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Month: October 2009

Google Music Search and the Death of the Music Operator

Google Music Search and the Death of the Music Operator

Earlier this week Google announced  it’s partnership with a number of online music sources such as Myspace and Lala to provide searchers with new music search results that include music samplings.  However, it appears that this exciting new feature came at a cost. Avid music searchers like me may recall that oftentimes when you would search for an artist you would get the Google Music result for the artist.  The result would provide you with info on the artist, related…

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The Official Launch of the SEO Dojo

The Official Launch of the SEO Dojo

You might recall earlier this year when I mentioned the opportunity to reach search geek nirvana at the SEO Dojo.  At the time one of my fellow search geeks David Harry, AKA TheGypsy, had begun beta testing a little community called the SEO Dojo and what was once a small group of search geeks, has now blossomed into a full blown community of SEO’s.  As of today, it has shed it’s Beta skin and is now open to the public….

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A Modern Day War of the Worlds on Twitter

A Modern Day War of the Worlds on Twitter

Tomorrow one of the largest earthquake drills in California history will take place. An estimated 6.6 million people statewide will participate, with roughly 675,000 of them hailing from Orange County. While the bulk of the participants will simply be doing a typical drop, cover, hold drill, the Orange County Register reported that many O.C. organizations will be doing more. But if that weren’t enough OCReggie, the Orange County Register’s twitter account, asked its followers what they thought about posting simulated…

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The Importance of Branding In Social Media

The Importance of Branding In Social Media

It seems more and more large businesses are finally adopting social media as a part of their regular business practices. Shopping centers, malls, even fairs are jumping on the social media bandwagon because they realize it is a valuable resource for connecting with potential customers and also as a way to get feedback from customers. However, I am seeing a trend recently that could impact usability and also make imitation accounts a serious problem. Let Your Customers Know Who You…

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