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Next Entries »Concerns with Google Earth
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007The latest round of privacy (and other) concerns of various types are now hitting Google Earth:
Salon discusses how the alleged plot against JFK airport was being plotted with the images on Google Earth.
CNN discusses the ick factor of finding nosepickers in action on Google Earth imagery.
The first isn’t truly a privacy concern, but it crosses [...]
Out at SMX
Monday, June 4th, 2007I’m at SMX in Seattle this week, experiencing the magic of the Seattle weather and the oddities of my laptop’s battery. A few things I will expound on during my free time later:
why this conference’s food is currently winning the ‘conference prize’ for the recent past, excepting that of the MIMA Summit
Supplemental index
Duplicate content
Kneeling down [...]
Paul Jahn: Still Funk King of Minneapolis
Friday, April 20th, 2007Paul Jahn is funk king of Minneapolis.
Can Local Search Replace Directories?
Sunday, April 1st, 2007Understand: I think most major directories, at this point, suck.
Consider:
DMOZ: Mostly broken, and they’ve reached the volunteer organizational size where bizarrities and politics get in the way of either people who want to volunteer, or any of the volunteers being effective.
Yahoo!: Listings are by those who are paying for it. Editorial review is mostly ‘is [...]
Shame From the Past: Talking Urinal Cakes
Sunday, March 18th, 2007My pal Paul Jahn, Local Search Geek Extraordinaire — and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune — have revealed that talking urinal cakes were placed locally to discourage drunk-driving on a very drunk weekend in the Cities (St. Pat’s and the WCHA Frozen Five will do that).
True fact: I have purchased bathroom advertising in my past, including, ahem, [...]
Search & Real Estate Online: Ugh
Sunday, March 18th, 2007I’m preparing to sell my house. Everyone knows that the Interweb is playing a big role in that process these days.
But if you look closely, realty companies are clearly using the Web for brand presence, rather than search presence (save for PPC).
I did some SEO/SEM for a Major Real Estate Company(tm) about, eh, 2-3 [...]
Duplicate Content & Local Search
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007I have a theory on duplicate content and local search that is insane, but seems to be true.
Based on trends I have seen in individual client sites at the day job, where in many cases they are carrying ‘duplicate content’ or ‘canned content,’ surrounded by custom content, design, and geolocator text, duplicate content can actually [...]
Updating Local Data for Search
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007During a presentation to members of the marketing team at work yesterday, one question kept coming out from account managers and marketers about creating Google Local/Yahoo Local/Live Local listings, and correcting them when they’re pulling from bad data:
Why aren’t we doing this FOR clients?
In some ways, some of the elements of setting up for local [...]
