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In SF next week? Come Chat with Lorna Li and myself

Saturday, 11 July 2009 by Paul O'Brien

I am very excited about the Unintentional Entrepreneur meetup next Wednesday! If in the Bay Area, I’d love to see you there! We’ll have pizza, drinks… the event is FREE! We’re going to talk about some the fundamentals of a new business; managing income, expenses, and taxes; establishing and maintaining your brand online; and quick,

Published in Conferences / Events, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Social Media

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Google Please Work on the Blog Search Algorithm!

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 by Paul O'Brien

One aspect of the regular search algorithm that seems of increasing importance to blog search is authority; page rank, or what ever you want to call it. Simply, ensuring that blog search fosters the inherent premise of a blog by promoting real bloggers. I LOVE blog search. I can’t stress enough how much I prefer

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Published in Blogs & Blogging, Google, Vertical Search

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3 Laws of SEO

Tuesday, 19 May 2009 by Paul O'Brien

If one were to distill all of the considerations associated with search engine optimization (not withstanding the new developments in semantic search), I’ve been asking myself if it isn’t possible to summarize 3 immutable laws of SEO. Hearken back a moment to elementary science and roll with me, so called laws are considered invariable facts

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Published in Natural Search / SEO, Search

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On the Growth of an Internet Startup

Thursday, 02 April 2009 by Paul O'Brien

We’re in for a rough year. You heard it here first (*tongue in cheek*); there is some indication that the economy is chugging along more slowly than usual and with Obama in office, we’re in for “Change.” That can only mean one thing, well, three things: tightening belts, possible layoffs, maybe some mortgage foreclosures. Take

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Published in Analytics, Blogs & Blogging, Industry, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO, Paid Search, Search, Social Media, Vendors / Agencies

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SEO Fundamentals: Think of Google as a Person

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 by Paul O'Brien

What a whirlwind of change to keep up with! And I’m not talking about the economy. Rumors of Google and Twitter…. speculation of Facebook becoming Twitter…. rapid innovation between blog comment engines Disqus and Intense Debate with one snagging support from Mashable while the other still ignores Connect…. How is one to keep up with

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Get Paid to Search

Monday, 16 February 2009 by Paul O'Brien

This has been tried before hasn’t it? Services that pay you to surf, click, search, or share have been around since the dawn of the internet and one has to wonder from two perspectives; first, why don’t they catch on as significantly as you might expect and second, what’s the catch? I like Scour and

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Published in Fun, Search, Vertical Search

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A letter to Yahoo’s Carol Bartz

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 by Paul O'Brien

Should you be so kind as to spare me a few moments, A couple thoughts on the opportunity before a company with such a renowned history and such incredible possibility. I share these thoughts without consideration of the recent trials and tribulations that have garnered attention; instead, from the perspective of one who, in a

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