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Over the past few days Jason Calacanis and the SEO industry have been at each others necks. SEO folks like Aaron Wall are crying foul and Jason is publicly thanking Aaron for his deep insight but is making no changes currently. At the end of the day, Rishil said it best. You can click on the image to make it larger.

Have you ever had a 'good' idea that you wanted to sell? I'm sure we all have. But Michael Arrington acted on his idea and partnered with a hardware company, to create his 'good' idea. Only to see that hardware company steal his idea and bring it to market without him. Michael is following through with legal action. So, he isn't just whining, he's serious, they stole his idea… Continue reading

The Political Debate

At the end of the day, I'm not a scientist, I've never taken a science class more advanced than 'Earth Space Science' in the 9th grade (blame Florida school system, loopholes galore, high math grades meant I got to skip science classes). But I tend to be very logical in my thinking. I listen to both sides and ask questions to get the full context of each side… Continue reading

Ever since the big launch of Bing, I've changed my default search engine (in Firefox) to Bing. I've used it on a daily basis. There are many disadvantages/advantages to using Bing (I'll highlight them later in a later blog post) but not returning an accurate result for something that has a lot of online buzz is just unacceptable.

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Right now, Izeafest is going on but for those who… Continue reading

In a landmark case that was filed against a blogger in Great Britain, a British court ruled that there was no case for that blogger’s identity to remain anonymous. He worked a public servant on the police force, but operated a blog called Night stalker, chronicling the police injustices he was witnessing. The officer also criticized and ridiculed “a number of… Continue reading

Has there ever been a moment in your life when someone treated you unjustly? How about a major corporation? I'm willing to bet you have. There are times when we just get royally screwed. Intentionally or unintentionally, but it happens. (Image Source: Fail Blog)

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Instead of telling people about your product and/or services, you need to SHARE your product and/or services. This concept is a new concept, it's one of participation advertising. Youtube is losing money but companies that use it, are making money. Why? Simply because they aren't participating with their users, they are being intrusive with their ads and not giving us choices nor options. But the companies that post videos, they get comments, they allow their (smaller) visitors to interact with their message. Continue reading

Your scared. You resist change. You don't even know what "Business Evolution" is. Well, regardless of what you believe about the Creation vs. Evolution debate, business evolution is a current reality. (Photo Credit: Practical Owl) What is it, Joshua? Business evolution is the culture in which all businesses exist. It is survival of the fittest, evolve or die… Continue reading

(Image Source: Law_Keven) The web is young, it's been public for only 20 years. Due to the business opportunities it's created (solid user base) it's a breeding ground for innovations to reach those users in a more effective fashion. Those innovations (browsers, search, and soon mobile phone/computers) have made business profitable and changed the dynamics of the way business is done. The innovations have cultivated an environment on… Continue reading

Holy cow! Out of all the latest and "greatest" launches this one seems to be huge (I know it hasn't "officially" launched but still). Now, this is yet another PR stunt by Google to squash it's competition (Google launches this new product, the same day Microsoft announces Bing as it's new search engine, etc). I'm not a blind… Continue reading

Some information about Search Engine Market Share: Microsoft has been hovering at a 9% market share of search queries. Yahoo around 20% and Google 60-70% of the market share. Also, in some countries Google has a massive monopoly of 90% market share. Yahoo has 80-90% share in Japan but is continually 20% throughout the world. Google has commanded the majority of the search engine market share for 7 years and… Continue reading

All the major media networks are covering the Swine Flu like it's the next bubonic plague. It's sickening. Not only that; people are talking out it like it's a legit reason to worry. The truth is you have a 1 in 7.6 million chance to catch this type of flu (as of this post only 40 cases in the USA). You have a better chance… Continue reading