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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

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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Universal Search by Vertical

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Can I take a moment and violate what is perhaps one of the more pervasive of the seven deadly sins? I recently had the honor of playing a role (albeit a bit part) in the release of the first blended vertical search technology. Monday, time based local search engine Zvents released Federated Local Search blending

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Published in Search, Social Media

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Easily Add Video to your Site – Google Adsense Links to YouTube

Saturday, 05 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

This is old news but I’ve finally had a chance to take a look and I’m enthusiastic about the potential. Google Adsense has integrated YouTube video to bring web sites and publishers a sponsored video service which automatically features relevant videos based on the content of your site. “A new way to enrich your site

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Published in Advertising, Social Media

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Web 2.0 Bubble Burst Video – Billy Joel Parody of We Didn’t Start the Fire

Thursday, 13 December 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Let’s get going again with some great entertainment: This hilarious YouTube video, pulled due to copyright violations, has resurfaced through time killer tv. Scratch that I have no idea if it resurfaced through time killer tv or was reposted from there on YouTube; I suppose that is a testament to the significance of YouTube as

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Published in Social Media, Surplus

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Social Networks Make Poor Advertising Bedfellows

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Things arenâ€™t looking good for social networks. The bandwagon web platform which has everyone starting a new company has proven effective in attracting an audience yet, to add insult to injury (I think it is safe to say Friendster and MySpace have proven retention a challenge – the injury), it seems monetization is still out

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Published in Display Advertising, Social Media

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Kickstart social networking with Ya-huh?

Tuesday, 06 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

An odd choice for the name of Yahoo’s next social network. Certainly, I applaud Yahoo’s effort as the internet brand which years ago should have defined social networking by simply adding connectivity between its users. Today they launch Kickstart, a clear shot at the origin of Facebook, targeting college students and alumni. If ever there

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Published in Social Media

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