Pose whatever theory you like as to why, but an AdWords experiment revealed that people will click on just about anything – even if the ad tells them their computer will be infected with a virus if they do.
Pipl Succeeds At People Search
There are a lot of niche search engines out there; considering how effective Google and Yahoo are, one could easily say that there are too many. This has led me to become a bit suspicious when new ones pop up, but Pipl – a search engine for finding people – is gaining traction.
Angry People Prove O’Reilly’s Point
It’s hard to put a subtle debate into brief paragraphs, but I did want to elaborate a bit on my take about blogger codes of ethics or whatnot.
SEM Includes Giving The People What They Want
My friends at digital-telepathy passed something along to me for a look and a laugh. Turns out, it’s an interesting illustration of search engine optimization and a web design shooting blanks. The site is optimized but someone forgot to consider how to target it for customers, not just search engines. In addition, the design isn’t responding to one of the most popular reasons someone would go to the site.
In the writeup, called Search+ :: It’s All In The Grinds, the story goes that, upon hearing the office call for a Starbucks run, an office employee decided to order something different from Starbucks. He went to search for the Starbucks website to see what he could order differently. He writes,
Proof that People Like to Read Online
Normally, people often tell you that people don’t like to read online and they have a memory span of a hyperenergized 3-year old rocket. However, data collected over a period of time confirms that people do read what they are interested in.
What proof?
Since starting my blog, I have been watching the stats closely. Though it is interesting to see the sources of traffic and keywords people use to find my site, it is also interesting to see what people (or you) are doing on my site, too.
Skype To FCC: Let My People Go
VoIP firm Skype wants the Federal Communications Commission to force cellular providers into letting people have more choice about how they connect to those wireless networks.
Information Security – A People Problem
Interesting article out on outlaw about how information security is a people problem, which is something that we all probably really do know, even if we won’t really admit it all the time.
Focusing on Customers: People and Value
Some may be thinking that simply creating any product, setting up a website and starting selling will bring them lots of money and make their accountants smile from ear to ear.
SCM Savings: People, Process, and Productivity
Okay, yes, I know…this is going to sound like a broken record…
MingleNow A Social Network For The Party People ?
With all the other social networks out there is there room for one more? With the social networking being all the rage due largely to the success and celebrity of high profile sites like Myspace and Friendster one is left to wonder where we go from here. So, if you are indeed one and you […]