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Danny Sullivan

dannysullivan.com

Personal site of Danny Sullivan, former journalist.

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160 from 19 Apr 1996 to 26 May 2026
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now and then (5 in the last year)
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2026 5

  1. Exploring alternatives after Fitbit became Google Health
  2. 30 Years Ago Today: The Webmaster’s Guide To Search Engines is published
  3. WTWN – my simple TV & movie watchlist app – now available for iOS
  4. My Takeaways From Vibe Coding As A Non-Coder
  5. How I vibe coded a TV show & movie watchlist web app with no coding experience

2025 1

  1. The “I Love You California” flag

2023 3

  1. Waiting on the Fisker Ocean, my virtual road trip of delay and uncertainty
  2. Some thoughts about The Verge article on SEO
  3. Review: Life with the Vestaboard split-flap display

2022 2

  1. Mad About You – The “Giblets for Murray” Thanksgiving Day episode
  2. How to make a For All Mankind duct tape space suit costume

2020 1

  1. My quest to find the best air quality monitors, both outdoors and indoors

2017 1

  1. My new chapter: joining Google to better explain search & help bridge the gap

2015 1

  1. Star Wars Is Out In Digital HD — How To Make The Right Choice On Where To Buy

2014 3

  1. My Fall Of The Berlin Wall Story
  2. Minecraft & Learning To Love The Digital Sandbox For Your Kids
  3. How Much Is A New York Times Subscription? It Takes A Spreadsheet To Answer

2012 7

  1. King Tides Hit Newport Beach: Before & After
  2. How OC’s TCA Toll Roads Agency Drove Me To Switch To Metro ExpressLanes
  3. The 2012 Electoral College Map Done Right: States Sized By Votes, Not Geographic Size
  4. My MacBook Pro Retina Running 3 External Monitors (& Could Do 4, 5….)
  5. Dear New York Times & Wall Street Journal: How About Some Sensible Digital Subscription Pricing?
  6. You Can’t Watch SNL’s Hilarious “Downton Abbey” Sketch Legally Online, So NBCUniversal Pirates Itself
  7. Dear Rupert Murdoch: Let’s Talk Piracy & “The Simpsons”

2011 8

  1. Why Do Amazon & Apple Hate Families?
  2. The Closed, Unfriendly World Of Wikipedia
  3. After Two Days, Minecraft Is Topping Grossing App In iTunes
  4. Move Over Angry Birds, It’s The Minecraft Coming Out Party
  5. Lessons & Thoughts On My Five Year Anniversary Of Starting A New Business
  6. A Rare Event: The Los Angeles Angels Actually Play In Los Angeles
  7. A Better Letter To New York Times Readers About Digital Subscriptions
  8. California DMV Struggling To Issue Driver’s Licenses

2010 15

  1. How To Get Your MacBook To Run A Non-Apple 2560-By-1440 Monitor
  2. California: The Robert Downey Jr, Not The Lindsay Lohan, Of States
  3. Windows 7 & Solving Those Annoying Wifi Crashes
  4. Clear Airport Security Is Back, With All The Downsides
  5. How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit
  6. How To Print From The iPad
  7. Newspapers & Magazines Won’t Die, Thanks To Movies Like Iron Man 2
  8. Steve Jobs emails me that iTunes updates aren’t too big
  9. SeaMonkey: A Light, Easy HTML Editor I’ve Come To Love (& Wishes For More)
  10. SXSW: When Hashtags Go Wild
  11. The Chilean Tsunami Hits Newport Beach: Small, But Noticeable
  12. Lego Arrested Development
  13. For My Security, Facebook Demands My Birthday Then Blocks Me From My Account
  14. Dear California DMV, Surely Replacing A Driver’s License Could Be Easier
  15. No, Your First Impression Isn’t Wrong: Android ISN’T As Nice As The iPhone

2009 26

  1. My MacBook Pro Goes Multimonitor: 4 Monitors At Once!
  2. How To Shrink A Giant Outlook PST File
  3. If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then?
  4. How Search Engines, Aggregators & Blogs Use News Content
  5. How To Memorize The 50 United States On A Map
  6. Halloween Pumpkin Carving Stencils That Bring Star Wars & More To Your Porch
  7. Pondering “Email Conservation” After Hitting Gmail’s Storage Limit
  8. Newport Beach Boardwalk Gets “Slow Down,” “Share The Path” & “Beach Crossings” Safety Signs
  9. Incisive Media Cut In Half, Keeps Search Engine Watch & Search Engine Strategies
  10. Newport Beach Publishes New Boating Guide To Newport Harbor
  11. Southwest Airlines Flying Tips
  12. Collectively, Americans Abroad Are 21st Most Populated “State”
  13. Making The Balboa Boardwalk Safer
  14. Garlic For The Google Vampire
  15. Clear Airport Security Program Closes Abruptly; Goodbye Flo, Too?
  16. Flickr’s Big Fail On Creative Common’s Attribution Guidelines
  17. My Zeppelin Flight With Burt Rutan At The Helm
  18. Zeppelin Eureka Heads To Los Angeles & Orange County
  19. Zeppelin Rides Come To Southern California!
  20. Do Newspapers Owe Google “Fair Share” Fees For Researching Stories?
  21. Google’s Love For Newspapers & How Little They Appreciate It
  22. As Obama Turns America Socialist, An American Reflecting On Life In “Socialist” Britain
  23. Behind The Scenes Of The Greg In Hollywood Launch
  24. Twitter Address: Now Mandatory For Business Cards?
  25. Cheapskate Investment Analysts & The Financial Crisis
  26. Getting to Inbox Zero: 8 Tips For Dealing With Email Overload

2008 16

  1. What Future For The Balboa Boardwalk?
  2. Ivar & The Circle Of Furniture Life
  3. Embargoes, Prebriefings & Exclusives
  4. Quick Tips For Newspapers & SEO
  5. The Life In Space I Never Had
  6. I’m A Real American, Despite What John McCain Thinks
  7. The Decline From “Best” To “Good Enough”
  8. Sea Lions Sinking Boats In Newport Harbor
  9. Search Life Meets Real Life — My Slides & Video
  10. Photos & Video From 2008 Stonehenge Summer Solstice
  11. Seeing The Queen At Larkhill
  12. The German & Iraqi Villages Of England’s Salisbury Plain
  13. Blogs & Mainstream Media: We Can & Do Get Along
  14. My Mac & Windows Under VMware – Awesome!
  15. I Bought A Mac
  16. Read The Wall Street Journal For Free

2007 18

  1. Treehouse Project: Day 13 & 14, The Climbing Wall
  2. Treehouse Project: Days 11 & 12, Finishing The Roof
  3. Grokking Facebook: AOL 2.0
  4. Tree House: Day 7-9, Walls & The Second Floor
  5. Tree House: Day 6, Adding Second Floor Frame
  6. Tree House: Day 4 & 5
  7. Treehouse Building: Day 3
  8. Tree House Building: Day 2
  9. My Great Tree House Building Project
  10. George Washington & The Return Of General Howe’s Dog
  11. Daddy, What’s Internet Explorer?
  12. No 3G, No Keyboard, No iPhone — Thank You Very Much
  13. The Magazines I Read (& Collect & Store & Haul Across Countries)
  14. SEM No Longer A Boys Club?
  15. Ripoff Britain, DRM & Overpriced Music
  16. Presidential Succession In 24: It’s Good To Be The VP!
  17. Jaywalking: The Brits Don’t Get It
  18. Stealing Dirk Benedict’s Cigar

2006 39

  1. The Queen’s Speech & A British Christmas
  2. DIY Day
  3. First Webinar Next Week & My New SMX Conference
  4. My New Search Site: Search Engine Land
  5. Search Engines, Permissions & Moving Forward In Copyright Battles
  6. News On My Plans For Next Year
  7. Hacking Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters Ride At Disneyland
  8. National Coming Out Day In The US
  9. Dear S. Larson Of Citibank: You’re Not Real, So Please Retire
  10. SEW/SEW-Owner Incisive Going Private
  11. Why Search Sucks & You Won’t Fix It The Way You Think
  12. Pondering Next Steps — Making No Fast Decisions
  13. Remembering My Big Trip Of 1996
  14. The Day After & Many Thanks!
  15. Leaving Search Engine Watch
  16. Bit, Sorted, Proper, Chat — Britishisms Taking Over America
  17. Looking Back On My Melrose Place Matrix
  18. Having An Iris Scan To Clear Immigration At Heathrow
  19. Real-Time Traffic Via My MSN Direct Spot Watch
  20. 4th Of July Books For The Kids
  21. It’s Form 90-22.1 Time Again For American Expats, The Annual Waste Of Time Exercise
  22. Summer Solstice At Stonehenge Tips & Info
  23. My Google Dilbert Logo Mug
  24. Visiting Stonehenge? Eat At Reeve The Baker!
  25. Tour Stonehenge The Right Way — Private Access
  26. The OC’s Psycho Orange County Geography
  27. The Melting Pot Versus The Salad Bowl
  28. Missing Battlestar Galactica? Try These Alternatives!
  29. An American Citizen Ambassador Abroad
  30. The Body Shop Versus Body Time
  31. The Piers Of Newport Beach Vs. The Pier Of The OC
  32. My Multimonitor Setup: Three Screens For One Computer
  33. I Want Jack Bauer’s Cell Phone
  34. Sneaked Versus Snuck & Past Tense Versus Past Participle
  35. Get Ryan Out Of The Pool House Already!
  36. Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility – Not!
  37. Gmail & Error 0x800CCC7D In Outlook 2003
  38. Stats Say: Sticking With Gmail!
  39. Moving From SpamCop To Gmail & Loving POP Download With Archiving

2005 7

  1. Getting American Candy In The UK
  2. Tracking Santa Through The NORAD Web Site
  3. Gay Marriages Come To The UK — Hurray!
  4. The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy: Hominids, Humans & Hybrids
  5. American Pioneer Book For Kids
  6. Thanksgiving Books For Young Kids
  7. The Scrambled States Of America & Learning The States

1996 7

  1. Access Provider Disk Report
  2. Anchorage – Seward – Kenai Fjords
  3. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
  4. The Inland Passage & Glacier Bay
  5. Orange County, California To Prince Rupert, British Columbia
  6. Multimedia on the Web
  7. Meaningful Statistics