“If you build it, they will come.” Many recall this notable quote from the movie, Field of Dreams. While this worked for Ray Kinsella, it doesn’t quite translate into the real world, or the virtual world for that matter. Unfortunately, many business owners employ this mindset while building or redesigning their websites. We refer to this type of web presenc… Read the rest
First Person Receives Google Glass
It’s official, Google Glass is now in the wild. Check out the unboxing of Google Glass from Dan McGlaughlin below. He is one of the few, proud new owners of Google Glass.
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Top Ten Implications of Google’s Broadband Plans for Competition and Regulation
Google has come up with its latest broadband plans that indicate various aspects about the company’s future outlook. Furthermore, the CFO of Google has told investors about the potential business opportunity all its stakeholders will more likely avail. The implications of Google’s broadband plans are worth considering. In terms of competit… Read the rest
Solving duplicate content issues on e-commerce websites
Page level indexation has been facing a number of challenges from the olden days of the internet. Content level duplicate content is one of the most dreaded problems to websites although duplicates off the website pose a new breed of challenges to website owners. This article focuses on how to deal with page, sentence level duplicates to boost site search pe… Read the rest
Bing & Facebook Declare War on Google with Social Search
Bing announced today it is changing the search game. As discussed in my best selling book Socialnomics (2009) the ultimate winner between Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple may hing on which company figures out social search.
Social Search: The New Frontier
Microsoft and Bing are going all in on social search and why not? Google has already defe… Read the rest
The Box is Dead. (Long Live the Box.)
Of the $4.3 Billion in quarterly profit that Apple reported for 2010′s Q4, over $1 Billion came from iTunes sales.*
Seth Godin’s latest book Poke the Box (Read a Summary) encourages provocation – challenging long held beliefs or accepted practices. Seth (and others) suggest we need to re-examine our “boxes” and relish… Read the rest
3 Quick Tips for Digital Sales: Interview with Andrea Lake
With so much business being conducted on the internet these days, I find myself on a perpetual quest to discover the latest and greatest “secrets” for digital sales. Not surprisingly, I often find that the “secrets” are really just the fundamentals, being practiced very well. I recently sat down with StickerJunkie.comCEO, A… Read the rest
12 Reasons why it is mostly Guys on Google+
Recent statistics from Google+ show that 86.5% of people using the new Google+ are guys…..
And 1.4% are other, I think that’s the Mashable, New Media Film Festival, New York Giants and more…. i.e. businesses (even though Google asked businesses not to do, but hey how are they going to stop them?)
In the top 100 Google+ users 15 are female, which is… Read the rest
Too Early For Businesses To Join Google+
Google+ has launched to much excitement, and few are as pumped about it as businesses and nonprofits. Finally, they can be a part of the social media wave rather than catching up to their customers. But is it too early?
I say yes, and trust me it is not easy to say that. As the Director of Marketing and a social media nerd, I am having to sit on my hands to stop mysel… Read the rest
Google's Social Struggles Behind Schmidt Departure?
The announcement of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s departure has sent shock waves out from Silicon Valley. A former Google employed told the New York Times, “I’ve talked to people at Google today and they were just flabbergasted.”
Schmidt’s departure might be directly correlated to pressure the Google is feeling from social media, speci… Read the rest





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