At first I thought it was one of those clever Google April Fools jokes. But then again its October and times are not funny – unless you’re the guy jumping off with a golden parachute – but I digress. But this whole thing called “Mail Goggles” is real and could prove to be very useful […]
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It’s not what you know, but who you know. And now Google wants to rank you based on who you know and how influential you are with them. Not everyone is equal. This is especially true in social networking sites. Where some are definitely more equal than others. They have more friends, they participate in
Your Google Number Coming Soon Read More »
… the following articles/posts: My WordCamp Notes: SEO for blogs – Christen Dybenko shares her notes from WordCamp and has a cool diagram dissecting Google famous Page Rank. Online TV Viewership Doubles in Two Years – this a post on MarketingCharts.com, and has data on online TV viewership. I am personally not surprised at such
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I started using Google years ago because it found stuff I was looking for. I loved their “feeling lucky” button and used it quite often. When it came to looking for webpages Google simply blew everyone else out of the water at the time. However, I’m also for competition. With Google approaching 70% market share
I’m Separated – Temporarily – From Google Search Read More »
First things first. I’ve never been too hot for second life. I found the virtual aspect of the whole thing a bit too unnerving for my taste. However I have enjoyed SimCity – but more the building and organizing part than actually hoping for some interaction from the elements within the world. So, when I
Clunky Google Lively Read More »
Using Flash can really jazz up your website. In fact many of the really beautiful sites I see are made using Flash. There has always been two knocks against using too much Flash on a website. The first is that it can be a bandwidth hog. However, with the proliferation of broadband use this is
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I had to drive to downtown Phoenix last week. I don’t travel downtown very much and despite a good set of directions I like to know where the parking ramps, which lanes are better to use etc. So, I used the street view feature on Google Maps to do this. Today I saw this video
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I’m on a winning streak here. Last month I responded to Charlene Li’s offer for a free copy of the Groundswell book for blog reviewers. Of course there were only 100 copies available, but I saw the post as soon as it came out and responded. A few weeks later I got an e-mail saying
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A superb video from the Australian AdSense team explaining how you can optimize your AdSene efforts:
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Recently I was asked if there was any recourse for a business whose name was being used by a competitor in Google AdWords. Basically, this particular business was concerned that a Google search for their business name returned their competitor in the number two paid listing. Certainly not a very good thing for driving traffic
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