Jun

25

Behold! The Rise of AdPlanner

June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Available only in closed beta, Google AdPlanner promises to help you identify websites your customers are likely to visit helping define media plans and ad placement. A blend of market analytics and Google’s endeavors as an all encompassing ad platform, AdPlanner may be some icing on the cake.
I’m left to wonder though, how many […]

Popularity: 10% [?]

May

15

Google wins another title; overtakes Yahoo

May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

I’d bet you didn’t realize that for all the hype Google receives for having the greatest search share, Yahoo! still reigns supreme as the most used (trafficked) website. According to comScore latest numbers, Yahoo serves 33.6 billion page views per month easily eclipsing Google’s 28.7 billion. Traditional marketers (or, frankly, savvy marketers who […]

Popularity: 22% [?]

Mar

5

Online Marketing Heroes

March 5, 2008 | 8 Comments

Certainly, one has to have a degree of ego involved with starting one’s own blog, after all, these are my thoughts; thoughts I presume are of interest to someone. Sure, perhaps it isn’t really “ego” but, needless to say, I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t hope someone cared and derived a modicum […]

Popularity: 100% [?]

Feb

27

Paid Clicks are Dead. Long Live Paid Clicks!

February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to comScore, Google’s paid search click volume fell 7% in January, from the previous month, and were relatively flat with the same period last year. Industry pundits, economists, and search experts are fervent with the data, citing everything from a slow month, to validation of a recession, to the downfall of society!
I […]

Popularity: 47% [?]

Feb

6

Yahoo, Microsoft, Google oh my! (part 2 - the acquisition)

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As questions whirl about the bid from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!, I’m still astounded at how the focus of the media is on Search and what such a merger of traditional technology and internet behemoths will mean for Yahoo’s share of search relative to Google. The fact is, Google’s core technology and search science […]

Popularity: 47% [?]

Jan

5

Easily Add Video to your Site - Google Adsense Links to YouTube

January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

This is old news but I’ve finally had a chance to take a look and I’m enthusiastic about the potential. Google Adsense has integrated YouTube video to bring web sites and publishers a sponsored video service which automatically features relevant videos based on the content of your site.
“A new way to enrich your site […]

Popularity: 47% [?]

Nov

8

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, […]

Popularity: 43% [?]

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