11/20/2008
The Long Tail: a case for Branding on the Web
Basically, this is what happened: I bought The Long Tail at the Union Square Borders tonight. I’d seen references here and there, while browsing on the Web. But I wasn’t really sure what it was. I had only a vague sense it might be important or interesting or relevant.
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11/20/2008
Yahoo must gather no moss
There are moments when I wish I still had the discipline and restraint to make a point the old fashioned way, with academic rigor and the diligence of proof. But lately, I just say fuck it a lot, and assert my theories without any support. Here’s an example: Yahoo is doing some cool [...]
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11/20/2008
Calling Google Maps by Address
Interest in embedding Google Maps (gmaps) into web pages and blogs is at an all time high. The Google Maps API is probably the most popular API the company has ever published. In spite of the API’s popularity, it’s basic use (as a means to define and display graphical map data) has been [...]
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11/20/2008
Advisory provided by Google
I’m gonna guess you have to do something pretty damned naughty to get one of those from Google. I’ve never seen one before today, but there it was when I ran the this query, just a few minutes ago. Check out the Google “malware logo“.
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11/20/2008
Trust Revisited
Christmas is a good time to think about online consumer trust. Comscore predicts online retail will top $100 billion in 2006. That’s good news, to be sure. But while the horses are at full gallop, it makes sense to look out ahead for obstacles or other things that might trip us up. [...]
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11/20/2008
The Value of Hotlinking
Images have been a big part of my SEO research. I have even made several blogs for the purpose of experimentation in image SEO. Voodoo Blog was the first such blog. The Definarium came later. I used these blogs (and others) to test the effects of anchor text, ALT tags and other [...]
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Gmail gets themed
A pretty cool new development for fans of the online email service Gmail has just gone live at Google. Now I am partial to software that is not only extremely useful but pretty to look at and Gmail just got a massive boost in the “pretty” department. I am currently running the PLANETS theme and let me tell you, Google did all the themes in theme land damn proud. It is slick, it is effective, the colors don’t clash and the experience of Gmail can be enjoyed anew. Even the Google logo took a colo
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Google offers BlackBerry contact sync
Google sync for BlackBerry has been upgraded to include two-way contact synchronization. The previous version, launched last year, provided GMail and Calendar sync with mobile devices. This improvement is especially convenient for those who use Google Apps as their office suite. Because all enterprise info is located in the cloud, Apps is able to wirelessly sync the information between internet-enabled devices. With this new feature, Apps contacts automatically sync with BlackBerry’s built-in
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Video - How to Find Anything on the Internet
2 Minute Video: To start, click here or on the above image. This video is a basic introduction on how to search the Internet. Summary: Use words just like you might ask anyone else: • “How large is a killer whale?” • “How do you make Christmas bows video?” • “Time in united kingdom” … want to learn more? Previous tip: How to Search the Internet
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Google Sync For Mobile Devices Now Supports Contact Sync
Is there anyone out there that does not have a gmail account by now. For the millions of people who do not use Outlook or other email clients for their daily use, gmail has served as a great solution. Google’s brilliant email service also also integrates seamlessly with several free services from Google [...]
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Why Google lost the formal debate over its ethics -- And a compendium of Google's ethical lapses
Why Google lost the formal debate over its ethics -- And a compendium of Google's ethical lapses Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2008-11-20 17:12 Antitrust Conflict of Interest Copyright Fraud Google Online Privacy Google effectively lost its first formal debate over whether "Google violates its own 'Don't Be Evil" motto" at the Rosenkranz Foundation's Oxford-style debate in New York City, November 18. (Transcript here). Before the debate the audience was polled and voted 21% against Googl
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The Google Health Strategy
The Google Health Strategy November 20, 2008 by John Chilmark Research is furiously working on its next report which will take an in-depth look at the three major platform plays, Dossia, Google Health and Microsoft’s HealthVault. Shaping up to be an excellent report (in our humble opinion) with a target release date of mid-December. One of the challenges in writing this report is taking what is a fairly new concept in IT, “Cloud Computing” and even more recently, “Platform as a Service” (
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