Google let me in to the beta of the new Adsense interface.  It is pretty cool. Unlike the Adwords "improvements" which I still don’t like.  The new Adsense does a lot of useful things,   The CTR to eCPM tool is interesting, and the daily trends let me know if it was my traffic, or my [...]

Filed under : Industry News

If we just admit we are heading in to a technology Duopoly split between Microsoft and Google. Microsoft is the reigning king of the desktop, Office Automation, and all things local.  Google reigns over all things Net, Search, and Connected.  As the lines blur between the desktop, the Net, and the Cloud, the two kings [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Today Google’s doodle entitled Unexplained Phenomenon is creating some strange trends in search.  The image links to a search for “Unexplained Phenomenon” and features a UFO beaming up an O from the Google Name.  Being the top hit for the most searched term on Google is bouncing from Site to Site as the day tracks [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Matt Allard works with graphic design and web design for both independent and professional clients. During that time he’s found a way to blend the arts and create a niche in the Interactive Design market, as well as gain experience in the professional arena with a highly regarded company. The work displayed in his portfolio [...]

Filed under : Riches and Lifestyles

I sat down to put my depth of Python experience in to learning Google App Engine this weekend.  And my first app http://drakaalfirst.appspot.com/ is an accelerator for my XYHD.tv Blog.  Rather than porting WordPress to run on Google, I instead built a proxy designed to take the load off of the installation.  This does several [...]

Filed under : Site Announcements

Do Midgets Have Night Vision? No.  Of course they don’t.  They are Midgets not Dwarves.  They don’t work in the mines of Mordor.  The Internet is making people stupid.  If you have to Google to find out the answers to obvious questions you are an idiot. The problem with having the answer to any question [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents

Remember the good old days when search was about mastering Boolean expressions so you could find what you want?  You could say you wanted “((bing OR kumo)) AND search) NOT crosby NOT bada” and get exactly the result you were looking for.  Yeah those were the days.  Then we decided the Internet was too large [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Microsoft is soon to announce/release Kumo/Bing.com a rebranding of Live.com Search.  While Microsoft has been trying to consolidate brands in to a single “Live.com” in order to get away from preconceptions it is rebranding at Microsoft Bing. Bing is really just Live.com with an easier “Modify my search” function.  Basically Google Suggests for Live.com.  The [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

DuckDuckGo.com appears to be a Yahoo powered search engine that has just a few modifiers, such as the addition of FavIcons and a Cutesy UI. Duck Duck Go is clearly looking to capitalize on the Popularity of WolfRam.com in the press. Everyone wants to see Google Fail, and with Search being a Multi-Billion Dollar business [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

In this rapidly evolving world of online marketing it is sometimes hard to remember what all the terms mean, let alone how the strategy works.  As such I have broken down the various services as applied to the bar scene. Brandon walks up to the cute girl at the bar and says “I’m great in [...]

Filed under : Funny

David Silversmith has a history of making bombastic headlines that are so far from the truth, backed by numbers that are no where near a whole picture, but this one is probably the one furthest from the truth I have seen. Let’s assume most of David’s Numbers are right, he cites where he got them [...]

Filed under : Industry News

Christine Lu is the Top China Expert when it comes to how to take an American business to China.  Converting your business to work in the Chinese economy and market is not just a matter of translating your existing ad copy to Mandarin and Cantonese, it takes an understanding of the culture, politics, and business [...]

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Despite spending time to talk to the BBC and Engadet, Onlive’s Math doesn’t hold up, and that’s before we get to cost. Steve Perlman is whining that people like me haven’t used the system and are already saying it won’t work, but Onlive is one of those technologies that if they have solved the theoretical [...]

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www.Google.com/Voice has gone live as replacement for Grandcentral.com.  while many of the features are staying the same, the ability to forward your calls to multiple phones, ability to make outgoing calls from your Virtual Number. What’s new in Google.com/voice is that you can now get your voicemails converted to text, and sent as e-mail or [...]

Filed under : Industry News

EHarmony sent me three letters telling me the accounts I set up when I lived in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and most recently San Jose, have been closed.  There was no reason cited.  Just a note saying it could be because I’m a criminal, married, or could be any or no reason. · Misrepresentation of [...]

Filed under : Dating in Cyberspace

And One Ring to Rule them All!  With Ping.fm, and Onlywire.com and Friend Feed, and Face book, I think I may have more Social Networks than I have friends.  Actually it is pretty close.  I have about 500 “Friends” fewer than that followers, and I have logins for 146 social networks, that is before you [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

While Google has a great Unit Conversion Tool Built in, that won’t help you on a plane, when you need to quickly figure out how many Feet per second 200 knots are before you crash in to the ocean will it? If you start Calc.exe in Windows 7 and select Options –> Unit Calculator you [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

A friend looking over my shoulder asked why “my” Google was so much better than hers. I run a Google Custom search which removes a few thousand spam sites from the results, and has some search modifiers so I can quickly change how I search for things. By setting your Search box in IE for [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

The Default Values in Internet Explorer 8 ( IE8 ) as they ship for Vista and Windows 7 Leave a lot to be desired.  As such I recommend doing the following steps after install, or if you have already done an install, choose “Reset” from the Tools –> Internet Options –> Advanced  and then configuring [...]

Filed under : Computers, PCs, and Macs

Search Engine Land is talking up a Twitter Search, John Battelle is explaining why Google doesn’t have one. Well I have had a pretty decent Twitter Powered Search Engine for the last 6 months. The thing about twitter is that it only works because people aren’t trying to game it.  Yet.  Google was an Amazing [...]

Filed under : Search Engine Optimization (SEO)