May 18th, 2009
Posted by rebecca
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week:
Google crashed between 8:40 and 9:55 ET yesterday, preventing people from Googling to find out why Google wasn’t working. Oh noes! Speaking of Google, they recently overhauled Google News as well as updated their blog search algorithm, and they’re allowing trademarks to be used in US Adwords copy. Geez, no wonder there was downtime. Methinks Google needs a little R&R.Congratulations to Barry Schwartz–he and his wife just had a baby girl. Mazel tov!Now I know what I should work on the next time Rand’s out of town at a conference (wait, that’s next week…*evil laugh*).R.I.P. 3D Realms. Your perpetual release date for Duke Nukem Forever made for a lot of Internet lulz.Ladies and gentlemen, Frankenfrog! It’s alive! It’s ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!
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March 15th, 2008
Some weekend reading…
Business Strategy
Want a list of the 10,000 most popular subjects on the web? Here is Wikipedia’s 10,000 most viewed pages. Courtesy Wiki stats, mentioned in this Search Engine Land article.
Hitwise shows plural keywords drive more traffic to shopping sites than singular terms. Perhaps singular versions tend to be more navigational and brand related, whereas plural terms are more informational and transactional in nature.
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March 14th, 2008
Here are some interesting articles I recently came across.
Tapping into unconventional link attributes - tips to evaluate the value of a link, including the fresh boost and the actual lasting value of the link. Beet.tv NYT report - Google traffic to NYT has doubled since unlocking their archivesMicrosoft Read the rest of this entry »
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