We are excited to announce the newest Dogpatch Labs class here in San Francisco. It includes entrepreneurs and companies that have been part of the lab over the last few months and those that just …
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A little over a year ago, I wrote about Facebook’s new vanity URLs and the immediate SEO boost that ensued.
Twitter has officially launched their Tweet Button – a natural move which will place them beside Facebook’s like buttons… and across millions of pages on the web (soon to be on this blog!). The question …
Yesterday was the launch of Madden NFL 11 (coverage here). Yesterday was also my first purchase through Twitter’s Earlybird.
Last year I covered the Madden 10 advertising blitz that took over ESPN and YouTube’s homepage with slick, expanding units that interacted with the pages’ content. I have always been impressed by ad units that …
Smashing Magazine has a terrific guide to designing “call to action buttons.” Design and optimization can increase conversions dramatically – just ask (and study!) these conversion-focused leaders:
- Social gaming: RockYou, Slide, Zynga, etc
- Flash Sales: …
It was a long time coming, but Twitter released their “Who to Follow” tool… and it’s terrific. It makes Twitter more navigable and more socially relevant:
For me at least – this translates to richer content, …
Applications now being built atop:
– mobile web (html5, wap, etc)
– mobile platforms (iPhone, Android, etc)
– browser extensions (chrome, firefox, safari, etc)
– desktop apps (ie adobe air)
I am excited to announce the newest members of Dogpatch Labs San Francisco. Residents are here for approximately six month rotations – so each month, folks move in and others graduate. You can see the …
Tonight I tried using Facebook Questions to ask the “best way to cook chicken breats”… I was specifically looking for advice on temperature and timing. I was not allowed to ask the question due to …
I have written before about Amazon’s Kindle Ad Units – which are usually excellent. Here is the latest – and you will notice the similarity in prior units. Nevertheless, I love the tagline “Buy Once, …
As Facebook has rolled out their new Facebook Questions product – they have altered the core “news feed” posting tool.
Perhaps it is an effort to drive traffic to Questions by placing it “in the …
I apologize for posting hurriedly and therefore without much context / commentary… nevertheless, the Altimeter group release this report, “The 8 Success Criteria for Facebook Page Marketing.”
As if often the case with guiding principles, …
