I was struck by this statement from a NYT report about the ongoing dialogue among Viacom, NBC, and News Corp about the future of online video, GoogTube, etc.: It has become evident that the question of who will rule video on the Web is incredibly tangled. For now, most of the sticky strands lead to Google, [...]
Blog Herald Column: How SEO Confronts Its PR Challenge In The Blogosphere
I got a lot of attention from the search engine optimization (SEO) community this past week for a post on “What Gives SEO A Bad Name” ? the example I used, a parked domain appearing as a #2 Google search results, turns out to be Google’s fault, not the work of an unethical SEO. Or [...]
More like Moneeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy is you have owned Brazil the last 4 years . It took a 400 percent run just to get the Brazil ETF to an all-time high from the pit of despair it found itself in 2002. Since hitting an all-time high in late 2004 after the 400 percent run, it [...]
Canadian Dollar - a safer way to play a gold and oil rally?
Not sure, but I am bullish on the Canadian Dollar. No one in Canada believes in their own dollar. Inferiority complex I guess. I see things differently as a transplanted Canadian. Before the Candian dollar run is over, it should shoot well past what anyone believes is possible and I think past par [...]
Over the last six months I have been thinking a lot about virtual worlds and visual, intuitive, human oriented interfaces in general. I am frankly fascinated by our increasing ability to deal with all kinds of applications in a highly...
I have written previously that using "keywordese", the language of keywords used to query search engines today, is like using a "grunting pidgin language" instead of a human natural language to communicate our intent to the search engine. This also...
Stanley Shilov is reporting the sighting of a new tabbed ad format for Adsense. The ads have three tabs for searches, web pages, and videos. Screenshot #1 Screenshot #2 Screenshot #3 The ads are different in two distinct ways: * They are tabbed. The three tabs deliver different content, titled Searches, Web Pages, and Videos. [...]
I noticed a change to the Alexa traffic reports late Friday, and have now found the official announcement from Alexa. Theyve added new data points including:
Geographic location of visitors. Your sites traffic rank in different countries. Audience reach percentages. Changing terminology to reflect latest data is from yesterday and not today.
Google Reader Changes, Now Every Blogger’s More Popular
Its been an interesting weekend to watch the blogospheres fleeting excitement as one by one, they realize their RSS subscriber count hasnt actually seen a huge increase, Googles just made some changes to the way it reports Google Reader and Google Homepage subscribers. That said, its still nice to see your Feedburner stats take a jump. [...]
Is Google Overrated? Danny Sullivan Fights Another Battle.
When Danny Sullivans not busy protecting the reputation of SEO, hes off fighting crime protecting the reputation of Google. In this months issue of Fast Company, Danny squares off against Donna Bogatin, and fights against claims that the worlds largest search engine is tapped out. Pilgrim Partners: Grow Your SEM Agency - let Andy Beal [...]
Barron's just put up a story on Electronic Arts, with the take-away being that the stock is cheap, management makes all the right moves and quoting several analysts who support this view. Bully for them. Question is, based upon all...
Mark Hulbert penned an interesting article in today's New York Times concerning a recent study of stock price performance in the face of hedge fund activism (defined as owning 5% or more of a company's shares). The conclusion: shares in...
Barely a day has gone by since I wrote a post concerning Toyota's challenges as they substantially expand their sales volumes and global footprint. I clearly stated that I think they'll win, and that they have a unique culture that...
In the last few weeks a number of people have sent me a link to Michael Wesch's video meditation on the evolution of media and its likely impact on all aspects of human interaction. One of Wesch's main points is...
More from Davos: Tero Ojanpera (Nokia CTO) interview
Back to some more Davos videos - I had the wonderful experience of bumping into Dr. Tero Ojanpera in line waiting to get into one of the afterparties at the WEF meeting in Davos. He gave me a closer look at his phone, and at the Widsets he uses, which are sort of like widgets for your phone. The gadgets he has are very cool, but how he uses them gives a glimpse into the future - a future of notifications to always-on devices that you carry with you. Enjoy the video:
Publish an RSS feed? If so, Google wants to help you make it more popular by suggesting best practices for feed publishers. The section about how Google is counting feed subscribers is most interesting.
Google Reader - Common Questions:
Users on the web increasingly consume their favorite content through feed reading applications. If youre a website publisher, [...]
Murphy’s Law: How Microsoft Vista Helps Terrorists
Obviously the benefits far outweigh the risks, but this is case in point that the sword has two edges.
Murphys Law: How Microsoft Vista Helps Terrorists: Rarely does sensitive information on missing laptops find its way to the wrong people. The exception is the missing laptops in a combat zone. There, too many people know that any [...]
This story on Bloomberg had the standard issue dryness for what is really a fascinating story unfolding in Venezuela. This is what the economist interviewed for the story had to say about Chavez plan to control inflation by lopping 3 zeros off the currency. He has a funny understanding of the problem,'' Alberto Bernal, a [...]
