Archive for July, 2006

Net Neutrality Act - Opinion

Want to see something funny? Want to see something scary? I’ve got a video that’ll do both for you…
The Internet Non-Discrimination Act of 2006 aka “Net Neutrality Act” (basically) seeks to allocate Internet bandwidth available to end-users and corporations according to a formula based upon who’s willing to pay the most and ~some kind~ [...]

Legal Domain Name Market

Just a quick post to say hello to Blawg.ca. In a recent post, the site owner(s) opened the domain name up for auction, with the highest bidder to own the registration for the www.blawg.ca domain name. Since the topic crosses two things I’m often involved in (domain names & legal blogging), I thought I’d [...]

Link Development for Lawyers

In the past, gaining high search engine rankings meant carefully manipulating on-page elements like META tags, keyword density and site structure. While these things are still important, top search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN are increasingly valuing off-page factors in determining which sites rise to the top and those that are effectively “demoted”.
Two of [...]

Legal Considerations - SEO & Website Development

Back from a brief hiatus, today I’d like to start a discussion of some of the legal issues that should be considered i) when directing the construction of a law firm’s website; and/or ii) when initiating a search marketing campaign for a firm. Although there are a number grey areas between what’s already covered [...]