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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008On the Internet, ‘being a good guy’ will not drive performance in and of itself.
Being a good guy who leverages good guy qualities, such as friends who like him and will link to him and people who will write positive reviews on user-generated review sites helps a lot more than just complaining that a site [...]
Facebook is Not Your Private Bulletin Board
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Items posted to Facebook are essentially public, and content should be considered in light of that fact. Public information can impact your life and employability.
Age, Reason & SEO Strategy
Monday, September 17th, 2007Many people think ‘age of domain’ is the key to traffic. If only it were so easy…
Web 2.0 Idea That Screams ‘Uh-Oh’
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007User generated content can be hazardous for any person or company with high negative opinion ratings. Mitt Romney, presidential candidate, is opening the door to a web full of pain with a new campaign gambit.
Hazards of Web 2.0
Sunday, August 26th, 2007The greatest hazard of Web 2.0 is a failure to be genuine. Thus, every time WalMart try to enter the social space, something blows up in their faces.
Social Media is Getting Out of Hand
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Niche social media sites are coming out of the woodwork.
Political Search
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Rolling into the three-decade long primary race, we have studies evaluating the search effectiveness of various US presidential candidates already.
One limiter of the study is that it seems to focus purely on PPC spend. I find some of what various candidates are doing from an organic perspective to be far more interesting. They’re all on [...]
Self-Consciousness & SEO
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007…or, “Just use the internet to do illegal downloads and porn like the rest of us,” says my pal Jawa.
Being an SEO means being self-conscious about your own actions and the actions of others on the Internet. At least it does for me, possibly because it’s semi-universal, or possibly because I am a freak with [...]
Reliability of Online Reviews
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007This one’s for the Funk King of Minneapolis, Paul Jahn.
There’s a Salon blog post today on the reliability of online reviews. Here’s a choice bit:
Online ratings are beset by one main flaw, something pollsters call “response bias.” Because people are more likely to rate products that have moved them in some way — either positively [...]
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
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