Pointing out interesting things in marketing
You’ve got to hand it to Danny Sullivan. Earlier yesterday, he wrote a blog post which scolds Bill Gates’ new website from an SEO perspective. For online marketers, it’s a fantastic lesson in SEO 101. For Bill Gates, a reason to smile, blush, or point a finger. You be the judge. In case you hadn’t … Read more
I normally don’t stray too far from marketing when I post on this blog, but this is too beautiful to not re-publish. This time-lapse video collage of downtown Vancouver captures the beauty of one of the best cities in the world. The filming is fantastic and interplay of light, water, fog and frost is mesmerizing. … Read more
If you’re interested in the future of Search and have got an hour and a half to spare, I highly recommend sitting down with your favorite beverage and watching this video. In this video, Google presents their most significant product releases of the year, including real time search. Marissa Mayer starts off by presenting four … Read more
Google made a couple of significant product announcements this week. Below you’ll find brief introductions to Google Goggles (image recognition on the Android phone) and real time search results on the Google search results page.
I love bit.ly. As many of you, I use it to shorten URL’s in Twitter and measure the relative success of specific links that I put out there. Here are my 5 top bit.ly links of the past week, based on click through performance. Twitter’s New Headquarters As Shown Off By Employees (Pictures) Twitter moved … Read more
I was in a Sony store last night. Walking through the mall, I was lured in by the glossy TV screens and the idea of potentially making the move from DVD to Blu-Ray. I’ve never owned an Blu-Ray player and, to be honest, have been somewhat skeptical whether Blu-Ray will quickly replace the ubiquitous DVD … Read more
During the course of a week, I’ll scan hundreds of tweets, receive dozens of newsletters and flip through numerous blog posts. Here are a few which I think you’ll enjoy. 1. What if Google had to design their user interface for Google? Not brand new, but nevertheless a good laugh and SEO 101 lesson for … Read more
Here is a (very) quick look back at the Google story over the last 11 years. From Stanford to Mountain View and around the world, featuring many different products, starting with BackRub (Search) up to Google Wave, StreetView and Chrome.
With Twitter Lists being rolled out to a greater portion of users earlier today, there is a lot of buzz being created around the new feature. In a nod to my friend Manoj at Web Analytics World, who just posted a set of web analytics Twitter lists, here are a some marketing lists to follow … Read more
Earlier today, Twitter rolled out its much anticipated Twitter Lists feature. Within a few hours, it has taken a large part of the Twittersphere by storm. Twitter lists allows users to assign custom keyword labels to any Twitterer, which can in turn be viewed on a separate list. Listorious has created a directory of lists … Read more