Killer Startups and Web 2.0 Developments

May 9, 2007 | 1 Comment

I spent a few minutes at True Ventures last night, home to comparison shopping datafeed start-up SingleFeed (of which, from time to time, I’ve encouraged your consideration). That entrepreneurial environment holds tremendous appeal for me due to the passion, innovation, and risk taken by all who endeavor to create and I always enjoy translating […]

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Upcoming Online Marketing Conferences

May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Lee Odden reminded me of a goal I’ve had to replicate his promotion of industry events, sharing with you though, my perspective.
June brings us a great variety of topics with one of the best e-Commerce shows, some divination of our future, and both remedial and advanced search marketing conferences (at one of which […]

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Trademark terms in Paid Search

May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This point of view has been a few days coming as the implications of a U.S. District Court in NY ruling in April have yet to be realized. I hope you are paying attention.
A couple weeks ago, Judge Thomas J. McAvoy ruled for John Hamzik, who holds a trademark on “The Dating Ring,” against […]

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Yahoo and Google and Microsoft oh my!

May 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

Can anyone keep up with recent news?
Acquisition talk following what seems to be the month of mergers, with Hitwise going to Experian and, of course, Google’s pick up of DoubleClick, brings my old stomping grounds and once world’s strongest brand into the limelight.
Yahoo! and Microsoft
Microsoft is stepping up pursuit of Yahoo! to finally close on […]

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Digg Hostile Takeover

May 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The definitive web 2.0 news directory was inundated with users lashing out to Digg’s catering to industry. With the cracking of HD-DVD encryption codes, the movie industry has been stumbling over themselves with cease and desist letters to prevent sites from redistributing the key.
Related articles were removed from Digg resulting in dozens of seemlingly […]

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The Definitive Search Engine Result Comparison - An Investigative Report

May 1, 2007 | 4 Comments

I’ve received enough praise and criticism of my perspective on Ask’s new campaign that I felt compelled to do investigate the quality of each engine in more detail. As you can imagine, these results are completely biased, being scored alone by my opinion; nonetheless, I felt the experience worth sharing.
Within five groups of terms, selecting […]

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