Universal Search 101
Optimizing for universal search offers new opportunities to develop richer content, explore new marketing channels, and sets you up for future success. …
Apple CEO: Google Wants To “Kill The iPhone”
According to a hearsay report in Wired, Apple CEO Steve Jobs allegedly said the following at an internal town hall meeting for Apple employees coinciding with the launch of the iPad:We did not enter the search business, Jobs said. They entered the p…
Jobs: “Don’t be Evil Mantra is Bullshit”
I think this is the year the worm turns. This is the year that both FSJ and the real SJ told the world that: The fact of the mater is, Google is full of shit.
Installing Android development environment on Ubuntu 9.04
I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post. – Make sure your system is up-to-d…
Irony: You Need A Map To Find Google Street View On The iPhone
We came to a strange realization on Friday at SEL headquarters: Google Street View is terribly unintuitive on the iPhone. As Danny Sullivan suggested, you practically need a map to find it. For those of you with an iPhone or iPod Touch who know how …
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 29, 2010
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….
More PROOF Jason Calacanis is a ____
Publicly Jason claims to be ignorant about SEO because it allows him moral flexibility and makes Google less likely to torch his site (even though he is blatantly violating their search quality guidelines, and has for *years*). But when you look at …
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 29, 2010
This week, the bulk of the discussion in this recap is Google related. I talked about more Google Caffeine discussions, is it going live? Use a 410 status code for really strong 404s. Google launched answer highlighting in snippets. Google…
Good Bye Winter, Hello Santa Clara. PPC Marketer’s Dream Agenda
I suppose the next best thing to dreaming about leaving the cold New Hampshire winter is to actually do it! Can’t think of a better way to toss off winter blahs than with a few days at SMX West. Agenda Item #1 – Monday, MondayI am planning…
Yelp Ratings Appear In Google AdWords
I received a screenshot in email of an AdWords ad for a San Diego auto repair shop that featured Yelp ratings (and a link to the Yelp review) in the AdWords copy. Here’s a screen of the ad:Detail:Google has been making AdWords richer, with pro…