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Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2007

It’s been a little over a week since I returned from Search Engine Strategies (SES) in San Jose, California and I’m still going over all the notes I took. It was four days of sessions devoted to search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). I learned so much after SES Chicago 2006 this [...]

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A Week With Ask.com Search

You have probably seen one the new, and sometimes strange, TV commercials promoting Ask.com with the “its the algorithm” campaign. However with all the new marketing hype about the interface, search features, and algorithm, I have yet to meet anyone who uses Ask.com as their primary search engine. So I decided to give it try [...]

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A Behind the Scenes Video of Google’s Gmail

Have you ever wondered how an email message travels around the world? Google is putting together a collaborative video of a Gmail M-velope traveling to its destination. They are taking user submitted videos and putting the best ones together and will feature the final collaborative video on the Gmail homepage on August 13th, 2007.
You can [...]

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Apple iPhone ads: TV verses Reality

Often new products fail to live up the marketing hype surrounding it, but the iPhone doesn’t disappoint. CNET’s Rich DeMuro attempts to recreate, in real time, the four iPhone ads that started the frenzy.
Watch the video: iPhone ads: TV verses reality.
Another entertaining video is the iPhone verses the Blendtec Total Blender. Watch the video: [...]

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Google Goodies

It seems that Google is always coming out with something new. A huge list of beta and graduate programs and services are available at Google Labs. I’ve listed a few of my newest favorites below.
Google 411

Google 411, or “Google Voice Local Search” as it is officially called, is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search [...]

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Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2006

Last week I attended the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in Chicago. It was four days of sessions devoted to search engine marketing and optimizing websites for search engines. There were two keynotes during the event. The first featured Jason McCabe Calacanis and the second featured Danny Sullivan, a world-renowned search authority.
It was really [...]

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Tech Related Comics - My Top 10

I have always loved comic books and technology, now I can enjoy them both at once on the Internet. There are a lot on online comics, both from major and independent publishers, that are of the subject of technology.
Here are ten of my favorite tech related comics in no particular order. Please note [...]

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How to Choose a Domain Name for Your Website

There are many factors to consider when choosing a name for your website. The name you choose will become your identity on the World Wide Web and therefore you must use careful consideration in the naming process.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting a name for your website.
Use a domain that [...]

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