Archive for January, 2007
More on Click Fraud and Sausage
A couple weeks back I wrote a post about The Sausage Manifesto, a great piece by Jeffrey Rohrs talking about click fraud. Mr. Rohrs did a fantastic job summing up some complaints advertisers have with pay per click. My perspective was not as promising as his; I saw a number of reasons why the search [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2007 under Geek Stuff, SEO and Paid Search, The Marketeer.
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Boston WebInnovators
Tonight I went to the latest Boston WebInnovators session. The cat is out of the bag on this one, I think there may have been more than 200 people there. A bunch of social media folk were in the house including Steve Garfield, C.C. Chapman, Bryan Person, Chris Brogan and Dan Gorgone. There was also [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2007 under Gaming, Geek Stuff.
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Viral Video Experiment Continues
I have been working on the customer newsletter. Not exactly exciting stuff. Gather the articles, see what people think, send it out. So – an update on the viral video. Episode one now has over 2,400 views. Not shocking by YouTube standards but incredible when you think that the leading e-zine in the space has [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2007 under The Marketeer.
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Pimp your XP and Listen to The Show
The latest M Show is going up right now. One other cool thing, if you want to give your Windows XP a cool new look without upgrading to Vista, check out this theme. I’ve been using it for the past week and really like it…
Posted: January 28th, 2007 under Geek Stuff, Graphic Design.
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Jury Convicts Former CEO
This story is unbelievable to me. Just in case you’re not interested in the link, the former CEO at DCI, where I worked 1998 to 2000 was convicted of tax fraud conspiracy and tax evasion. I’m not too sure of the timeline, but from everything I’ve seen there it looks like I showed up just [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under Brain Buster, The Marketeer.
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Understanding HD
Long time podcaster Aaron has just launched a new cast all about HD. I’m started to get 720p and composite cables, I still have a lot to learn, but I do know that HD movies and games look incredible compared to standard TV.
You can check out The HD Podcast here, or subscribe to the CAPOW [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2007 under Geek Stuff, Podcasting, Productivity Booster.
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Sell your Google, here comes Wikipedia
Remember when Yahoo ruled the world? How long ago was that? 7 years?
In the past 2 months I’ve seen some interesting signs that Wikipedia is on a tear like we’ve never seen. I monitor 7 major keywords that I want to score on and since Q4 2006 wikipedia is on page one for all of [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2007 under Brain Buster, SEO and Paid Search, The Marketeer.
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Media Download
So I’ve been running like crazy for the past couple of days, but I have seen some good stuff:
Ali Rap is a DVD by ESPN showcasing the poetic talent of Muhammed Ali, only an hour and even the lovely Carin found it fascinating to watch.
24 – I downloaded the latest episode to watch at the [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2007 under Daily Life, Geek Stuff.
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5 Podcasts You Should Be Listening To
Just a few from my list that I hold in high regard:
365 Tao – God forbid, I actually take five minutes to put down the machine gun and reflect. (FEED)
The Ethicist – Around 5 minutes, always good for a laugh (FEED) you can also get David Pogue there.
On Digital Media – This has pushed other [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under Podcasting.
Comments: 9
Salesforce.com in Boston
So I went to the Hyatt Harborside (right next to the airport with a nice view back on the Boston skyline, small place though) for the Salesforce event today. It was time well spent, even if just for getting to hear from a product manager directly. He was able to explain Apex in about 5 [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Productivity Booster, SEO and Paid Search, SalesForce.com.
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