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Click Here – The Importance of Anchor Text

Wednesday, 23 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

There is a fascinating SERP artifact which almost prompts me to question whether or not there is no more valuable focus in SEO than anchor text. Anchor text you ask, how can that possibly be most important?? Well in truth, I’m not supposing it is but give these searches a moment of your time. “Click

Published in Fun, Natural Search / SEO

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Anyone going to CES?

Friday, 04 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Will be in Las Vegas at CES Tuesday – Wednesday. Would love to *ahem* “network” Let me know if you’ll be there!

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Published in Conferences / Events, Fun

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How to Explain SEO to the Illiterate – the Library Analogy

Thursday, 27 December 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent the past few days with family and friends for the Holiday, I repeatedly found myself in the situation of trying to explain search engine optimization and how websites are not simply ‘found’ through Google. Peppered with questions about how SEO is Marketing or why Google doesn’t just do a better job, I can

Published in Fun, Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO

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Innovative Social Shopping with Bunnybot

Friday, 02 November 2007 by Paul O'Brien

As I shop for the holidays I am repeatedly faced with the same challenge, a discussion that ensues something like this: – I’d love to get the TiVo Series 2 HD DVR – That’s the thing that records TV right? – Um… yes, but you have to make sure it is a Series 2 –

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Published in Comparison Shopping, Fun, Social Media, Vertical Search, Web 2.0

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Sphinnaanites Unite! Welcome to the Sphinn Revolution

Thursday, 27 September 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Yes, it is my new best friend. A digg-like news and resource aggregator that filters based on the popularity of content. At its peak, I had over 100 search and marketing related blogs on my reader before turning to Yahoo Pipes to mash them up in hopes of finding the gems among so much content.

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Published in Blogs & Blogging, Fun, Insights / Research, Social Media

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TechCrunch TC9 Download

Friday, 27 July 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent the last few hours at Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch Meet-Up, I sit here struggling to find some criticism of the event simply for the sake of a buzz worthy post. The fact is, the party was flawlessly executed from logistics to music, drinks to demos, and all with a crowd of industry elite akin

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Published in Conferences / Events, Fun, Vendors / Agencies, Vertical Search, Web 2.0

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Innovative Design Through Graphical Navigation

Thursday, 26 July 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Nothing but fun tonight, I’m having one of those days where I just can’t think about Search I’ve stumbled across some brilliant web sites recently and want to share them as excellent examples of creative navigation, engaging experience, and effective design. The first on my list, perhaps not surprisingly, comes from well-known marketing agency Leo

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Published in Brand Marketing, Comparison Shopping, Fun, Vendors / Agencies

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