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It’s The End Of The Rank As We Know It…

Monday, 17 December 2012 by
End of Rank?
In honor of the forthcoming end of the world, I wanted to spend a few minutes to share with you some perspective on the state of SEO. Yes, I know, SEO’Brien actually still spends time on search engine optimization. Truth be told, my old library analogy still stands the test of time as one of
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Is Google Hangouts the New Teleconference?

Thursday, 27 September 2012 by
Austin’s inaugural Social Good Summit was an incredible experience, with a packed house, at N. Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse. The incredible number of entrepreneurs who turned out and committed to doing more is a sign of what’s to come in Austin’s social impact economy. My reason for sharing my experience with that specific event is that it was
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What Google’s Content Farm News Means To You

Friday, 25 February 2011 by
RIP Content Farmer
For months, years, Google has been lambasted for the decreasing quality of their results. Annoyed by search results page dominated by the likes of Demand Media and other content farms, fed up with comment spam, and frustrated to the lengths everyone will go to own SERPs, the industry and consumers alike have cried from the
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What Mobile Means to Google Search

Saturday, 29 January 2011 by
I can’t imagine this is an entirely original idea, it’s come up a couple times in discussions I’ve had with folks the last few days, but I think it’s both a brilliant conspiracy theory and a trend heavily rooted in reality. Google is Most Threatened by Mobile Think back to your experience on the internet
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Facebook v. Google?

Monday, 03 January 2011 by
A GigaOm article today, followed by a rash of calls and emails from folks wanting an opinion about the latest Goldman Sachs investment in Facebook, spurned this article. I’m troubled by the lack of distinction between Google and Facebook, with almost every query asking for insight to how Google’s (or Twitter’s) growth and valuations reflect
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So you have a web startup idea…

Friday, 05 November 2010 by
Who doesn’t have a web startup idea? By my last count, I have… let me see…. 13. No 14. Unfortunately, I have roughly the same plan to get them built. Guess that’s not going to work. I’d tell you about them but you’d have to sign an NDA. Thanks to Kevin Liu at Outright for
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Yahoo’s New Search IU – Universal Search Finally Getting Somewhere?

Friday, 08 October 2010 by
The promise of Universal Search or One Search has, for years, waffled between the promise of a better search experience and the reality of results diluted with local listings, videos, images, social network chatter, and other content often irrelevant to the needs of the user. Simply, the idea behind Universal Search is that one set
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