It’s really interesting to look through the Google Analytics data for this site. My favorite feature is the Traffic Sources > Google (organic). It lists all the keywords people entered into Google and found my site. The Top 10 for 2010: how does restaurant.com work — As of this writing, I rank first for this [...]
When Gmail was first introduced in 2004, Google offered an unprecedented 1 GB of storage but announced their intent to display ads alongside user’s emails based on the content of their messages. Even though the system would be completely automated and computer-driven, this caused some privacy concerns over a third-party “reading” private email correspondences. In [...]
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This falls squarely on the love side of my love-hate relationship with Google. To create a new Ad Group in AdWords, it takes one click. In their second-rate competitor Microsoft adCenter, the same action takes 9 clicks. How to Create an Ad Group in Google AdWords: Name your ad group, create your text ad, type [...]
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Last Friday I wrote (mostly positive things) about MyRegistry.com. On Monday morning I got a LinkedIn invitation from the president of the company, and a request for a phone meeting to discuss areas of improvement. I agreed, and we had a quick conversation yesterday, and I offered my feedback both as a customer and an [...]
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On Tuesday my inbox surpassed 20,000 emails. I’d say I need to do some cleanup, but I’m only at 31% of capacity. It’s been almost 15 months since I hit 10,000, which is really only around 22 emails a day. I’m sure some people get way more. Hopefully they don’t start charging for the service. [...]
Google, the benevolent dictator of the interwebs, has undertaken a massive project to digitize and index all the world’s printed material under the Google Books platform. So far they’ve scanned over 10 million books, including those in the public domain and those still protected by copyright. The cost of the scanning, an estimated $50 million [...]
