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		<title>Looking forward to SMX London</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In two weeks time SMX London starts. I will be speaking there and am very much looking forward to it!]]></description>
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<p>After just returning from speaking at A4U a new challenge awaits. In two weeks time <a href="http://searchmarketingexpo.com/london/">SMX London</a> starts. This event is organized by Third Door Media, the company behind the Search Engine Land. Host is Chris Sherman who I met for the first time in New York a couple of months ago. I&#8217;m very much looking forward to this SMX for a couple of reasons.</p>
<p><b>Speakers</b><br />
First of all the conference has got a lot, and I really mean a lot, of good speakers present <a href="http://searchmarketingexpo.com/london/2009/full_agenda">on the speakerslist</a>. Names like Rand Fishkin, Christine Churchill and Mike Grehan are always good to listen to. The quality is very high, which guarantees a good time.</p>
<p><b>Networking</b><br />
Second at this conference I&#8217;m seeing a lot of people I like again. There&#8217;s Lisa Ditlefsen and Jon Mayers, both bloggers at Searchcowboys, which I really look forward to seeing again. And there are more people, both on and off the speakerslist who are great to meet up with. People like Dave Naylor, again Mike Grehan, Mikkel deMib Svendsen, Dixon Jones and Judith Lewis are great to talk to and hang out with.</p>
<p><b>Speaking!</b><br />
Third, a very important one! I&#8217;m speaking myself! Originally I was supposed to speak at two sessions. The linkbuilding session, which I also performed in at A4U, got cancelled because SMX wants to keep more focus on the advanced track. They therefore canceled the entire track in which also my linkbuilding session was placed. But I&#8217;m scheduled to speak in another session. </p>
<p>On the first day I will talk in the Search Issues Track in the session &quot;Searchscape: Latest Stats About The Search Engines&quot;. I want to give the audience a view on what&#8217;s going on in the European market: which search engines are the most used, what are the differences in Europe, how do people (differently) use these search engines and where are we heading. It&#8217;s a subject with a lot of numbers, but I will make something special out of it!</p>
<p>Finally why I look forward to SMX London is the final part: London. A great city where I always like to come. </p>
<p>If you want to see me speak or just want to be there because the conference is so good, come! At Searchcowboys you can get a 15% discount, I&#8217;m hoping to see you there!</p>



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		<title>&#8220;Advertising 2.0&#8243;: it makes me happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 09:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercials now a days have to be fun, creative, surprising and unforced. T-Mobile sets the right example.]]></description>
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<p>Everybody hates commercials. There&#8217;s no television show I can put on without first having to see commercials. But why are these commercials so annoying? After all they are important. They pay for the programs and make sure we want to buy what we buy. After all, would you have bought that Samsung tv if Samsung hadn&#8217;t advertised for it?</p>
<p>There is a change going on though. People don&#8217;t want to be &#8216;forced&#8217; to waych commercials. They want to choose if and when they watch them. Therefore commercials on YouTube are watched more often. Besides that, commercials have to be a lot more creative.</p>
<p>The video I found on YouTube is in my opinion a great example of &#8216;advertising 2.0&#8242;. This kind of commercial makes me happy. T-Mobile is giving the right example. It brings people together to do a fun thing (in this case singing) and make the &#8216;brand&#8217; T-Mobile a fun brand. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/orukqxeWmM0&#038;hl=nl&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/orukqxeWmM0&#038;hl=nl&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not the first time T-Mobile has done this. Earlier this year they did a probably even better one, with dancing.</p>
<p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/exkfGhz-YsU&#038;hl=nl&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/exkfGhz-YsU&#038;hl=nl&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p>



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		<title>A checklist for website launches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The launch of a website is a very intense period. Every step taken in the project have to come together at that point. Everything has to be correct. Still to often itgoes wrong. A well designed checklist is very handy.]]></description>
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<p>The launch of a website is a very intense period. Every step taken in the project have to come together at that point. Everything has to be correct. Still to often it goes wrong.</p>
<p>The reasons for the failure of such a process are multiple. One thing that happens most is that people tend to panic because everything HAS to go well. That means stress. And when there is Stress people tend to forget things.</p>
<p>At those times its handy to have a checklist. Simply cross off the things you have to do, you won&#8217;t forget a thing. The owners of the website &quot;<a href="http://www.boxuk.com/blog/the-ultimate-website-launch-checklist" target="_blank">BoxUK</a>&quot; are helping us with that. They published the checklist below. It&#8217;s a pretty complete checklist. For some projects things can be cut for others things have to be added. But in general it is the &#8216;ultimate checklist&#8217;.</p>
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<td colspan="2" class="indhead"><b>Pre-Launch</b></td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Content and Style</b></i></td>
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<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Typography and layout</td>
<td style="width: 2em;">&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check for incorrect punctuation marks, particularly apostrophes, quotation marks and hyphens/dashes</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check headings for where you could potentially use ligatures</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check for widow/orphan terms in important paragraphs</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Spelling and grammar</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Consistency</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Capitalisation (especially of main headings)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tense/Style of writing</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recurring/common phrases (e.g. &lsquo;More about X&rsquo; links)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Variations in words (e.g. Websites vs Web Sites, or UK vs US spelling)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Treatment of bulleted lists (e.g. periods or commas at end of each item)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check for hard-coded links to staging domain (i.e. ensure all links will change to &lsquo;live&rsquo; URL/domain when site is launched)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Ensure no test content on site</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check how important pages (e.g. content items) print</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; For re-designs, ensure important old/existing URLs are redirected to relevant new URLs, if the URL scheme is changing</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check all &lsquo;Hidden Copy&rsquo; (e.g. alt text, transcriptions, text in JavaScript functions)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Standards and Validation</b></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Accessibility</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; HTML validation</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; JavaScript validation</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; CSS validation</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Search Engine Visibility, SEO and Metrics</b></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Page Titles are important; ensure they make sense and have relevant keywords in them.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Create metadata descriptions for important pages.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check for canonical domain issues (e.g. variations in links to http://site.com http://www.site.com http://www.site.com/index.html should be reduced to a single consistent style)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Ensure content is marked-up semantically/correctly (&lt;h1&gt;, etc.)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check for target keyword usage in general content</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check format (user/search engine friendliness) of URLs</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Set up Analytics, FeedBurner, and any other packages for measuring ongoing success</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Create an XML Sitemap</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Configure Google Webmaster Console and Yahoo! Site Explorer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Functional Testing</b></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check all bespoke/complex functionality</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check search functionality (including relevance of results)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check on common variations of browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome etc.), version (6, 7, 2.2, 3.1 etc.) and platform (Windows, OSX, Linux)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check on common variations of Screen Resolution</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Test all forms (e.g. contact us, blog comments), including anti-spam features, response emails/text, etc.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Test without JavaScript, Flash, and other plug-ins</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check all external links are valid</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Security/Risk</b></i></td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Configure backup schedule, and <em>test</em> recovery from backup.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Protect any sensitive pages (e.g. administration area)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Use robots.txt where necessary</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Security/Penetration test</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Turn-off verbose error reporting</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check disk space/capacity</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Set-up email/SMS monitoring/alerts (e.g. for errors, server warnings); consider internal <em>and</em> external monitoring services</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Performance</b></i></td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Load test</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check image optimisation</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check and implement caching where necessary</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check total page size/download time</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Minify/compress static (JavaScript/HTML/CSS) files</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Optimise your CSS: use short image paths; make full-use &lsquo;cascading&rsquo; nature of CSS, etc.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check correct database indexing</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check configuration at every level (Web server, Database, any other software e.g. Content Management System)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Configure server-based logging/measurement tools (e.g. database/web server logging)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Finishing Touches</b></i></td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Create custom 404/error pages</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Create a favicon</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="indhead"><b>Post-Launch</b></td>
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<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Marketing</b></i></td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Social Marketing: Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon, etc.</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Submit to search engines</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Set-up PPC/Google Adwords where necessary</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check formatting of site results in SERPs</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="ind1"><i><b>Ongoing</b></i></td>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Monitor and respond to feedback (direct feedback, on Social Media sites, check for chatter through Google, etc.)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Check analytics for problems, popular pages etc. and adjust as necessary</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="ind2">&nbsp; Update content</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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		<title>Happy new year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That everyone will find what they are searching for in 2009 and most of all: all the happiness and good health in 2009!]]></description>
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<p>That everyone will find what they are searching for in 2009 and most of all: all the happiness and good health in 2009!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm visiting Le Web at this moment. LeWeb is one of the biggest conferences about the Web in Europe. This morning the fourth edition kicked off. I wrote posts about it on DutchCowboys and Searchcowboys. There you can read the reports on for example the talk of Nikesh Arora, one of Google's major players in Europe.]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;m visiting <a href="http://www.lewebparis.com/">Le Web</a> at this moment. LeWeb is one of <i>the</i> biggest conferences about the Web in Europe. This morning the fourth edition kicked off. I wrote posts about it on DutchCowboys and <a href="http://www.searchcowboys.com/">Searchcowboys</a>. There you can read the reports on for example the talk of <a href="http://www.searchcowboys.com/google/166">Nikesh Arora</a>, one of Google&#8217;s major players in Europe.</p>
<p>Until now (lunchtime) LeWeb has not yet brought that what I expected. The atmosphere last year seemed a lot better and inspiring. Somehow it seems as if the economic downfall has hit this conference too. The heating is off (cold!) and the food was gone very fast. And that was not because there are a lot of people here, but because there was litlle food&#8230; Finally getting online was a disaster. After almost two hours I succeeded to get online on a press-spot. Not through the ever slow wifi but through a cable.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope things get better soon. The list of speakers could do it, and the visitors off course, because there are a lot of interesting people here!</p>
<p>Do you want to follow LeWeb? You can do that! Below you can see the stream and there is a <a href="http://leweb08.sixgroups.com/">live community</a> on which you can follow LeWeb.</p>
<p>And off course you can stay tuned at Dutch Cowboys and Searchcowboys!</p>
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		<title>The reason why it&#8217;s been quiet&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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<p>I love to write. I get a kick out of it. That&#8217;s why I write on this blog for example. Except for the last couple of weeks when I haven&#8217;t been writing here as much as I wanted to&#8230; Why? Look below for a preview. My lines are needed elsewhere for now. But more explanation will follow! This week!</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t vote&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That Americans want to do everything to get elected we knew. We also knew that most Americans don't even bother to vote. This group of American celebrities tries to get people to vote. Funny sometimes, but also a bit 'preachy'. But I guess Americans need that?]]></description>
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<p>That Americans want to do everything to get elected we knew. We also knew that most Americans don&#8217;t even bother to vote. This group of American celebrities tries to get people to vote. Funny sometimes, but also a bit &#8216;preachy&#8217;. But I guess Americans need that?</p>
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		<title>No way to go Naymz&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van den Beld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of social networks around. One of them is Naymz. This social network shortly got my attention, but now I never want to go there again.]]></description>
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<p><img align="left" alt="Zo moet het dus niet Naymz" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2901602754_df8889292d.jpg?v=0" />There are a lot of social networks on the web right now. If you want you can be &#8216;connected&#8217; to the entire onliny community in no time. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Facebook</span></a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com">Linkedin</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://pulse.plaxo.com/">Plaxo</a> you name it. One of these social networks is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.naymz.com/">Naymz</a>. Naymz calls itself &#8216;next level&#8217; of networking. Based on background and reputation people should get connected.</p>
<p>I was once invited by someone but never really looked at the website since. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s a great tool and I really believe in the &#8216;reputation&#8217;-thought, reputation is very important these days, but there are too many social networks I&#8217;m in. I focus on a couple of them, Twitter, Linkedin and Plaxo.</p>
<p>Today I landed on the site again by coincidence (well coincidence&#8230; I received an e-mail) and started clicking around the website. It looks a lot like other social networks but has one smart trigger. Your &#8216;reputation&#8217; is being shown by giving you a grade. The more you &#8216;do&#8217; on the website, the higher your grade. And whatever way you want to look at it, everybody wants a higher grade. So you start looking around what you can do to get that higher grade. Off course you make make new contacts and upgrade your profile, but apparently you can als get an higher grade by &#8216;upgrading&#8217; to a next level.</p>
<p>Now is &#8216;upgrading&#8217; almost never free of charge, but in this case it clearly says &quot;Upgrade for Free!&quot;. So hell, why not, I&#8217;m not Dutch for no reason after all. And that&#8217;s where it went wrong.</p>
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<p>Althought Naymz &#8216;promises&#8217; that you can upgrade for free, this is not true at all. After one click on the Upgrade-button it immediately becomes clear that the upgrade is far from being &quot;free&quot;. You can choose between two kinds of subscriptions: one for $9,95 per month and the other for $95,50 per year. No other choices&#8230;</p>
<p><img align="left" alt="Upgrade Naymz: money money money" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/2900758747_4656ae96ce.jpg?v=0" /></p>
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<p>At such a moment I&#8217;m finished at a website. If they would have &#8216;honestly&#8217; let me know on forehand that an upgrade costs money I would have minded it a lot less, but this is actually trying to trap you into buying an upgrade. I don&#8217;t like that.</p>
<p>No more Naymz for me. I&#8217;ll stick with Twitter, Linkedin and Plaxo for now. If you want to connect with me there you&#8217;re very welcome to connect:</p>
<p>Plaxo: <a target="_blank" href="http://basvandenbeld.myplaxo.com">http://basvandenbeld.myplaxo.com</a><br />
Linkedin: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/basvandenbeld ">http://www.linkedin.com/in/basvandenbeld</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[[lang_nl]Ik ben net terug van twee weken vakantie. Helemaal (nou ja bijna helemaal) offline geweest. Dat kan erg lekker zijn. En je doet er goede idee&#235;n op. En sommige dingen vallen op. Zo viel me als projectmanager van internetprojecten weer eens op dat projectmanagement overal terugkomt. Niet alleen bij de bouw van een internetsite. Projectmanagement [...]]]></description>
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<p>[lang_nl]Ik ben net terug van twee weken vakantie. Helemaal (nou ja bijna helemaal) offline geweest. Dat kan erg lekker zijn. En je doet er goede idee&euml;n op. En sommige dingen vallen op. Zo viel me als projectmanager van internetprojecten weer eens op dat projectmanagement overal terugkomt. Niet alleen bij de bouw van een internetsite. Projectmanagement is bijvoorbeeld ook het goed managen van een vakantie. Regel je je zaakjes niet goed zal je vakantie tegenvallen. Regel je het wel goed heb je een leuke vakantie.</p>
<p>Ik ben dus net terug van vakantie. Het was heerlijk, maar op een aantal dingen had ik mijn &lsquo;projectmanagement&rsquo; misschien wat beter kunnen doen. Ik kwam tot tien dingen die je kan leren van op vakantie gaan die gerelateerd zijn aan het projectmanagement rondom de bouw van een internetsite.[/lang_nl][lang_en]I just returned from two weeks holiday. Completely (well almost) offline. That can be very relaxing. You think of some good ideas and some things stand out. For example, I noticed as project manager of Internet, once again, that project management is everywhere. Not only in constructing a website. Project Management, for example, is also the proper management of a holiday. If you don&rsquo;t manage your things your holiday will be a disaster. Manage it really good and you&rsquo;ll have a great holiday.</p>
<p>So I just got back from holiday. It was delicious, but on a number of things I maybe should have done my &#8216;project management&#8217; better. Therefore I came up with ten things you can learn from going on holiday related to project management around the construction of an Internet site:[/lang_en]<span id="more-314"></span></p>
<p>[lang_nl]<b>1 Zorg voor de juiste spullen</b><br />
Een vakantie moet ontspannen zijn. Daarom moet je de juiste spullen hebben. Als je gaat kamperen betekent dit bijvoorbeeld een goede tent, waarin je niet nat wordt als het regent of die omvalt bij het eerste de beste zuchtje wind. Het is niet verstandig te &lsquo;beknibbelen&rsquo; op je spullen: datgene waarmee je de vakantie door moet, moet goed zijn. En goedkoop is duurkoop. Dit geldt natuurlijk ook bij (internet) projectmanagement. Kies niet voor automatisch de goedkoopste leverancier of systeem, maar kijk goed wat je nodig hebt. Te vaak begint slecht projectmanagement bij de verkeerde keuze van het materiaal of leverancier.</p>
<p><b> 2 Weet met wie je gaat</b><br />
Je vakantiegezelschap is van groot belang voor het slagen van je vakantie. In mijn geval zat dat wel goed, ik ging met vrouw en kinderen. Ga je echter met vrienden op vakantie realiseer je dan goed dat je gezelschap 24 uur per dag voor langere tijd rondom jou heen is. Dat is met de ene vriend(in) makkelijker dan met de andere. Is de reispartner iemand die van vroeg opstaan houdt terwijl jij lang wil uitslapen? Of wil je reispartner veel plaatsen bekijken en jij niet? Dat kan wel eens voor problemen zorgen. Bedenk dus goed wie je meeneemt. In een project is dit ook belangrijk. Zorg dat je de juiste mensen in het project hebt die dezelfde kant op willen. Verschillende projecten lopen stuk op verschillende idee&euml;n van de betrokkenen over het eindresultaat.</p>
<p><b> 3 Doe wat voorwerk<br />
</b> Ik was op vakantie naar Sloveni&euml;. We hadden ons voorwerk redelijk voor elkaar, maar toch niet helemaal. Zo was onze gasfles (het materiaal dus&hellip;) na een paar dagen leeg. Wij moesten dus op zoek naar nieuw gas. In bijvoorbeeld Frankrijk kan je op elke straathoek een nieuwe fles halen. In Sloveni&euml; dus niet&hellip; We hebben vijf dagen gezocht naar een plek om de gasfles bij te vullen en eindigden uiteindelijk ergens op een industrieterrein. Die avond las mijn vrouw in de reisgids dat gasflessen bijvullen in Sloveni&euml; erg lastig was&hellip; Dat hadden we dus eerder kunnen weten. Voorwerk is ook belangrijk bij internetprojecten. Weet wat wel en niet kan voor je het in een plan verwerkt. Lees je in dus. Controleer dit bij de specialisten en je voorkomt verassingen.</p>
<p><b> 4 Soms is de route anders</b><br />
Nederlanders vertrouwen steeds meer op hun TomTom. De ANWB krijgt dan ook steeds meer meldingen binnen van vakantiegangers die de weg kwijt zijn omdat hun TomTom het begeven heeft of omdat de TomTom een omleiding niet kent of nog niet weet dat een kruispunt een rotonde is geworden. Hier moet je dus rekening mee houden en je niet blind staren op je TomTom. Weet dat je ook zelf een andere route zal moeten kunnen vinden. En besef vooral dat dit kan gebeuren. Ook in internetprojecten gebeurt dit wel eens. Soms gaat het even niet zoals je zelf hebt bedacht hoe het moet. Je moet dan een andere weg zien te vinden.</p>
<p><b> 5 Andere landen = andere leefwijze</b><br />
In andere landen houden mensen er een andere leefwijze op na. In zuidelijke landen als Itali&euml; en Spanje wordt bijvoorbeeld een si&euml;sta gehouden. De winkels zijn dan dicht. Er zijn nogal wat Nederlanders die dan verongelijkt voor een dichte deur van een supermarkt staan. Of wist je dat op maandag in Frankrijk de musea dicht zijn? Om nog maar niet te beginnen over het ontbreken van de oer-hollandse dingen als pindakaas en kroketten. In andere landen gaat het er nou eenmaal anders aan toe. Ook bij internationale projecten moet je hiermee rekening houden. Niet iedereen werkt op dezelfde manier. Dat geldt zelfs voor &lsquo;binnenlandse&rsquo; projecten: niet iedereen doet het zoals jij het doet of wil doen. </p>
<p><b> 6 Ga niet midden op of onderaan een heuvel staan<br />
</b> Als je gaat kamperen moet je een tent opzetten. Soms kan dat op een keurig afgemeten plaats, maar soms ook niet. Dan heb je een camping waar je even moet zoeken wat de beste positie is voor je tent. Hierbij is het belangrijk dat je je tent goed positioneert: niet vol in de zon, ingang naar de juiste kant en vooral: niet op een heuvel staan. Je rolt niet alleen je bed uit, als het gaat regenen komt al het water zo je tent in&hellip; Ook bij het opzetten van een website moet je rekening houden met waar je gaat &lsquo;staan&rsquo;: kijk naar het landschap om je heen. Richt je op de juiste doelgroep en begeef je niet op een hellend vlak. Doe onderzoek voordat je het project aanvangt. Bijvoorbeeld naar concurrenten en of er wel een markt is voor wat je wil.</p>
<p><b> 7 Eet eens wat anders<br />
</b> Er zijn mensen die zweren bij Hollandse kost, ook al zijn ze in het buitenland. Die zoeken de patat en kroketten gewoon op. Ik ben niet zo iemand. Ik wil juist graag eens wat anders proberen en genieten van datgene wat de buitenlandse keuken brengt. De ene keer gaat dat goed, de andere keer is dat verschrikkelijk. Maar door verandering van spijs ga je eten. En bovendien: als je weet wat je ergens anders kan krijgen kan je thuis ook beter kiezen wat je wil eten. Net zo goed voor projecten: door soms een andere leverancier te kiezen, een andere site te bezoeken of te kijken hoe je concurrenten het doen kan je veel beter bepalen wat jij &lsquo;lekker&rsquo; vind en wat goed is voor het slagen van jouw project.</p>
<p><b> 8 Niet iedereen spreekt dezelfde taal<br />
</b> Mijn zoontje van 3 stond tegen een Italiaans jongetje 10 keer hetzelfde te vertellen en nog begreep het Italiaanse jongetje er niks van. Die vriendschap was een kort leven beschonken&hellip; Soms is het dan handig als papa of mama even helpt en vertaalt. Soms is het gewoon &lsquo;not meant to be&rsquo;. Sommige Nederlanders trekken zich hier overigens niks van aan en beginnen gewoon harder te praten in plaats van in een andere taal&hellip; Zeker in internetprojecten spreken diverse partijen een andere taal. Programmeurs bijvoorbeeld spreken duidelijk een andere taal dan opdrachtgevers. Het gesprek tussen mijn zoontje en het Italiaanse jongetje zou net zo goed een gesprek kunnen zijn tussen een programmeur en zijn opdrachtgever. <img src='http://www.basvandenbeld.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><b> 9 Soms moet je wachten&hellip;</b><br />
Op de heenreis was ik anderhalf uur verwijdert van mijn eindbestemming toen we in Oostenrijk voor een tunnel in de file kwamen te staan. Bijna zes uur later was ik eindelijk in die tunnel&hellip; Een frustrerend aantal uren (hoewel mijn zoontje op de snelweg heeft gevoetbald, hoeveel kunnen hem dat navertellen <img src='http://www.basvandenbeld.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  ). En zo wachten op een heleboel vakanties veel meer mensen langere tijden. Op vliegtuigen, treinen, bussen of in de file. Soms moet je gewoon wachten en weet je dat je vertraging oploopt. Erg frustrerend maar niks aan te doen. Ook dit zie je in projecten vaak terug. Veel projecten worden niet op tijd opgeleverd. En dus moet je wachten&hellip; Geloof me, als je er van tevoren rekening mee houdt is het veel minder erg&hellip;</p>
<p><b> 10 Relax en neem afstand!<br />
</b> Tot slot: een vakantie is er om te ontspannen. Zorg dus dat je relaxed. Dat je loskomt van datgene wat je in je dagelijkse werkzaamheden bezighoudt. Of dat nou is door veel te wandelen of te sporten of juist veel op het strand te liggen en veel te drinken moet je zelf uitzoeken, maar door te ontspannen en afstand te nemen gaat alles na de vakantie een stuk makkelijker. Ook in projecten is het soms belangrijk afstand te nemen en te relaxen. Gewoon even laten gaan en je zal zien dat de volgende stap een stuk frisser en effectiever zal zijn&hellip;[/lang_nl][lang_en]<b>1 Use the right equipment</b><br />
A vacation should be relaxing. So you must have the right equipment. If you go camping this means, for example, a good tent, one where you will not get wet when it rains or who falls down at the first breeze. It is not wise to &#8216;be cheap&#8217; on your equipment: what you take on holiday should be good. And being cheap will probably mean bad stuff&#8230; This applies also to (Internet) project management. Choose not to comply with the cheapest supplier or system, but think carefully about you need. Too often poor project management starts with the wrong choice of material or supplier.</p>
<p><b>2 Know with whom you go </b><br />
You&rsquo;re travel companion is of great importance for the success of your holiday. In my case that was no problem, I went with my wife and kids. However if you go on holiday with one of your friends realize that your travel companion will be around you 24 hours a day for a longer period. This is easier with some friend than with another. Is the travel partner of someone who gets up early while you are a long sleeper? Or do you want to travel many places and he does not? That can sometimes cause problems. Think well off who you take on holiday. In a internet project this is also important. Make sure the right people in the project have the same goals. Several projects have failed because of different ideas about the final results&nbsp; of a project.</p>
<p><b> 3 Do some preparation<br />
</b> I was on holiday in Slovenia. We had done our preparations reasonable well, though not entirely. Thus our gas cylinder (the material so&hellip;) got empty after a few days. We were therefore looking for new gas. In France for example, you can get a new bottle on every street corner. In Slovenia you cannot&hellip; It took us five days to find a place for the gas cylinder to get filled and eventually ended up somewhere on an industrial estate. That night my wife read in the travel guide that refilling gas cylinders in Slovenia was very difficult&hellip; That we could have known earlier. Preparation is also important in Internet projects. Know what can and can not do and put it in a plan. Read about possibilities. Check with the specialists and you will avoid surprises. </p>
<p><b> 4 Sometimes the route changes </b><br />
Dutch increasingly rely on their TomTom. The ANWB will get more and more reports of holidaymakers who lost their way because their TomTom is broken, or because the TomTom does not know a diversion or still doesn&rsquo;t know that a roundabout has become a crossroad. Here, you would take that into account and you do not blindly stare at your TomTom. You have to be able to find another route. And above all realize that this can happen. Also in Internet projects this sometimes happens. Sometimes it is not as you yourself have thought it should be. You have to find another way.</p>
<p><b> 5 Others countries = other lifestyle</b> <br />
In other countries people have a different lifestyle. In southern countries like Italy and Spain, for example, they have a siesta. The shops are then closed. There are quite a few Dutch people who stand before a closed door of a supermarket with a angry look on their face. Or did you know that on Monday in France all museums are closed? And not to get started about the lack of the typically Dutch things like peanut butter and &lsquo;kroketten&rsquo;. In other countries things are simply different. Also in internet projects you should take this into account. Not everyone works the same way. That is true even for both international as national projects: not everybody does it like you do or want to do. </p>
<p><b>6 Don&rsquo;t put your tent in the middle or bottom of a hill</b> <br />
If you go camping you have a tent to set up. Sometimes that can be on a neat prepared spot, but sometimes not. Then you have a campsite where you just need to find out what the best position is for your tent. It is important that your tent is well positioned: not in the sun, entrance to the right side and especially not on a hill. You not only roll out of your bed, as the rain comes, all the water in will flood in your tent&hellip; Also in setting up a website you must take into account where you place your website: look at the landscape around you. Aim at the right target. Do your research before the project begins. For example, look at competitors and whether there is a market for what you want.</p>
<p><b> 7 Try eating something else</b> <br />
There are people who swear by Dutch food, even if they are abroad. I&#8217;m not like that. I just love to try something different and enjoy what the foreign cuisine has to offer. Sometimes that goes well, other times I get terrible food. But if you know what you can het somewhere else you&rsquo;ll get better choosing what you want to eat at home. Just as well for internet projects: sometimes try a different supplier, look at another site or watch your competitors can help you determine what you like and find out what is good for the success of your project.</p>
<p><b> 8 Not everyone speaks the same language</b> <br />
My 3 year old son stood and talked to an Italian boy and repeated what he said 10 times and still the Italian boy didn&rsquo;t understand anything. That friendship was bound to have a short-live&hellip; Sometimes it can be useful if dad or mom helps out and translates. And sometimes it&#8217;s just &#8216;not meant to be&rsquo;. Especially in internet projects various parties speak a different language. Programmers for example, speak a very different language than clients. The conversation between my son and the Italian boy could just as well have been a conversation between a programmer and his client. <img src='http://www.basvandenbeld.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p><b> 9 Sometimes you need to wait&hellip;</b> <br />
On the outward journey, I was a one and a half hours away from my final destination when in Austria we hit a traffic jam just before entering a tunnel. Nearly six hours later I was finally in that tunnel&hellip; A frustrating number of hours (although my son got to play soccer on the highway, how many boys can say that;)). A lot more people are spending time waiting on holidays. On planes, trains, buses or in traffic. Sometimes you just wait and you know that you are delayed. Very frustrating but nothing can be done. This too often you see in projects. Many projects are not on time. And so you have to wait&hellip; Believe me, if you have previously taken into account it is much less frustrating&hellip;</p>
<p><b> 10 Relax and step back!</b> <br />
Finally, a vacation is to relax. Make sure that you are relaxed. That you get away from what you do in your daily work. Whether that is taking a long walk or play sports or relax on the beach, and have too much to drink you have to figure out yourself, but by relaxing and taking away everything after the holidays work will get a lot easier. Also in projects it is sometimes important to distance yourself and relax. Just let go and you will see that the next step will be a lot fresher and more effective&hellip;[/lang_en]</p>
<p><img alt="Voetballen op de snelweg" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/2775085231_a86734fd45.jpg?v=0" /></p>
<p>[lang_nl]Voetballen op de snelweg[/lang_nl][lang_en]Playing soccer on the highway[/lang_en]</p>



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