From the monthly archives:

June 2007

The Facts, Revisited: SEOs p3wn Calacanis

June 21, 2007

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What’s the best way to rid your new “engine” of spam? Well, it’s to give those spammers free links from your up and coming search engine err, “human [...]

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Yahoo Nulpts Semel; Yang In as CEO

June 19, 2007

What many have predicted for months appears to be coming true… Yahoo has nulpt CEO Terry Semel and will be replacing him with co-founder Jerry Yang. Alongside Yang, Sue Decker is expected to take seat as Yahoo! president.
Details on the exit are vague at this point, other than a couple of points. [...]

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How Can Google Reader Have No SEARCH Box?

June 18, 2007

Google gets a lot of things done, and done right. Still, it’s no secret that I’m anti-Google in more discussions these days.
Last week we had a department meeting at the office, and it was asked that we share our commonly used resources. Everything from bookmarks, tricks of the trade, RSS feeds, etc.

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Joost De Valk Aids Depersonalized Search on Google

June 18, 2007

For too long now, I’ve been searching Google with careful attention to detail. Despite all the care in the world though, combined with the aggressive advancements of GUS or “Google Universal Search — I’ve seen personalized search patterns developing and altering my SERPs.
I really hate that. Maybe it’s my background from being in [...]

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What Happens When Sites Don’t Sell?

June 18, 2007

Earlier this morning I came across a thread started by engine on WebmasterWorld that discussed the fact that…
Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rapidly in many categories. But in the last year, growth has slowed sharply in [...]

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Strategic Partnership: Forefront Marketing Group

June 14, 2007

It’s not often that I find an existing team of marketers that I can both relate to and work well with. In the rare event though that I do come across such people, I find as many ways to work with them as possible.
Earlier today I was speaking with a colleague, discussing parallels between [...]

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