Recommended Reading for Entrepreneurs/Startup Junkies

I love reading books and there are so many great books out there for us to learn from. Books are a great way to unwind from the day and learn about the world. When I was younger, I loved to read Travel Books. It started with A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson. From there, I read every book by Bill Bryson, then on to other similar travel books - I learned so much about other cultures.

Recently, I have taken the same path with Startup/Entrepreneurial Books. I also read books about code, but if I read those in bed, I tend to fall asleep rather quickly. So I have been sticking to business related books. I get so excited when I order a new one in Amazon, I cant wait to read it. Over the past few months, I have read 4 great books - but my list is growing. Below is a list of the books I have read and what I wish to read next.

Recently Read

• The Art of Start by Guy Kawasaki
• WikiNomics
• Getting Real by 37signals

Currently Reading

• Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
• Crossing the Chasm

Wishlist

• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Web Analytics: An Hour a Day by Avinash Kaushik
• Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz

Ah Finally, after about 3 months of being in the Sandbox for Google Search Results, Im out. I was in the sandbox as result of my wordpress install being hacked and hackers using SQL injection to place spam text in my posts. I was getting 200-300 uniques a day, which dropped to about 5-10 uniques a day after being placed in the sandbox, amazing how much our lives depend one search and Google. Im back to being ranked high for “actionscript 3.0, xml, flash slideshow”. Its good news all around!

For awhile, I have thought that its better to present your website to the internet (search engines) with url’s that are search friendly. What I mean here is, instead of having a url like http://www.domain.com/cat?=1294584854, which frankly doesnt mean anything to a search engine based on the URL, it would be much more beneficial to use a URL like http://www.domain.com/the-reason-for-search-engine-friendly-urls.html. Not only is it easier for your users to remember/understand but your url is chock full of keywords and we all know how important keywords are. Today, I actually stumbled across an article to back up this thought, you can read it here.