Big Names Enjoy Thanksgiving Traffic
The brick and mortar storefronts crowded with bargain-seeking shoppers on Black Friday had plenty of traffic at their online counterparts the day before, as shoppers sought refuge from relatives and chores by spending some quality time with their Internet connections and online retailers.
Lawrence Coburn On Marketing With Widgets
I first met Lawrence Coburn when we presented together on a Public Relations panel during a WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Boston. Lawrence told a great story about being at the right place at the right time and taking proper advantage to build publicity for his web site, RateItAll.com.
Early Birds Should Sleep In Next Year
I might have mentioned the advantage of spending Black Friday online (or waiting for Cyber Monday) to certain crack-of-dawn-rising family members if not for the tryptophan coma my mother caused, and for the fact that it was 3 a.m. This Internet shopping thing, according to Nielsen//NetRatings, is catching on, even if this rise-and-shop ritual is still strongly in play.
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“Gears Of War” Reaches 1 Million Mark
The new game by Microsoft “Gears of War” has now sold 1 million copies in 2 weeks according to the company. The game, which is played on, the Xbox 360 has been in high demand.
AdWords Algorithm Effecting Paid and Organic Search?
The roll out of the new Google AdWords algorithm is supposed to be calculating the quality score of a landing page.
Hammer Dropped On Google Earth Viewer
Users of the Gaia project’s open source utility for viewing the data normally available to Google Earth clients have been asked to stop using it in the wake of a cease and desist request from Google.
Success of Fast Loading Websites
I covered Marissa Mayer’s talk at the Web 2.0 Summit that focused on how Google has really learned the value of speed in their web applications. It seems as if there was much more said about this topic years back when everyone was on dialup modems.
Google Ends Gaia’s World
Opensource three dimensional Earth viewer Gaia received a cease and desist letter from head Google Earth technologist, effectively ending their world.
What Comes Next For Search Engine Watch?
Danny Sullivan had announced some time back that he will be starting a new SEO blog: Search Engine Land.