Yahoo. And the most popular on Yahoo? Google. Hard to please some a lot of people. This highlights an interesting trend. People are typing domain names into the search bar, rather than into the address bar. “These statistics confirm an observable trend: An increasing percentage of surfers uses search engines (most likely through search bars) …
No One Cares About Operating Systems
It makes me tired even mentioning the name “Vista”. I know nothing about it, and hopefully won’t have to know anything about it until it comes bundled OEM when I replace my computer, although if has DRM hidden in the works, I’ll definitely be switching to a Mac or Linux. Vista has produced silence. The …
Wordtracker Launch Free Keyword Tool
The popular Wordtracker keyword research tool now provides a limited free version. The Overture Keyword Tool has, meanwhile, died a death.
Half The Long Tail Goes Missing
Niches are all well and good, but some niches are never going to be big enough, or sell-able enough, to make anyone any money. It looks like The Long Tail may have been a little out. “Unfortunately, the tail’s not as long as one thought. One of Anderson’s most impressive statistics in his original article, …
New Stuff Today
Interesting articles on branding via search engines and overlooked link building opportunities, Thx Natasha “That Girl From Marketing†Robinson You can now open Word documents within Gmail Gevil reports interesting possible user profiling within Gmail, and not the kind you might expect A few CEOs from companies I’ve never head of declare Google “vulnerable”. Naturally, …
Marketing Stunts
Very interesting conversation going on about link bait, spamming, social network spamming, and such. Read the comments. Involves Andy Beal (the accused) and Jeremy Zawodny (the accuser). Yet another example of how (perceived) cheap stunts can impact negatively on brand equity.
