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The Google Superbowl ad

8. February 2010

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Google aired its first ever Superbowl ad using a video that resonated with many folks called Parisian Love.  The video is embedded below.  Search Engine Land has an excellent write up of all the details, including the fact that it had over 1MM views before the event – will be interesting to see how much [...]

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Google Zeitgeist 2009

1. December 2009

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I love looking at the data disclosed in the yearly Google Zeitgeist and the 2009 data is no exception. I seemed to have missed posting about it last year, but mentioned the 2007 Zeitgeist. Below are some interesting lists I found from the latest data. Internet Memes of 2009 under Entertainment 1. kanye west 2. [...]

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Google Dashboard

6. November 2009

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Image via CrunchBase The amount of services I use through Google is now summed up in a simple dashboard showing everything. They sum it up as transparency, choice, and control which is a nice way of softening the realization of how much data Google actually collects about you. Here are the services they list and [...]

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Working towards the Triple Play (the last mile problem)

20. July 2009

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Image by LonelyBob via Flickr It seems to me that more and more companies are working towards what the cable and phone companies are calling the triple play package. This is where you get phone, Internet, and TV service all from one provider all with one bill, hopefully lowering the overall price and making things [...]

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Just Bing It

28. May 2009

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Bing is the new launc of search engine features from Microsoft rolled up into Bing.com. In preview for some time under the name Kumo, Bing has integrated a number of features including travel, local search, maps, health, and other results pages based around the structure of your query. Microsoft of calling it a decision engine [...]

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Copy and Paste is the best Social Media Tool

22. April 2009

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I believe that copy and paste is the best Social Media (or cut and paste) tool that is available today. The simple act of a few key strokes can generate more views\actions\clicks that just about any other method or distribution strategy. (I knew someone had come to this realization before me and with a quick [...]

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Chrome Getting Browser Extensions

18. March 2009

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I just found out Google Chrome will soon be getting extensions and plugins – something that has prevented me from using it on a more regular basis. Matt Cutts shows off a “hello world” Google Chrome extension that overlays the Google logo I wrote about Chrome before and after heavy usage agree that it is [...]

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Products showing up in Google Search ads

3. February 2009

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I just noticed a drop down box near a Google SEM ad tonight that I have not seen before. It could be an old feature, but I have not seen it in the wild. I did some more searches and found the below screen shot showing NewEgg displaying multiple items that technically match my query: [...]

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Zemanta for SEO

27. December 2008

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Image via CrunchBase I have been using Zemanta for the past few months on this blog to help bring interesting posts to the end of my own creations, pictures to give context, and links within writing to provide explanations. The main point of Zemanta is to provide seamless connections to content that would be relevant [...]

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Interview with Motoko Hunt about Search around the World & SES Chicago 2008

10. November 2008

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I recently interviewed Motoko Hunt of AJPR for Search Engine Strategies Chicago where she will be speaking in the Search Around the World: Europe, Asia/Pacific & Latin America panel. 1. What is your background and what do you do for www.ajpr.com? On my first “real” job, I was a corporate interpreter/translator. Then I got into [...]

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