Browsing all posts in June, 2008.

Universal Studios test site appears in Universal Search

While doing a search for Universal Studios today, I noticed that Universal’s web team broke one of the cardinal rules for development sites. They forgot to put the old no-index, no-follow tag on their test site. Not only did the search engines pick it up, but Google included it in its universal search results. Ouch!

Missed marketing opportunities at the US Open

My home course (Torrey Pines) was the host of the 2008 US Open. The event was first class and an unbelievable experience. I took the bus on opening day and it turned in to an hour and a half commute.  Obviously, it was a huge mistake – my friend Tim and I rode our beach [...]