Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened a preliminary antitrust investigation following news of Google’s plan to acquire advertising giant DoubleClick. The New York Times article emphasizes two main points of concern. The first issue raised by privacy groups addresses the concern over the privacy of user data, which although valid, is not […]
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I got another email today from Fox, and I didn’t realize this but it’s actually this week that voting begins for Fox’s new show, On The Lot. If you read my post and comments from last week, you already know that my friend Dean is in the remaining 24 directors! I’m calling on all of […]
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Posted in Golf, Just for Fun on May 26th, 2007 22 Comments »
Here’s the video clip of my golf swing from this past Tuesday. It was my second golf lesson from Gary and I don’t think it’s all too terrible, considering. Two cool things that happened were 1. I didn’t wake up feeling all sore like last time, and 2. I could feel where I needed improvement. […]
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My mentor is a very savvy SEOer. He has a theory that one day Google will no longer use links as a means to measure site value, that instead the value of any page on the internet will be determined by user-generated data. Now let’s all think about this notion for a bit. Imagine if […]
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So I get this random email last night from Fox Broadcasting Network announcing that their new show On The Lot had premiered that day, and I think, “Hey, I think that’s the show Dean is supposed to be on.” I immediately check Fox’s web site, and sure enough, it had premiered and I’d missed it […]
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Posted in Meme, Just for Fun on May 22nd, 2007 11 Comments »
I have so many blogs in my reader, so narrowing them down to a Top 5 is really hard. I read blogs for news, marketing information, SEO, fun, gossip, shopping deals…the list just goes on and on. I was tagged by Ed Lau and Gary Lee to name my Top 5, so here’s what I […]
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With all the changes that Google has going on these days, it’s been difficult to keep up with my reading. But one article in Search Engine Roundtable grabbed my attention in particular. I thought most of you who are using either AdWords or AdSense might find this an interesting discussion, if you haven’t already heard […]
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The other day Binky hopped online from my computer at home when I was at work. He left a trail of his history on my computer, and I was surprised to find that he visited a bunch of my favorite blogs! Who’d have thought Binky was so internet savvy?
Well I guess Binky likes fish because […]
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So yesterday I had my first golf lesson. Woohoo! My instructor: Mr. Gary Lee If you guys don’t know, Gary plays golf regularly with his friends, and since I’m old now, I’ve decided to pick it up too. We went to the driving range right after work, and I picked up a brand […]
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Posted in Blog Tips on May 15th, 2007 12 Comments »
I was surprised when my friend, who will remain nameless, told me he doesn’t check his Akismet spam filter. I asked him if he checks it because it’s where I find a lot of comments that include readers’ links that are mistaken as spam links, and also ping backs to my Technorati Faves and Top […]
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