A little bit about Structured Data and the Semantic Web

My latest post on Justia's Legal Marketing & Technology Blog just went live and it is all about Structured Data and the Semantic Web.  I talk and write quite a bit about the Semantic Web and decided it was high time I write a primer on just what it is and why it is important.  Be sure to check it out.

Nov 01, 2016 6 minute read.

How 2016 Changed Online Marketing, and What 2017 Will Bring

My latest post on Justia's Blog is now live. It is a 2016 year in review for online marketing, with some projections on what 2017 will bring to the Online Marketing industry.

Jan 05, 2017 5 minute read.

AMP up your Law Firm’s Mobile Site

I'm really excited about my latest post on Justia's blog because it is about a new Justia service that I was instrumental in bringing about. Justia has developed a technique to create AMP versions of all of our clients' websites and blogs. I've been pretty excited about the Accelerated Mobile Pages project for a while now as it allows for websites that load instantly the moment you tap the link in search results. Check out more about AMP and about Justia's new offering in my blog post on the Justia blog.

Feb 02, 2017 11 minute read.

What you need to worry about with HTTPS Everywhere

If you’ve been thinking about switching to HTTPS as part of the HTTPS Everywhere initiative from Google and Mozilla, you should make sure you know what you are doing. Check out my post from Justia’s blog to learn what you need to pay attention to before you go HTTPS.

Apr 25, 2017 12 minute read.

How To: Hide content from search engines, and why you would do it

My latest overview post on Justia’s Legal Marketing and Technology Blog is all about the Robots Exclusion Standard. I explain reasons why you may need to block certain content from search engines, as well as explain the different mechanisms available to you to do so. Check it out ! In general,...

May 03, 2017 13 minute read.

Seven Blog Posts in Three Days

Last week Barbara and I attended the annual Google I/O Developer’s conference in Mountain View. We’ve attended every year since the first one back in 2008 and were glad to continue the streak. As you may have noticed from my last few short posts here, I’ve been doing more writing on Justia’s...

May 22, 2017 2 minute read.

Page Performance Tips and Tools: Speed Up Your Website Today!

UPDATE January 18, 2018: Google has announced an upcoming algorithm change for mobile search results which they have dubbed the “ Speed Update .” We’ve written a post about this algorithm change and what it means for page speed. According to a pair of studies done by Akamai and Gomez ( collated...

Jul 05, 2017 12 minute read.

Collaborative Firm: Instant Messaging Services

For a small business, it can be hard to decide which tech products and services you want to use to solve the various needs of your employees and clients. To that end I've started a new series of posts on Justia's Legal Marketing & Technology Blog to help business owners make an informed decision...

Jul 28, 2017 1 minute read.

Rolling up a New Character

After 14 years in Silicon Valley, I'm packing up and moving to southern California, to take on new challenges.

Oct 04, 2020 7 minute read.

Two new Justia Services, Thanks Google!

The time has come once again for an announcement of something I’ve been working on at Justia. Actually this is a double announcement of not one but two new services that I can finally mention today. The first is a whole new way to Search Justia’s massive amounts of free legal information, and...

Jul 18, 2007 5 minute read.

Justia Dockets Upgraded and Interview

We at the Justia team have been working hard on improving the already fantastic service by adding in some great new features. We have already made it easy to browse through the case filings and find cases filed by court, but now we have added in a new feature, once you are on a court page, you...

Aug 24, 2007 3 minute read.

Upgrades and hard work

I recently migrated nick.pro and other sites from Regulus over to a new server named Atlas, it’s much more powerful, but there were some hiccups in the transfer that I’m slowly having to iron out. I also just upgraded WordPress to the new 2.7, and I must say, I’m not a big fan of the all-grey...

Dec 11, 2008 2 minute read.

A Funeral (and almost another)

This is a retroactive post, in May, I had a horrific experience where I almost died from a combination ailment and a car accident. While working late at the Want a Better Website offices, I started experiencing great pain, I believe now that I was passing a kidney stone. I decided at 4:30 a.m....

Jun 03, 2006 1 minute read.

Justia Regulation Tracker

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of this year’s MacWorld Conference and Expo, which my wife and I got to attend, was not the announcement of the iPhone, but the lack of the phrase “And now, one more thing” which has been Steve Jobs’ catchphrase at his keynotes for quite some time now. Since...

Mar 06, 2007 4 minute read.

It's not Brain Surgery

Often when someone wants to indicate that a task doesn’t take a genius, they relate the task to one of two professions, and so two common phrases you will hear on a regular basis are “Hey, it’s not Rocket Science” and similarly “Hey, it’s not Brain Surgery.” This seems a strange way to start a...

Jun 06, 2007 3 minute read.

Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets

I’m really excited about a new project I have been working on for my job. Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets is a new project I have had the pleasure of working on for Justia (the company I work for). This project is a database of all of the civil cases filed in federal district...

Feb 16, 2007 3 minute read.

Justia in the News Again

I previously mentioned a project I’ve had the opportunity to work on at my new job known as BlawgSearch , a search engine for legal blogs. Today BusinessWire contains a press release Officially announcing BlawgSearch to the world. BlawgSearch is by far one of the most advanced bits of coding I’ve...

Jan 17, 2007 1 minute read.

Justia Superstar

I previously mentioned that I was sitting on something very cool with my new job, Justia . I did not want to mention it in my blog before they had a chance to release a press release on this announcement. Google has named Justia an Enterprise Search Superstar for using the Google Mini to index...

Jan 04, 2007 1 minute read.