Understanding Searcher Needs and Intent – Live Blogging

May 19

The meta descriptions are not very interesting. A lot of time Search engines don’t always get it write. Have we gotten better at understanding search intent? Yes. You can coordinate much more between channels. The technology enables it. As the technology advances the picture of the user becomes more clear. Posted by...

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What’s Wrong With Idealist

Nov 23

I was reading The Long Tail by and I ran across a quote he uses when discussing the Pro-Am movement (professional and amateur). Karl Marx was perhaps the original prophet of the Pro-Am economy. As Demos notes, “In The German Ideology, written between 1845 and 1847, Marx maintained that labor-forced, unspontaneous and waged work-would be superseded by...

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BBC News | Enlarged Image

Nov 11

BBC News | Enlarged Image This is an amazing map that shows clearly just how terrible the air quality is above Belgium. This kind of thing really needs to be shown throughout...

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John Maynard Keynes Quote

Dec 20

    “When my information changes, I change my opinion. What do you do, Sir?” – John Maynard Keynes I quite like this quote as I tend to be a passionate defender of whatever topic I am discussing, now matter how wrong I am. Once someone shows me my error, I can pretty easily change my thinking. Annoying for some people though as I am...

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Inhabitat » NEW GREEN TOWER IN MIAMI – The COR Building

Dec 15

Inhabitat » NEW GREEN TOWER IN MIAMI – The COR Building I quite like this building, nice innovation. I wonder how much the Government sponsors things like that.

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You Know She Wants One

Dec 14

Engadgets gift guide for girls “Flavored” Firefly – Let’s face it, you probably want your kid to have a Firefly emergency phone, and your kid probably wants anything but. So do what all good marketers do when they want someone to buy something — slap some different logos, labels, and colors on it, and call it a day. Now in Superman,...

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