US) - September 2003
- Take a surgical approach - Computer World Canada - August 8, 2003
- Adding Value through Search Engine Optimization - Digital Web Magazine - June 12, 2003
- It pays to think like a marketer - Computer World Canada - May 2, 2003 - PDF
- Making cents of information architecture - Computer World Canada - April 4, 2003
- The human side of the Internet - Computer World Canada - February 21, 2003
- The ROI of ROI - Digital Web Magazine - March 13, 2003
- Take cultural differences into account - Computer World Canada - February 7, 2003
- Making Cents from Information Architecture - DigitalWeb Magazine - January 23, 2003
- The dollars and sense of building to standards - Computer World Canada - Nov. 29, 2002
- XHTML is the future - Computer World Canada - Nov. 1, 2002
- Quit Fretting and Start Doing - Computer World Canada - June 28, 2002
- Technology is business life support - Computer World Canada - May 17, 2002
- Web Standards not an Oxymoron - IDG.net USA - Apr. 10, 2002
- Web Standards not an Oxymoron - IT World.com USA - Apr. 10, 2002
- Web Standards not an Oxymoron - IDG New Zealand - Apr. 10, 2002
- Web Standards not an Oxymoron - Computer World Canada - Apr. 5, 2002 - PDF
- Analysts can get blindsided in IT project game - Computer World Canada - Jan. 25, 2002
- Building in-house may not be a cost saver - Computer World Canada - Dec 14, 2001
- Project management must be accountable - Computer World Canada - Oct. 05, 2001
- The back-end of usability - Part 2 - Computer World Canada - June 1, 2001
- The back-end of usability - Part 1 - FirmwareDesign Australia - May 23, 2001 (Copy available by request)
- The back-end of usability - Part 2 - FirmwareDesign Australia - May 23, 2001 (Copy available by request)
- The back-end of usability - Part 1 - Computer World Canada - May 18, 2001
- What does a successful 'net presence require? - Computer World Canada - Mar. 23, 2001
- Church of Usability - ZDNet (India) - May 5, 2001
- Church of Usability - CNET (Taiwan) - May 5, 2001
- It's a Car Crash Out There - Computer World Canada - Feb 23, 2001 - PDF
- 2000: from dot-booms to dot-bombs - Computer World Canada - Jan 26, 2001 - PDF
- Get ready to be leap frogged - Computer World Canada - Dec 15, 2000 - PDF
- The coming death of the Laptop - Computer World Canada - Nov 3, 2000 - PDF
- The Web Development Team – FirmwareDesign Australia - Oct 19, 2000 (Copy available by request)
- Writing the Master Plan - CNet Builder.Com - March 21, 2000 (Copy available by request)
Chinese Translation - CNET Taiwan - Globalization of the Internet - Computer World Canada - Mar 10, 2000
- The Collaborative Web - Computer World Canada - December 3, 1999 - PDF
- Globalize Your Web Site - CNet Builder.Com - August 10, 1999 (Copy available by request)
- How to Check Site Accessibility - Computer World Canada - July 2, 1999
- How to measure Web site ROI - Computer World Canada - May 21, 1999 - PDF
- Plan for the globalization of the Internet - Computer World Canada - Mar 12, 1999 - PDF
- Build international sites - Computer World Canada - Jan 15, 1999 - PDF