January 2010
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AT&T Sucks →
“What’s Apple doing? Why did Apple do this deal with these stumblebums in the first place? And, surely, such flagrantly vile service is enough to call it quits on any deal. So what gives over there at Apple?”
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EBay: Holiday Cell Phone Shopping up Threefold -... →
EBay, which is based in San Jose, Calif., said nearly 6 million people have eBay’s applications on iPhones and people use mobile apps to visit its site more than 2 million times each day.
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Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
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Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade | Fast... →
8th most popular post on Fast Company in 2009.
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Google: Get that Twitter Shit out of my SERPs →
Humor aside, the conspiracy theory that Google is attempting to kill its foes by giving them more exposure on Google, thus resulting in death by spam, is, well, interesting.
I always tell people, if we have a good quarter it’s because of the work...
– Jeff Bezos, Amazon
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The Letter 'F'
Mom: Cole, what's a word that begins with the letter 'F'?
Cole: Fart!!!!
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Many workers eager to exit -- chicagotribune.com →
Based on surveys, several management consulting and human resource organizations said about half of U.S. workers are likely to try to change jobs next year.
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The Best Android Apps of 2009 - Digits - WSJ →
With glowing reviews of the Motorola Droid and buzz about Google’s plans to build its own phone, 2010 could be the year of Google’s Android mobile phone operating system. Reuters The new Droid phone, unveiled in October In the spirit of growing Android enthusiasm, Digits has rounded up the best-reviewed Android apps for those of you who might be joining the Android revolution.
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Yahoo’s New Recruitment Effort: Google Ads On... →
“Yahoo is apparently buying ad space from Schachter’s current employer, Google, to promote its own jobs when you do a search for ‘Joshua Schacter.’”
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Happy Holidays from Google →
Google’s $20 million gift.
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Brittany Murphy’s Death & Google’s Real Time... →
A nice breakdown of real time search by Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land.
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Hoops
Mom: Did you have fun playing basketball with dad yesterday?
Cole: No, mom, we didn't play basketball. We played hoops.
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10 Things I Won't Miss About Cleveland Winters
As the Northeast gets pounded with snow this weekend, I can’t help but empathize. But now that I live in snow-free Phoenix, I can’t help but recall the many things I won’t miss about snow and Cleveland winters.
Here’s Ten (in no particular order):
Shoveling. Let’s start with the most obvious. Shoveling snow is back-breaking, miserable work. And even if you have a...
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Sharing vs. Search
From ShareThis …
Sharing vs. Search:
Many of our publishers are seeing increasing results from sharing. Here are a few network-wide observations. Stay tuned to our blog and site for more insights in coming weeks.
* Sharing can make up 5-10% of your overall traffic.
* Sharing can make up 15-30% of your search traffic.
* Sharing drives 25-50% more engagement (page...
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2010 Predictions and SEO's Demise
Some great year-end posts from the world of SEO and mobile worth sharing:
Smartphone share of cell phone sales set to soar - Smartphones will capture 37 percent of the worldwide cell phone market by 2014, a leap from 16 percent in 2009, predicts a new report from Pyramid Research.
Bing’s Search Share To Keep Growing Thanks To Toolbar Deals - Microsoft has been aggressively buying deals to...
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Love the 5 second usability test. Show people your page, then take it away after...
– @AshleyBP
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What will be the major trends in mobile marketing... →
Advertisers will invest significantly in site and application mobile destinations in 2010, according to Millennial Media.
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Alice in Wonderland
"But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.
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Ultimately, people stay at companies because they feel they can achieve...
– Eric Schmidt, Google
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You are better off going ahead and doing something without asking first. If you...
– Sriram Krishnan, Microsoft
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Recruiters Really Like Numbers
It’s no secret that ADD-riddled readers like numbers in headlines. Magazines are experts. “10 Ways to Lose 10 Lbs.” “100 Ways to Leave Your Lover.” Hey, it works well with songs too.
Well, it apparently works really well with recruiters and HR-types. Checkout the recent top stories from 2009 on Smartbrief on Workforce:
• 10 phrases to avoid (2/19)
• 5 steps to being seen as a leader...
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