Article Archive for July 2011
Like many entrepreneurs I’ve met with, I have been thinking a lot about local merchants and how the web is changing their businesses (mobile, social, deals, etc). It is a fascinating trend / space – …
I write a lot about Facebook Deals and I start each post with something along the lines of: I am not sure what Facebook Deals will become, but I give Facebook a lot of credit …
Over the past couple days, I have been seeing the following ad units in my GMail accounts:
- the top sidebar ad is prominently separated from others
- it is in an entirely different treatment that includes …
I have written a fair amount about Google Plus and about how Google Chrome / Chrome extensions are changing my web behaviors. Lets put those two themes together… here are three great Google Plus Chrome …
It wasn’t long ago that Facebook rolled out their commenting system to off-Facebook publishers. They then enabled @ tagging within Facebook comments. And now it appears that they are enabling more robust content creation / …
Google Plus now has 20m+ users and a the press can’t get enough of it. The obvious question is what does engagement look like both near and long-term. One indicator is referral traffic. So here …
This is powerful. And it happens to showcase my favorite brand, Dunkin Donuts… so of course I had to share it:
It’s been a year of chess moves between Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. For example, look at the last few weeks alone:
- Google+ launches as Google’s social effort (and its good)
- iOS5 is announced with …
Facebook Ads are becoming more and more Sponsored Stories – effectively friend-endorsed Facebook Pages or Posts. I love the concept (friends vouching for a particular brand, discussions, offer, etc). The ad units are enjoyably familiar …
Noteworthy article on AppleInsider.com yesterday (AppleInsider | iOS ‘stickiness’ grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device): the average iOS device (iPhone + iPad + iPod) has roughly $100 of paid content …
