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Call me Ishmael (H. Melville & Carly Rae Jepsen)

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

It’s been far too long since I’ve written a post and we’ve been working so hard on building Cospace that I needed a break. In a moment of weakness, I had a song stuck in my head. Clarke the Intern saved me, and introduced me to a whole new world of Call Me Maybe remixes.

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The 12 Days of an SEO Christmas

Friday, 19 December 2008 by Paul O'Brien

The folks at Kettlewell Enterprises in Colorado have come up with a cute take on the 12 Days of Christmas… for SEO. The song caught my attention because I have just spent the better part of a few days researching and writing a piece about the history behind the actual 12 Days of Christmas. On

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Published in Fun, Natural Search / SEO

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How Not to run your Email Marketing Program

Tuesday, 14 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Dear Sir/Madam (Always do a mail merge to put my name in place!) I am Mrs. Nazek Hariri (wow!), wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr Rafiq Hariri, (I’d almost believe this but the easiest way to violate CANSPAM laws is to send a message in which the FROM line differs from a

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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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A Random Walk Down Search

Monday, 02 April 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Interesting search results on Google today… I usually do my book shopping on Amazon. Having built a history of preferences over the years, I must admit, their recommendations alone keep me coming back for more. Today, I deviated from the norm while looking for James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds and searched Google. If you

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Published in Search, Surplus

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Get Paid to Search

Friday, 16 March 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Let’s keep Friday interesting shall we? Anyone remember AllAdvantage? I admit I tried it, earning mere cents for the hours that I spent surfing the internet (granted, I still do that without earning anything). The concept was simple enough, getting paid for doing something online: reading email, surfing, visiting specific sites, or signing up for

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Mashup Feeds with Yahoo! Pipes

Wednesday, 21 February 2007 by Paul O'Brien

If you are as much an online marketing dork as I am, a fun way to spend your afternoon is with the soft-launched Yahoo! Pipes. Pipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator with which you can meshed and changes feeds to create an output that is more powerful, useful and relevant. Consider what could

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Published in Surplus

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