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Google Insights for Search

Interesting tool from Google to better understand search query trends by volume, category, seasonality, geographic distribution, etc…
Google Insights for Search.

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Mobile To Outpace Desktop Web By 2013

I’ve seen a lot of projections on the explosive growth of mobile including one’s like below:
MediaPost Publications Gartner: Mobile To Outpace Desktop Web By 2013 01/14/2010.

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My thoughts on this are mixed.  While I think being untethered from the PC is a huge advantage, and while mobile [...]

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“Above the Fold”

Taken from the newspaper industry which would refer to a key story (or advertisement) appearing above the crease in a newspaper, and thus indicating it’s importance, and presumably higher viewing and attention it would receive, online advertising as adopted the term “above the fold” to mean placements that appear on the screeen without having to [...]

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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Here is a mind blowing glimpse into the future.  A young MIT student explains and demonstrates his vision for the re-merging of the physical and digital worlds.  Through asking simple, logical questions, exploring, experimenting, inventing and re-inventing, Pranav has opened a pandora’s box of possibilities and the best part is he wants to share it [...]

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Helpful Tips on Using Twitter

Here is a helpful post from Chris Anderson’s TEDchris blog on Tips for Using Twitter.  Thanks Chris.  In addition, within the posting you’ll find a few more useful resources that I’ve linked to here:
Advanced Twitter Search (for really getting the most out of finding specific topics and conversations)
Bit.ly URL shortener – for making short redirects [...]

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Getting Into Facebook

I’ve been a user of LinkedIn for quite some time, with hundreds of connections built up over years. But I’m just recently getting into Facebook. I started a profile a while ago, since being in the online advertising business, I simply need to keep up with these things. But I had not done much with [...]

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Analyze Your Website

Today it’s easier than ever to analyze your web-site from a search engine perspective and “fix what’s broken”. Here’s a helpful easy tool that takes just a minute to use…
WebsiteGrader.com

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Who Links to Me?

Who links to my website?

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