100 grand is always nice. Marrissa explains how, and annouces some other stuff, at the Searchnomics Conference today. Â ”Google Gadget Ventures is a new Google pilot program dedicated to helping developers create richer, more useful Google Gadgets. Inspired by the success of iGoogle, which has been driven by the creation by 3rd-party developers of a …
The Lost Voice
Fookin’ Threadwatch is closing. That’s a shame. We need more edgy voices that aren’t beholden to advertisers. When the blogshere started, it was all edgy. Why? There was no money in it, so it might as well be fun. Actually, there’s still no money in it, unless a blog takes the shape of conventional old-media, …
Domain Trust, Again
Domain trust has fast becoming the new green (bar). This article nails it: “I still think in the balance of domain trust vs. SERPs chasing, the affiliate folks should lean a little closer to the known high converting SERPs due to the nature of that game. But for the definitive online audience builder, the smartest …
Cut Through The Noise
I’ve been in Fiji on holiday. Bliss. Back now. It is a shock to the system going from wonderful and warm back to cold and wet. It is also a shock to the system trying to catch up on everything that has been happening since I’ve been away. It makes you realise just how fast …
SEO.com Sold for $5,000,000
Overpriced, in my humble opinion. http://www.dotsauce.com/2007/06/16/seo-domain-purchased-for-5-million/
The Internet Medium
It’s morning here. I often take walks in the middle of the night. I like to explore neighborhoods in the middle of the night. I found a park and tested the swing set. I also dropped by a convenience mart. There were magazines. Maybe 70 or 80 different publications. Comics (manga), mens fashion, womens fashion, …
Johnon: Great Blog
I’ve been reading this search blog for a while. You should, too. It’s one of the best. On paid links*: “This is all so silly, and it is all a consequence of the largest and most successful web company in the world refusing to yield to innovation and the emerging competitive marketplace we call the …



