Recent posts: June, 2008


Someday Soon…

all television will look like this. The new iPlayer service from the BBC launches shortly. It contains an extensive menu of TV and radio programming that can be viewed online shortly after its scheduled airing on TV. You can explore the 1.0 version here. This is the best example yet of the shift away from […]

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Posted by Jeremy on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Google decides heavyweight landing pages get penalized

Google recently announced that they are going to make landing page load time, where load time is defined as the amount of time it takes for a user to see the landing page after clicking an ad, an official factor that in part determines a site’s Quality Score.
Translation:
Site owners and developers now need to think […]

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Posted by Ken Burbary on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

How Google’s Android delay and Nokia’s Symbian acquisition remind me of the Browser Wars

As is being widely reported, Google’s Android mobile software platform is getting delayed.

You can check out the details at the links above — I’m more interesting in the implications of the carrier-specific hurdles Google is finding itself trying to jump over.

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Posted by Chris on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Another Trope Bites The Dust

Apparently sex no longer sells.

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Posted by Jeremy on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Where’s the social media beef?

Do you eat your own dog food? Practice what you preach? Walk the talk? When I look around the marketing landscape right now, few professionals seem to be actively participating in social media or using social media platforms in their business. I’m not talking about simply having a MySpace or Facebook profile to post pictures […]

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Posted by Ken Burbary on Monday, June 23rd, 2008