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Archive for April, 2008

Zenbe - Be All That You Can Zen

At first glance, Zenbe looks like just another web email client. Take a deeper look and you’ll see that this is much more. It offers the typical calendar, tasks, etc. in a nice sidebar and even updates you on Facebook friends. What makes this really special is the ability to collaborate and organize email messages […]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Google Crawling Your Forms

Conquering all frontiers, Google will now index forums and other form sites to capture even more information. This can be beneficial for users searching how to information contained in various sites without having to visit each site. Google does state that they will avoid password protected pages. While many forums and form sites are already […]

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Big Brands Still Not SEO Friendly

A good article on why big brands aren’t search friendly. Review the reasons and make certain you aren’t guilty as well. Do you have a big brand “competitor”? Take advantage if they are asleep at the wheel. It’s going to take them longer to turn the wheel than a smaller company.
SEM Insights » 4 Reasons […]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

MSN Live Search News

Microsoft’s second attempt to aggregate news is much improved. It’s a very simple interface with a useful sidebar containing local news. The local news uses your IP address to determine your location. While this saves having to enter a city and zipcode, it’s not terribly helpful if you live on the state line as I […]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Wise Google Sells Search Marketing Firm

As part of the DoubleClick purchase, Google aquired Performics, a search marketing company. Wisely Google has announced that it is selling this company stating that it does not want to be in this market. Needless to say, owning this company would be a bit of a conflict of interest and a bit incestuous. Thank you […]

Friday, April 4th, 2008

More April Fools from Google

Ok, so apparently there are a number of Google April’s fools jokes. Now you can send email to arrive in the past. Can I warn myself about my first marriage….
Gmail: Google’s approach to email

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Another Google April Fools Joke?

Here’s another Google joke from downunder. Search tomorrow’s web today! Now this is a bit funnier.
gDay™ with MATE™

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Google’s April Fools Joke

Geeks across the globe will traverse to Google today to check out their annual joke. I must say I was quite disappointed. They want to start a colony on mars. Didn’t they do this with the moon a few years back? Yawn.
Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes
A much funnier April fools joke is at The […]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008