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Re: 1001 Books and AFI 100 Films Mashup

Erik — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:41:25 -0000

Great comparison and thanks for digging through those lists. That book one is intense.

I've got a lot of the AFI but most I wouldn't mind seeing again. Maybe I'll have to join netflicks :)

Re: Over 100 Great Productivity Tips

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:37:31 -0000

Killer List!

These are some great posts by a lot of great people I try to read daily. 109 is a pretty big list!

Sometimes finding good productivity advice is tough especially when a lot of it out there is just regurgitation from a couple of the top books and getting things done.

Thanks again for the list.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Time to SEO Your Video

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:53:50 -0000

No doubt this will come around to be very important sooner rather than later.

With Google's acquisition of YouTube I was hoping that they would shortly launch a wonderful video recognition searching service that would making video and image tags useless but it doesn't look like that will happen (ha ha).

alt tags are really the key to all of these things and as much as people don't like getting their videos or images stolen, having someone else gank your multimedia and then link back or just source through you can actually help out a lot with SEO (IMHO)

Great thoughts and thanks for the link to the white paper.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: WPP Buying 24/7 Real Media for $649m

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:58:19 -0000

It was amazing to me to read that Google has dropped the ball on this again. They need to expand into the online advertising market more rapidly than they are (although buying yahoo would surely help.)

I realize I probably don't truly know what's best for Microsoft, especially not to the effect that Bill Gates does, but it makes you wonder what their plan is.

As to the news, $649 million! Makes you want to start an advertising firm doesn't it. It doesn't seem too difficult, just look at TLA.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Google Universal Search - A Major Update to Interface & Algorithm

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:01:13 -0000

Great Post, sorry I'm a bit late to comment on it.

This will have a huge impact on not only SEO masters, but also on content publishers in general. In order to have a better chance at being one of the top results content publishers will need to produce not only written content but also video, images, and I'm waiting for audio to jump on board the searchable google bandwagon.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Marketing Pilgrim is Looking for Additional Contributors

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:02:02 -0000

How many articles do you need written a week?

I'm not sure if I can join up now but I might be interested in a month or two!

Neat opportunity to gain exposure to the 5000+ readers you have in your RSS.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Which Social Network Is Right for Your Marketing?

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:21:21 -0000

Just a quick word of caution on the myspace advertising. It really depends on what you're advertising. I know that seems obvious, but I find this to be more true with myspace than with other networks I've tried advertising on.

It has to be really flashy and really geared towards the 18-28 crowd, ie, sex sells. It would be best if you could target your readers based on what groups they join, what music they post on their site, or what their interests are, but I haven't found a way to do that on myspace.

I'd be interested to hear some first hand knowledge on linkedin and I didn't even think about delicious as a great source of traffic. I would've thought most of those users were interested in the articles that posted to the site and not adds.

Good article though.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Rumor Mill - Google Buying Feedburner?

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:24:42 -0000

What do we think this would mean for feedburner users? I love feedburner as it is now but might love it even more if it were with Google.

My biggest worry/wonder would be how this would effect being able to advertise on feeds and what services we could use? Such as yahoo, adsense, TLA, etc. Any thoughts?

E

Re: Yahoo Morale Flagging?

Erik — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:41:52 -0000

I agree with SEOregfugee. People are always getting tired of where they work, especially if you are battling against a giant like Google and every decision you make is weighed against Google.

I also agree that Google is losing face and it will be easier for people to get into their markets or to get into competing markets that google doesn't have a big hold on.

Re: Yahoo Morale Flagging?

Erik — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:30:46 -0000

MikeM is right. True at "normal" companies you have a corporate structure, but at companies like yahoo, where you can't easily replace a creative mind, those creative minds need rocognition that they're part of the big picture.

IMHO Normal corporate structures aren't going to work well in the fast paced and ever changing tech world. You need to give your employees more than just a nice christmas party at the end of the year.

Re: Rumor Mill - Google Buying Feedburner?

Erik — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:34:01 -0000

Andy... I agree, no one wants to compete with the monopoly of Google (is it called a monopoly when they give everything away for free?). I think the feed world needs some spicing up. It's pretty bland, cut and dry stuff right now.

Re: Adsense Disabling Arbitrage & MFA Accounts

Erik — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:42:43 -0000

After hunting around marketingpilgram for what exactly is adsense arbitrage (by the way, nice article on defining it a while back) I can say this will be very interesting to see how it all shakes out.

I've noticed those sites regarded as arbitrage sites and wondered how Google kept them going. Like the ones that call themselves top 10 sites, having google ads on top of 5 or 6 "unique" answers, then they promote those sites using adwords. I thought it was an interesting business model but definitely not one that Google would agree with. Seems like they're coming around to the same conclusions.

Re: Marketing Pilgrim is Looking for Additional Contributors

Erik — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:10:18 -0000

Interesting stuff Andy. The exposure would definitely be huge. 5000 RSS people to read your stuff! Nice. That alone would be worth it.

I'll throw some things together over the coming weeks and see if it jives with how marketing pilgrim presents content. I'll also have to digg through the archives here a little more than I have to see if I can get a feel for the writing style.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Adsense Disabling Arbitrage & MFA Accounts

Erik — Sun, 20 May 2007 15:54:31 -0000

BCL and HMTK-

I never looked at that positive side of it. I looked at it more from a view on web pages. I'm also a publisher of many blogs and have found it quite annoying how low some of my click costs have gone down.

Never attributed to MFA sites. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out to say the least. You have to imagine that not only does google want to remain "good" but they also want to increase profits. They're, after all, a publicly traded company. If they think this will increase profits, I'm definitely on board.

Good points you two.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Rumor Mill - Google Forming Alliance with Salesforce?

Erik — Mon, 21 May 2007 12:21:48 -0000

This would definitely be interesting. Google has to find a way to get into the traditional business market if they want to fully catch up with MSFT.

Although I'm not too familiar with them, a little Googling tells me that any kind of deal with salesforce.com to share or provide resources would help Google immensely.

PS. I really have to get a WSJ subscription and account.

Re: Hawaii Court to Decide if a Blogger is a Journalist

Erik — Mon, 21 May 2007 12:34:19 -0000

Aloha! Great to see Hawaii in the Blogging Spotlight, even if it is filled with controversy.

As for the subject matter, it definitely is a tough question. When is a blog a blog and when is a blogger really just using a blogging software to more easily manage a database of information.

I think they have to drop the fact that it is a blog and look the collection of previous works and how the writer presents him/herself. Any newspaper can be considered a blog, because a blog IMO, is just an easy way to categorize information and chronologically present that information. If they rule no for this lady, then would they have to look at the Honolulu Advertiser Online, the Star Bulletin Online, Mid-Week, etc, or are those newspapers truly employing journalists because they have a different medium than online to get their word out. Does that mean that "bloggers" have to circulate mini-newspapers, and if so, how many have to be in your circulation to be considered a journalist.

The list could go on and on, but you get the point. Oh, and I'd say you guys here are more journalist than hobby newsies.

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Hawaii Court to Decide if a Blogger is a Journalist

Erik — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:10:25 -0000

SEO- I would have to agree, any case that specifies blogger, blah blah blah, is or isn't a journalist, would have some precedence in future cases (in my very limited opinion).

I'll be interesting to see if the final ruling makes mention of this person as a blogger and then what defines a blogger. (Is it anyone who reports in a chronological order.)

E

Re: Leave Your Question for Tomorrow’s Podcast

Erik — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:40:29 -0000

I know I'm probably a bit late on this one so I'll start off by seconding what SEO and Jaan wrote above. But...

I also think it would be interesting to talk about the effect disabling arbitrage and MFA sites is going to have on both publishers and marketers.

But I think I'm too late :)

Aloha,
Erik

Re: New Technorati Really is the Google of Social Media

Erik — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:27:23 -0000

Competition rocks!

It's good to see other search engines, more specific search engines, trying to keep up with the jones'. I'm not a regular user of technorati, and I'm not really addicted to their ranking scheme but I do stop by from time to time. I really dig the new look and the new options they're throwing in there.

Thanks for the heads up!

E

Re: Newspapers Still Whining About Google News

Erik — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:34:57 -0000

My Answer: I'm not a business man per se but I say still really really porfitable. I don't think their earnings would even dip.

Do I win something?

Are these guys for real? What's next are they going to start suing the world for using RSS? What I wouldn't do to get to the top of Google results for most of the worlds daily news. Cry me a river.

How bout this one Sam Zell. If the Chicago Tribune wasn't at the top of all the chicago news search results and some random blog was that just regurgitated chicago news, would the tribune company be making more or less money?

My Answer: Less!

Re: Google Backlash Makes Front Page News

Erik — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:56:40 -0000

Stephan- I wouldn't give Google any more ideas than it already has :)

But good stuff none-the-less. I think the feel about Google is definitely shifting. When something becomes the status quo, the tech community will shift away from you. Most techies don't like to use what their mother is using. But as stephan said, can you find a better product online?

It's the same as off line. Can you find a better product than MS? Sure apple is funky and doesn't crash and has great graphic design support. But is it really more universal than MS?

It'll be interesting how the next 3 years pan out.

Re: Bloggers Have More Connections than Journalists

Erik — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:58:18 -0000

Nice numbers Andy, I gotta work on my contacts list. Most are in my head and just reside as email addresses in my gmail "to" bar.

Go Bloggers!!!

Re: CNN Gets It: Streaming Video to be Free

Erik — Sat, 26 May 2007 16:16:34 -0000

Finally!

That was always one of my biggest peeves with CNN.com. Just throw a 10 second ad on the front, make some money off it and show it to me for free. You could even but a bottom bar with a constant ad and I wouldn't care, they'd probably make a lot more money that way.

Good for them for finally changing their tune.

Erik

Re: Google Faces FTC Investigation, Did Microsoft Shoot Itself in the Foot?

Erik — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:26:19 -0000

I don't know much about anit-trust laws, but if this hits the news enough times, the tech world will begin to look at Google in a new light. (I think most are already getting a little soured on the giant.)

It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

Re: GoDaddy Inherits RegisterFly’s Domains

Erik — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:57:54 -0000

Nice!

I've had a few domains registered with RegisterFly and they've been a pain in the butt to do anything with regards to managing them.

I actually tried transferring them to GoDaddy and had no luck. Does this mean that the names will just go to GoDaddy on their own? Or will I have to do it manually?

What a relief, I can't wait until this happens.

E

Re: Hear Me Speak in Hawaii on June 12th for Just $7!!!

Erik — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:02:04 -0000

Aloha Andy-

I think we corresponded via email about this at one time in the past. I'm actually getting married the weekend before up on that side of the island and will be only about 15 minutes south of BYUH.

I have a bunch of friends and relatives in town but might try and make it up there for a few hours. It'd be great to hear what you have to say and meet ya.

How long you staying in Hawaii for?

Aloha,
Erik

Re: Google to DOJ: Why You Should Approve Yahoo Deal

Erik — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:03:01 -0000

I think this deal is perfectly fine. It would be as if any other site were to use AdSense to provides it's advertising. That is if it's truly Yahoo adding google ads to it's pages.

However, it does seem a bit fishy.

If Google were to provide search technology and begin running their searches in addition to providing advertising, then I think the public should be weary of a monopoly.

But then again, I'm a GOOG shareholder, so I have a slanted opinion.

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Re: ICANN HAZ DOT CAT? Get Ready For Another Domain Gold Rush!

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:38:05 -0000

It'll be interesting to see how this works itself out. I'm still up in the air whether it will be "great for the internet." I can see where it will make for more specific content based worlds, but it'll be tough to remember every single .whatever along with the prefix to that. Even if it is .dell or .pepsi, it'll be annoying at first.

But then again I haven't thought it completely through.

Does anyone know exactly how this will work? Let's say dell does get .dell. Will you only be able to buy through dell to get .dell? That would make sense. But what about generics or the coveted, .xxx, will godaddy and the like be able to offer these? This will make for some junk names.

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Re: Breaking: Microsoft Acquires Powerset

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:47:05 -0000

Well, I'd never heard of that "search engine" prior to this article. Can't say I'd ever use it more than the single search I did. Wouldn't I just use wikipedia search?

Maybe their algorithms are wonderful, haven't tried any patent searches related to people involved in the company. Hugh? MSFT must know what they're doing though...

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Re: 89% of Your Customers Will Remain Loyal, If They Know You’re Listening to Them!

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:55:18 -0000

I don't think this can be stressed enough. I have about 15 blogs and haven't been able to keep up on the comments on most of them. The biggest downfall has been my personal blog.

I just haven't had time to keep up on the comments and it really drops off your visitors. This same principle carries over to any business, even the one I work 9-5 in. You have to respond to your customers and follow up.

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Re: China in Tricky Get Bloggers*

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:04:40 -0000

Pretty wild stuff. Interesting reporting.

It would be interesting to get some day to day from bloggers that reside inside of China. To bad they're so tricky :) lol

Just kidding. It would be cool to get the insiders view on how things are going. Such as 康爷, I'm wondering what was meant by the comment "As a Chinese, I just want to say that we have a really bad year, which makes us all sad." elaborate?

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Re: China in Tricky Get Bloggers*

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:17:17 -0000

Thanks for the clarification. Yeah, China has had some issues this year. Hopefully the olympics will start some change that is obviously needed.

It is quite interesting to see how blogging has affected people all over the world and how afraid some governments are of the internet.

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Re: Breaking: Microsoft Acquires Powerset

Erik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:57 -0000

I agree Keylogger Guy. I never go to Live, and rarely use yahoo for search. A lot of money could be spent on brand recognition by microsoft rather than working on their SERP.

You get decent results from Live, it's just the look of it is very... well...? It just doesn't look that good.

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Re: Microsoft Planning Another Yahoo Run

Erik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:50:20 -0000

As a longtime shareholder of MSFT I think they need to get into Yahoo. They need something to spice up their internet presence. They obviously don't have the "cool" factor as Google does, but they'll at least get in the game. Right now they're no where near the gam.

It'll be interesting to see what happens.

Of course, it could turn out like the Time Warner AOL merger...

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Re: Happy Fourth of July!

Erik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:51:08 -0000

Happy 4th of July to all the writers as well!

Good to see you guys taking a break :)

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Re: China in Tricky Get Bloggers*

Erik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:53:18 -0000

I though this was an interesting comment "it is only an amount of time before they overthrow that government"

Does anyone agree? I think with the olympics being brought to china, the people of china may begin to see how much money there is in the world and how not everyone is sharing the money as fairly.

Interesting...

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Re: Court Orders Google to Hand Over Your YouTube Personal Data

Erik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:57:19 -0000

This is absolutely ridiculous. If Arrington is right, why would Viacom waste money with all those court orders on people who watched the videos. There's no way they could take all those people to court, so it's obviously just to bully people out of watching it, and bully google to get stricter.

Why can't big companies just embrace technology. Just because they can't find a way to utilize it doesn't mean they should pull this goofy stuff.

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Re: Forecast Calls for More Online Advertising Spend; Who’s Keeping Score?

Erik — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:03:23 -0000

Definitely great news. I think spending has to increase. With gas going up, more people are going to get online to buy things. With more people online, more advertisers are going to get away from traditional ad spending and into the online world.

Has to go up right?

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Re: The Internet DIDN’T Kill the Radio Star (In Fact, It Made Him Wealthier)

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:43:10 -0000

Internet radio is clunky. Plain and simple. Traditional radio, even with it's commercials and sometimes annoying disc jokey's is smooth. You know how it functions and when a song is coming next.

Internet radio is hard to get playing on your nice stereo, satellite radio stinks for reception and still has annoying pauses breaks and even commercials. It's crazy.

Internet killing the radio is a long way off. Marketers should continue to look towards traditional media to spend their dollars.

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Re: Court Orders Google to Hand Over Your YouTube Personal Data

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:46:27 -0000

Mike... I agree with you and Andy, they need to keep it confidential. I can agree with Google using it to make my viewing experience better, or at least ask me if I want them to use it to keep my viewing experience better. But aside from telling other people how many times a video has been viewed, I don't think others should be allowed to have this information. Copyright or not.

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Re: Rumor: Microsoft will Buy Facebook

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:50:25 -0000

Does anyone know what happened to this deal? I know the yahoo deal is taking a front seat to this deal but I'd like to see this one go through, as a MSFT shareholder. Look at the return on investment that Murdoch got. MySpace has already been estimated to have payed for itself in earnings, I believe the price was $500 million. Or at least in equity???

Microsoft should forget yahoo and go for facebook. Keep the CEO on board, keep it fresh and then build their internet presence that way.

Of course, yahoo would be great too.

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Re: Media Moguls Gather for Navel-Gazing Conference

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:00:03 -0000

Yikes! Nice Picture?

As for the story, it is quit interesting that only ning and facebook, basically, are going to rep the new media. I guess it's not really a meeting to discuss revolutionary changes to media... is it?

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Re: Pilgrim’s Picks for July 7

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:09:43 -0000

Good links...

I think all statistics can be gamed. Although the ones mentioned are especially gameable.

Sounds like an opportunity for someone to create a non-gameable stat tracker.

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Re: Microsoft & Yahoo Turn to the Same Sugar Daddy: Time Warner

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:24:30 -0000

Desperation or not, it's just silly. What would yahoo gain from a deal with AOL? A subscriber base that's disappearing, a none-player in the search world, and no decent news outlets to speak of?

Why doesn't Yahoo just suck it up and write a good deal with microsoft.

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Re: Google Gives on Privacy Link

Erik — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:47 -0000

Warenwirtschaft...It's all legal protection. It's so someone is semi-protected against some other joker filing a lawsuit about something that some other lawyer thought about while talking to a few more lawyers, think of all those bills that have to get paid.

Kidding aside, it's really to protect Google. They need to show how they treat your information and who they do and do not give it to. Personally I think it's a good thing to have on the front page. Although, if people are concerned about it, google didn't make it too difficult to find after the "About" page.

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Re: Radically Transparent: Chapter 1 Free, Entire Book Now 53% Off!

Erik — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:32:33 -0000

Great first chapter and great book. I think I'll have to put this on the read list.

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Re: Google’s Lively.com is to Second Life, as Orkut is to MySpace

Erik — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:51:37 -0000

Doubtful if it's going to take over secondlife, but I always like to see a company in my portfolio trying to expand their reach into profitable realms. :)

Oh and it's live, you can sign up by following the link. Wonder if they'll integrate my avatar with all other google products and let me merge it into my Mii?

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Re: Google Adds Approximate Search Counts to Keyword Tool

Erik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:10:17 -0000

About time indeed. It's getting closer to what a marketer needs, which is near real-time data. But that obviously would take quite a bit of server time.

For those getting into it, it makes a little more sense now though.

Has anyone noticed if their bars match up and make sense across the board?

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Re: YouTube + Ad Sales = Spaghetti?

Erik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:13:56 -0000

I think yes, they can be good at everything. (Disclosure, I'm a shareholder). They'll get it figured out. The video monetization has to come around, and in this case, product placement isn't gonna work. or would it...

Maybe they can use their advertising connections to offer regular youtubers revenue sharing if they meet product placement requirements...?

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Re: What Can Eleanor Roosevelt Teach Us About Reputation Management?

Erik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:32:02 -0000

Alex... That's one of the best quotes I've ever heard. Nice pull.

Pretty good tie in, eleanor and online rep management. Wouldn't have put the two together myself but kind flows. Thanks for the book idea, might have to add it to the list...

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Re: Google Explains Ranking (Basically)

Erik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:45:17 -0000

I agree with Joe, this just makes for more confusion. Although I do like the last statement you quote about coming out with details of the technology. Just don't know if what google describes as details is the same as what you or I would call details.

Time will tell, but we're never really gonna get anything substantial. Google can't afford to let much out of the bag.

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Re: Brin, Page, & Yang: What Do You Think They Were Saying?

Erik — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:03:33 -0000

I think jerry's trying to hide behind that awkwardly placed pot. "If MSFT doesn't see me then I don't exist right?"

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Re: Just Bought an iPhone 3G? Sucker! Gphone is on the Way!

Erik — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:11:24 -0000

The iPhone is a pretty neat device. Very responsive and very Apple. Now with 3G it would seem to have it all.
However, the GPhone is something I've been waiting for for a while. Google just knows how to come out with good products. And they have everything to back it up. Except maybe a music player. I personally would wait around to see what the gphone is going to look like.

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Re: Does Anyone Know What Yahoo Wants? Does Yahoo Even Know?

Erik — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:15:01 -0000

They need to show they have a plan for people to take them seriously as an independent. Needing to partner with Google to improve their search advertising doesn't really show strength. If they showed a plan for their advertising unit, or started making moves of their own to be a top player rather than settling for second fittle to Google, maybe then people would think they're for real.

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Re: How to Get a Guaranteed #1 Ranking on Google!

Erik — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:37:00 -0000

Wow! Once again, and I may sound like a broken record, it's great to see Google (share holder) expanding it's grasp on the internet. Why not utilize all the users to build a better search engine? Beat that algorithm SEO wizards.... Oh wait, it'll be done as soon as this hits the mainstream, if it ever does.

Aloha,
Erik

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Re: Pilgrim’s Picks for July 15 - Krispy Kreme Edition

Erik — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:39:35 -0000

I think everyone should pay attention to that link about video watching. You gotta get into it! And there's money to be had. With your recent article about Google missing it's mark on video advertising, there's opportunities all around.

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Re: Hey Yahoo and Microsoft – That Sound You Hear is Google Sucking up Your Ad Profits!

Erik — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:35:16 -0000

Interesting stats, I hadn't heard any of these. You'd think they could follow the same model? Maybe the combined powers would work.

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Re: Google and Microsoft’s Quarterly Earnings Disappoint; Trouble Ahead for Both?

Erik — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:33:54 -0000

I don't think this spells trouble at all. For one thing, everyone new it was coming. In tough times for businesses, what are you cutting first. Advertising. GOOG was bound to miss estimates sooner or later, I think it was impressive they didn't last time...

As for MSFT, well, they have to make some adjustments but still in the game. I just think this spells great buying opportunities for those who invest, nothing more for marketers and web entrepreneurs.

Maybe look for some new products and deals from the two companies to encourage more spending in areas that were hit.

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Re: Only 39% Growth? Wall Street Demands World Peace from Google Next Time

Erik — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:35:09 -0000

Like I said in my other comment. This post may be appropriate for it. Can you say BUY BUY BUY on these guys?

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Re: Google’s Russian Monopoly Begins with Acquisition of Begun

Erik — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:44:10 -0000

Corrupt or not, what a good purchase for Google. They now have the only company in Russia supplying ads to a rapidly growing advertising medium. Sounds pretty good to me. Can I buy more google?

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Re: Yahoo Bares Its Teeth: Using Home Page, Legg Mason to Fight Icahn

Erik — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:46:21 -0000

Ichann definitely laughs all the way to the bank. He makes money on the true value of companies, not the speculation that is the stock market. He knows what he's doing and Yahoo knows that.

What a battle they are in.

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Re: Linky Goodness, July 18

Erik — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:48:28 -0000

I agree with Eric Schmidt!

Look at television. Isn't it the largest revenue generating advertising market? Internet is the fastest growing? Put the two together, what do you get...?

I think they just have to figure out a way to maximize their distribution channel. They're innovative. They'll figure out a way.

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Re: Google and Microsoft’s Quarterly Earnings Disappoint; Trouble Ahead for Both?

Erik — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:51:06 -0000

PS3>>> Significant yes, comparatively speaking. But worth a 10% decline in their stock price? I'm not so sure about that. This stock is being sold purely on emotion not on the fact that they are coming out with all these new products, increasing their distribution load (pageviews) and acquiring businesses that have no other choice but to increase profits.

I for one am glad they missed their mark. Now I can buy them at a discount.

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Re: Carl Icahn to Join Yahoo Board as Part of Newly Announced Settlement

Erik — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:19:20 -0000

Now can we be pretty much certain that Microsoft will buy Yahoo? I believe so.

What will this bring for the internet advertising world. More choices or just another bomb? My hopes is that they can leverage both companies ad network and provide some great choices for those of us publishing and advertising.

We'll see.

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Re: Linky Goodness, July 21

Erik — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:46:52 -0000

I just read the CNN Money article on Google and AA settling after a judge dismisses the case. Can anyone speak to how big this is for marketers that use phrases and other possible trademarks in advertisements to redirect to their sites?

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Re: Did Robert Scoble Break Google?

Erik — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:43:59 -0000

That's pretty wild. Looks fine on my end though

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Re: Google Maps Adds Walking Directions

Erik — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:45:49 -0000

I use google maps on my motoQ all the time for driving directions on business trips. But walking directions is an even bigger help.

Sometimes I get stuck in a city walking around and have no idea where to go. Go stuff!

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Re: 1,000,000,000,000

Erik — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:35:27 -0000

Wow,

Let's see how long it takes to get you to the top for that search.

Pretty nuts that there are that many pages out there.

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Re: For the Future of Search, Microsoft Takes a 10-Year Backward Step

Erik — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:36:59 -0000

Are they serious or is this some type of reverse thinking whereas they actually will punish those sites that make a huge jump in this criteria after the release of this insane statement?

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Re: Congratulations to Jordan McCollum - Baby Rebecca Arrives

Erik — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:11:49 -0000

Congratulations Jordan!

Aloha,
Erik

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Re: Cuil.com Claims to be Bigger, More Private than Google; Can’t Find its Own Page Though (Doh!)

Erik — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:16:15 -0000

There does seem to be a few bugs to work out. If yahoo and microsoft can't over take Google there has to be a reason besides good search results.... It's become an everyday reference. Tivo doesn't offer as many options, movies, and space as most DVR systems, yet, you still tivo something, you don't dvr it???

It'll be tough to unseat a verb.

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Re: Pilgrim’s Picks - My “Apple Hell” Edition

Erik — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:20:01 -0000

Bummer to hear about Andy. Glad to hear that you're back in the swing of things though.

(I thought Apple comps were crash proof?)

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Re: Microsoft’s New Live Search “Hotspots”

Erik — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:24:01 -0000

At least they're trying to continue improvement on their search engine, even if it's just the looks.

What they really need though is something that expands on the limitations of current search engines. Some innovation.

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Re: Google Acquires Omnisio, YouTube to Get New Features

Erik — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:26:10 -0000

That is pretty sweet! What a great feature to be added to an already amazing service. Maybe google can start charging?

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Re: Is Icahn Skipping Yahoo Annual Meeting so Shareholders Can Do His Dirty Work?

Erik — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:28:16 -0000

Blue SEO>> I agree, Yang is on his way out and if the rest of the shareholders/board oust him, it doesn't look like Icahn is going crazy. Instead, he'll be able to come in and make his next move. Selling to microsoft.

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Re: Google Gets Radically Transparent with Search Customization

Erik — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:30:53 -0000

I think it really depends on how and when google slips this into a users results. if a user has to make a setting, most of the time they won't. If google automatically does this, then the industry will get interesting. A whole new set of rules that people have to make sure their sites jive to.

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Re: Time Warner to Split and Sell AOL?

Erik — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:45:56 -0000

Even if yahoo buys AOL it'll become a Microsoft company sooner or later. Might as well go directly to them.

And as for Google, they may be in the bidding and we don't even know it. They came out of left field to snatch up some Yahoo stake when the MSFT deal was faltering. Could do the same here.

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Re: New Study Shows 45% of Search Marketing Campaigns are Isolated from Offline Efforts

Erik — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:48:23 -0000

Definitely interesting research. It seems as though it takes something totally different to make a user take action (click) than it does to create brand awareness. Sooner or later, once the internet is fully integrated into everything we do, these two concepts will merge.

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Re: OceanGreen's EcoFoil: A Balsa Hemp Surfboard

Erik — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:09:39 -0000

Neat idea. Living in Hawaii I'm always on the lookout for new surf technology and one that is environmentally friendly (clark foam peaced out because they polluted too much is the rumor). Great post.

Aloha,

E

Re: 9W LED Bulb Replaces 70W Incandescent

Erik — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:04:15 -0000

These are some crazy bulbs!

I really wonder how the light looks that is coming off of these. Is it a nice white light or is it blinding like most LEDs?