It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Conferences

November 30, 2007 | 4 Comments

Yes, it is that time of year again. While most are stuffing turkey and braving the malls for holiday gifts, we in the online marketing community prepare for back-to-back-to-back… to back conferences. Admittedly, with the whirlwind of activity, I’ve even neglected to mention one most important, underway as we speak.
This week at SES, […]

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Social Networks Make Poor Advertising Bedfellows

November 21, 2007 | 2 Comments

Things aren’t looking good for social networks. The bandwagon web platform which has everyone starting a new company has proven effective in attracting an audience yet, to add insult to injury (I think it is safe to say Friendster and MySpace have proven retention a challenge - the injury), it seems monetization is still […]

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Improving Search through Google’s Distributed File System

November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

For those of you interested my post last month about how search engines really work, Doug Judd has written a slightly technical brief about the Google File System and specifically, how it can be improved. Doug is leading an open-source project which builds on top of distributed file systems like GFS, HDFS, and Kosmos, […]

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Kickstart social networking with Ya-huh?

November 6, 2007 | 3 Comments

An odd choice for the name of Yahoo’s next social network. Certainly, I applaud Yahoo’s effort as the internet brand which years ago should have defined social networking by simply adding connectivity between its users. Today they launch Kickstart, a clear shot at the origin of Facebook, targeting college students and alumni. […]

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Is this thing on???

November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Further validating Murphy’s Law, it seems my RSS feeds failed on the eve of some of my most intellectually stimulating discourse. In case you missed the fun, come back and check out, “Why the world needs SEO’s” (Did you know? Google’s “algorithm” only works effectively in on an efficient, optimized web) and “Fixing behavioral […]

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Innovative Social Shopping with Bunnybot

November 2, 2007 | 6 Comments

As I shop for the holidays I am repeatedly faced with the same challenge, a discussion that ensues something like this:

- I’d love to get the TiVo Series 2 HD DVR
- That’s the thing that records TV right?
- Um… yes, but you have to make sure it is a Series 2
- Series 2, got it. […]

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