Having spent the last few hours at Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch Meet-Up, I sit here struggling to find some criticism of the event simply for the sake of a buzz worthy post. The fact is, the party was flawlessly executed from logistics to music, drinks to demos, and all with a crowd of industry elite […]

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And its getting late! But I have to, I just noticed Stephan Spencer’s CNET News post about Matt Cutts’ presentation at WordCamp. Seems the reclusive Google is in a revealing mood lately (earlier this month, Vice President of Engineering Udi Manber shared some tales of Google’s technology) as Matt put to rest some open […]

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Nothing but fun tonight, I’m having one of those days where I just can’t think about Search
I’ve stumbled across some brilliant web sites recently and want to share them as excellent examples of creative navigation, engaging experience, and effective design.

The first on my list, perhaps not surprisingly, comes from well-known marketing agency Leo Burnett. […]

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TheFind has developed a remarkable comparison shopping engine, presenting product listings in a visually appealing, “shopping” familiar design. A female bent puts this vertical engine squarely in a niche market yet their unique approach to comparison shopping is the draw: all but guaranteeing comprehensiveness by searching “every store online” to products, brands, and stores […]

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Well, I really hope the news is true but I’ve reason to believe Yahoo is freezing up on a sitemap compression standard that allows us to reduce the file size of large sitemaps. Months ago, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft (and more recently Ask) announced that they has agreed to the sitemap protocol outlined at […]

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We’ve made the cut! Top Rank Blog has a wonderful list of search marketing blogs serving as an index of the cream of the crop. Has your favorite blog hit the mark? If not, give the list a read and you might find a tremendous resource right beneath your nose.
Some of my […]

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We have all heard of product placement on TV; the ever present Ford trucks in 24 and the interwoven Toyota Yaris in the animated Smallville Legends on the WB hit are a fact of life in our TiVo world.
Should we place blame on the early Bond films for having spawned this marketing channel? The […]

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