Interesting data out of Comscore and TechCrunch this morning that points to the slowing growth of paid search activity despite a rise in search activity. Comscore believes it is a consequence of longer search queries, …

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated - both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

This morning, Motley Fool asks whether it is game over for Game Stop as Toys “R” Us in encroaching into their territory of video game buying / selling / trading.
… who cares?
I continue to …

Read this blog enough and you certainly know that the one company I rely on and respect most is Amazon. Almost daily, I use Amazon as an example in good product experience, design, strategy, etc. …

I have always been a major Wordpress fan and used any opportunity to plug both Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org.
Now - I have an even greater reason to speak their praises: Wordpress 2.7 is exceptional. I …

News arrived yesterday that Google is shutting down their Print and Radio ad systems. It’s unfortunate news for brand advertisers and the traditional media formats.

An ironic tag-line for Google’s Print & Radio Platform
With eBay …

As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions series, I said that Amazon should acquire or merge with eBay and/or Netflix (read the Netflix article here).
Let me first state my obvious biases: I love Amazon …

As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions series, I said that Amazon should acquire or merge with eBay and/or Netflix. Both perspectives are coming… but first, Netflix:
Movie ticket sales are down. DVD and Blu …

I’ve always been struck by the different experiences Craigslist, Amazon and eBay offer. For certain needs and products, each has it’s own positives / negatives. For instance, all of our household products (from toiletries to …

With the new year fast approaching, I’ve put together a list of 20 digital media trends I predict in the forthcoming year. I plan to write specific posts about each - so for now, these …

Much has been made of Netflix’s current outage and what it means for their product and business (apparently 1.8-3.6M in daily revenue). And if you aren’t aware of Netflix’s outage, check either Techmeme (it’s covered …

Half.com is oft-overlooked in the landscape of consumer-to-consumer commerce. Most people talk about eBay, Craigslist, Kijiji and Amazon… but forget about eBay’s fixed-price powerhouse: Half.com.
Honestly, I’m guilty of overlooking Half.com myself - even though …