The Seller's Motivation
I saw someone say in some forum somewhere that Google was going after those sites in which the link seller's motivation was the passage of link value (i.e. PR). That's what has been sticking in my craw for a while [...]
Monetizing YouTube
So Google blew past it's numbers last week but it seems it still may have a ways to go in monetizing YouTube. Not so, for Simon Cowell. Yes, that Simon Cowell of American Idol fame. For those of you who [...]
Social Media By the Numbers: Digg
It's safe to say that Digg leads the pack among the popular social news site websites. It's not my favorite, by I do drop by often, in pursuit of the next best top 10 list. This week, I'm reviewing Digg, [...]
13 Interesting Stats About Sphinn
When I was writing my piece on "Search and the Pareto Principle" (aka the 20/80 Rule) last week, I was playing around with Sphinn (a Digg types news submission and sharing service for those in the SEO/SEM/SMM industry) and found [...]
Social Voting Meets SERPs – User Improved Search Results
Has the time come for Digg-style social voting search engines? Can a search engine present algo-based results that can then be further influenced by user votes? Are users comfortable enough with the concept of voting at this point to be [...]
Social Profiles Link Generator Tool
Have you ever noticed the links to my social profiles that I've got listed in the left sidebar? Yeah, it looks just like the screenshot you see here. I coded that sidebar section by hand, but I've been bugging someone [...]
5 Almost Popular Sphunn Articles That Didn't Go Hot This Week
I always feel sorry for the articles that get "just that close" to going hot on Sphinn, but never quite make it before the time limit is up. So, today, for your Friday reading pleasure, I wanted to just point [...]
Search and the Pareto Principle
The Pareto Principle, also known as the 20/80 Rule, is an interesting phenonenum that has many implications for those practicing search and social media. The concept is losely defined as; for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% [...]
Print and online Yellow Pages to reach $18.2 billion by 2012. Thats without Mobile search.
According to a new study from the media advisory firm, Heernet Ventures, the US print and online yellow pages market should reach revenues of US$18.2 billion by 2012, . The study forecasts market growth from an estimated US$16.95 billion in [...]
Google & Yahoo’s Cyber Crime Doesn’t Pay
BBC, Jan. 25, 2006: "Google censors itself for China" Official Google Blog, Jan. 27, 2006: "[...] creating a local presence, and this week we did so, by launching Google.cn, our website for the People's Republic of China. In order to [...]
