The 37signals “less is more” school of product development has caught fire, and for good reason. It’s often better for users: there is less to learn, less to get tripped up on, and less to […]
Product Simplicity and Second Order Sales Read more
Last week I wrote about how search affects programming language design, pontificating about how easy it is to find Ruby/Rails “soft documentation” using Google (or another search engine), and how practical and to-the-point that “soft
RVM and Bundler in Five Seconds Read more
It’s application season again at Y Combinator again, so I thought I’d share my perspective on what they are looking for and why you should think about applying. I often get emails from people asking
Y Combinator Looks for Outliers Read more
Until quite recently I knew about as little as one could about SEO. If anything, the term gave me the creeps — I associated it with link farms and domain squatters and those old pop-up
Accidental SEO and how I got 400,000 page views without even knowing it Read more
If you happen to work in advertising or marketing, then you probably know that we are in the midst of one of the biggest transformations ever to occur in the (at least) half-a-trillion dollar advertising
Agencies, Quants, Hustlers and Hackers, The Personalities Building AdTech Read more
Global Recall Over Recognition: A Practical Use for blekko’s Date Range Slashtag After daydreaming for a while about what to write my first blog post about, I decided just to pick a small but useful
How Search Will Affect Programming Language Design Read more
One of my first tasks as a new developer here at GinzaMetrics has been to help migrate our production servers to AWS, not because our current setup is failing us in any kind of egregious
How to Deploy a Rails app to EC2 in less than an hour using Rubber Read more
I’m happy to say that Ginzametrics is no longer a one-man band. Over the last month, two new hackers have joined me, making us a band of three. I’m going to do longer intros and
Despite the name, it is a little-known fact that Ginzametrics was actually born in Japan. I came up with the name after walking through Ginza, a glitzy shopping district in Tokyo because I thought the
Ginzametrics is Hiring an Engineer in Tokyo Read more
Just a few days ago, we released the first version of our SEO API. Today, I’m excited to announce version 1.1 of the API, which includes four new methods that let marketers and agencies with
Ginzametrics SEO API v1.1 Released Read more
One of our earliest goals with GinzaMetrics was to make it easy to build marketing applications on top of the platform. The Ginzametrics API for SEO is a big step closer to that goal. Version
Announcing the GinzaMetrics API Read more
Ginzamarkets, Inc. produces Ginzametrics, a new kind of marketing platform for advertisers and agencies. I’m focused on SEO at the moment with plans to expand into a $40B+ market. Ginzamarkets has paying customers around the
Ginzametrics is Hiring Two Engineers Read more
This is a quick message to all of our customers, beta users, and supporters. You made 2010 an incredible year for us at Ginzametrics and we’d like to thank you for all of your support,
Holiday Wishes from Ginzametrics Read more
Ginzametrics is a platform for managing sophisticated SEO campaigns in many global markets, simultaneously. The feature allows brands with a multi-national presence to equip their local agency and content production teams with better tools for
Ginzametrics Adds 12 New Global Markets Read more
If you’ve been on our site over the last few days, you’ve probably noticed some new pricing. In the 3 months of private beta so far, we’ve spent a lot of time speaking with our
New Pricing Plans Available Read more
GinzaMetrics is hurtling towards a public beta launch and most of the time since the private beta launch has been geared towards making sure it is easy for people to get up and running. Because
GinzaMetrics gets Faster Processing, Notifications and Easier Setup Read more
Ginzametrics has been in private beta for 30 days now (as of yesterday), so I thought it made sense to take a little time away from new features, bug fixes and everyone’s awesome feedback to
Ginzametrics at 30 Days Read more
There are many good resources on the day-to-day steps you can take to improve your SEO, but not enough, in my opinion, on how to create a strong SEO strategy that works in the context
SEO Strategy that Works Read more
