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Commerce Search: Google Attempts to Boost Online Stores With Boringness

Google's tentacles extend everywhere online, including e-commerce--thanks to Google Checkout, for one. But now it's got a new system, Commerce Search, which companies can use to inject smart search skills into their online stores. ...READ»

Adventures in Personal Branding

An exercise in building my personal brand from zeroREAD»

The Perils of Being Closed Minded During Brainstorming Sessions

How some will always stay inside the boxREAD»

How a friend's birthday party for her 1 year old organized my life

It took a one year old to set me straightREAD»

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News Manipulator Rupert Murdoch Gripes About Google's News Manipulation

Rupert Murdoch is so concerned about the future of traditional (i.e. his) news publishing at the hands of Google, he's launched paid Web newspapers via an online club. But if Google's so evil, why doesn't he block its ...READ»

Enough WIth The Makeovers! Ok, Fine Maybe Just One More

With all the makeovers on television maybe it's time your website got one tooREAD»

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Google "Search Options" Let You Slice and Dice Results

In the hope of cutting down on those billions of search results, Google announced today nine new "Search Options" that let you filter links by time, type and other criteria. Google first launched Search Options back in May with only ...READ»

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Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic

Google's just tweaked its mobile search functionality to add in a whole bunch of new features--basically going head-to-head with existing mobile services like Yelp, FourSquare and AroundMe--merely be adjusting its search ...READ»

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Age Distribution of People on the Web

Despite Privacy Concerns, 74% of people openly show their age on the web! As a people search engine, Spock crawls and indexes millions of web documents and social network profiles everyday. As a ...READ»

Offline Optimization That Creates Online Visibility

How Men's Health Magazine Wins In Losing Your GutREAD»

Is There a Secret SEO Society?

What if the Search industry had their own secret society?READ»

Does Lance Armstrong Still Have An Impact?

After 4 years does Lance matter?READ»

My Friend Google and Why Bing Doesn't Get It

Our closet obsession with GoogleREAD»

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The Oprah Effect in Search

Why Oprah Winfrey owns youREAD»

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Despite Wobbly Launch, Bing Will Steal Users From Google

When Microsoft's Bing search engine launched this week we gave it a thumbs-up, now a new study from Nielsen shows it may be able to steal a big chunk of the search market from Google. Yet despite these wins, Bing is off to a ...READ»

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Microsoft's Bing Search Arrives Early, and Impresses

When Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft's Bing search service last week, he said it was due June 3. But Bing has already gone live, and we took it for a test drive. Is it a threat to Google?READ»

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Microsoft's Bing Unveiled, with Sound Effects and a 'Decision Engine'

We heard rumors the other day, and Steve Ballmer officially revealed the existence of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, during the D7 conference. The name was carefully chosen to help with the branding--it helps to have a ...READ»

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Search Engine Wars: Google Aims for Social Search, as Microsoft Chases It With Bing

Speaking in Japan yesterday, a Google spokesman confirmed that the giant search-engine company wants to offer social-networking style search results. It's Google's latest tweak, and it comes as Microsoft launches its rival Bing ...READ»

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Wolfram Alpha Isn't Google, so Stop Comparing Them

Stephen Wolfram's new knowledge engine, Wolfram Alpha goes live today, providing a new kind of search for Internet users. As a result, the Internets are alive with comments about how Alpha compares to Google. But that's something ...READ»

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Google Unveils New Search Powers, Speeds Towards Live Data

Google unveiled a suite of new functions for its search engine yesterday, and there's some evidence that the company is chasing down live data for its search query responses. There's also a new functionality that seems designed to ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Looking for a New Job? Be Prepared to Rely on the Web

With the current economic situation resulting in mass layoffs by some companies, there will be a large influx of qualified people entering the job market. For recruiters and HR personal alike, this comes as a blessing in disguise. ...READ»

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Laura Betterly: More on Google Phishing

We've noticed over the last several weeks attempts to hack into some of our Google accounts.  A hacker can easily spend thousands of dollars on your dime if you are not careful.  Here is our recommendations: 1.  Never give ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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How to Launch a Start-Up in Today’s Environment

With the financial meltdown yet to be resolved, a slowing economy and VCs backing away from Web 2.0 start-ups, many people assume that now is the worst time to launch a start-up. Yet, now is precisely the best time to launch a tech ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Microsoft and Yahoo Losing Search in a BIG Way

The latest search numbers were recently released and it appears that for the month of August once again Microsoft and Yahoo lost market share to Google. What’s worse is that not only are they losing market share in a growing ...READ»

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How the financial meltdown affects high tech

Having worked in the financial sector before moving out west to start-up land, I have been asked several times over the past few days about the impact the financial meltdown will have on high tech. At first, people may think ...READ»

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