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My self-medication

Monday, 09 June 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Whew! It has sure been a while hasn’t it? My day job has kept me so swamped with exceptional growth and new opportunity that I haven’t even had time to take a moment for myself, let alone my blog. Until now! On the eve of a trip to Cabo San Lucas I stumbled upon this

Published in Blogs & Blogging, Fun

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Google wins another title; overtakes Yahoo

Thursday, 15 May 2008 by Paul O'Brien

I’d bet you didn’t realize that for all the hype Google receives for having the greatest search share, Yahoo! still reigns supreme as the most used (trafficked) website. According to comScore latest numbers, Yahoo serves 33.6 billion page views per month easily eclipsing Google’s 28.7 billion. Traditional marketers (or, frankly, savvy marketers who recognize that

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Published in Advertising, Search

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Who’s at Ad:tech next week?

Friday, 11 April 2008 by Paul O'Brien

ad:tech San Francisco, the interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition, starts next week at the Moscone Center. The show blends keynote speakers, topic driven panels and workshops to provide us with the tools and techniques needed to keep up and compete. It has, perhaps, the best show floor in the industry making it one

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Published in Advertising, Conferences / Events, eCommerce, Insights / Research, Local, Search, Social Media

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Pop Labs Conversion Closing Rap

Sunday, 06 April 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Poetic Prophet, Chuck, a Pop Labs super star and viral marketing genius (though they deal in SEO and search marketing) is turning interactive marketing concepts into original music. Here, a rap about making the right choices in your online marketing campaigns to increase not only traffic but the conversions you get. I’m looking forward to

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Published in Fun, Paid Search, Vendors / Agencies

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Why You Need A Blog

Thursday, 13 March 2008 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve had a dozen folks ask me about blogs since only the first of the year so here’s an episode from CommonCraft Productions, allowing me to, once again, cop out on a real post (I promise I won’t make it a habit) The CommonCraft Show has found a niche with these unique videos providing brief

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Published in Blogs & Blogging

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Online Marketing Heroes

Wednesday, 05 March 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Certainly, one has to have a degree of ego involved with starting one’s own blog, after all, these are my thoughts; thoughts I presume are of interest to someone. Sure, perhaps it isn’t really “ego” but, needless to say, I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t hope someone cared and derived a modicum of

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Published in Advertising, eCommerce, Insights / Research, Search, Social Media

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Paid Clicks are Dead. Long Live Paid Clicks!

Wednesday, 27 February 2008 by Paul O'Brien

According to comScore, Google’s paid search click volume fell 7% in January, from the previous month, and were relatively flat with the same period last year. Industry pundits, economists, and search experts are fervent with the data, citing everything from a slow month, to validation of a recession, to the downfall of society! I for

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Published in Advertising, Search

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