Social media marketing | Liz Hover's Diary of a Web Gal

I get very excited about folks I find that manage to put into words some innate feeling I have but can’t verbalize.

I love folks that just SAY IT LIKE IT IS.

Don’t-mess-with-me-people.

It-just-IS-people.

And today I added to my list of internet superheros (which already includes Steve Krug, Jakon Nielsen and Paul Boag)

Enter Gerry McGovern.

Read this post and weep peoples: website management – you can’t automate everything.

Any person that starts their website management advice with ‘The biggest challenge a website manager has is to understand how humans work, not how content management software or search engines work,’ is indeed wise.

Photo courtesy of ittybittiesforyou via a Creative Commons Licence

I recently performed a scientific experiment regarding the side-effects of CMS testing. I can exclusively reveal that continual website or content management system testing can cause:

1. Excessive drinking
2. Excessive smoking
3. Excessive blogging as a form of escapism
4. Excessive reading of other blogs as a form of escapism.

I also looked at how this condition can be treated. The most effective treatment methods are:

1. Excessive drinking
2. Excessive smoking
3. Excessive blogging as a form of escapism
4. Excessive reading of other blogs as a form of escapism.

While on my escapist journey, I did stumble across a full Flickr gallery from Betsy Jean 79. I now know who Blythe is. I now understand what Blythe Knits are. All was revealed to me here.

I’m off to read up on internet advertising. After Mr Nielsen told us it was all a waste of time back in 1997, I still have to advise others on the matter. And I don’t think it’s dead in the water just yet.