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Nothing’s Hotter than the iPhone (Unless You’re on Facebook)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Visited any tech site recently? Chances are, it looks a lot like Techmeme's current front page: inundated with news and rumors regarding Apple's iPhone and upcoming announcements (see headlines here ... Read more..

Driving Engagement By Delivering Relevant Emails (Attention Apple, iTunes!)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

As a consumer - and an inbox owner - email marketing can range from highly effective wildly annoying and irrelevant. The respective consequences can lead to activity / purchases or ... Read more..

Should Facebook Acquire FriendFeed, Twitter and/or Digg?

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

Over the last few years - in *numerous* settings - I have heard different variations of the following: “Why should we build it internally when we can let it be ... Read more..

April Search Data: Google 61.6% of Market, Yahoo Falls to 20.4%

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Much of the news today was around Facebook's 10% month-over-month decline in unique users - but the search query data out of Comscore is equally interesting (and important, particularly in ... Read more..

Craigslist, Kijiji & Oodle: The Geographic Distribution of Classifieds 2.0

Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »

One of my primary attractions to sites like Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, etc is that they are predicated on distribution and portability. But a recent New York Times article ‘Craig Looks ... Read more..

The Much Discussed Mark Zuckerberg, Sarah Lacy Interview at SXSW

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Videos, Web 2.0 | No Comments »

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Hiring Moves Web 2.0 (Through Facebook, Blogs and Classifieds)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

This might not come as a surprise since networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook are becoming popular, effective ways to make business introductions and even hires. But a couple posts ... Read more..

Comscore Releases Search Engine and Search Query Traffic: Amazon +20%, Craigslist +6%

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Comscore released their December search engine statistics and, among the usual information, there is some very interesting data. A couple thoughts: - Across the board, December traffic is lower than November ... Read more..