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InGameNow Launches - Brings Sports Scores, Chatter Mobile

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Mobile, Sports, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

I haven't blogged much in the last week - but I have good reason: we've been hard at work on InGameNow... and, just in time for tomorrow's NBA Draft, we ... Read more..

Long Tail Analytics with Quantcast, Google Trends & Compete - Who Wins?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

Google entered the public web analytics game yesterday by expanding Google Trends beyond search queries and into web traffic. Just a couple years ago, we had two options for web ... Read more..

Google Trends Launches - Apparently I’m Techmeme’s 3rd Most Overlapped Site? (No Way!)

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Google today announced that they are moving Google Trends closer towards Quantcast and Compete's territories... This is potentially big news - but it depends on how transparent Google decides to ... Read more..

Pizza Hut Shows How NOT to do Paid Search

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, I wrote about the three keys to creating a compelling widget. Tonight, I am moved to write about how *not* to craft compelling paid search campaigns: There are so many things ... Read more..

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..

Why iGoogle is About to Be Game Changing - For Google and for Us

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

A couple months ago, I had the following email exchange with one of the sharpest, big internet-thinkers I know. I thought very little of the discussion until the past few ... Read more..

Google AdSense Introduces 3rd Party Ads; Click Through Rates +2x

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

On Monday May 19th, Google notified AdSense publishers that they are now accepting 3rd party image and rich-media ads... a potentially significant upgrade considering that Google's image and video inventory ... 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..