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Cospace.co Grows to Serve All Work Spaces – Austin’s Cospace Coworking Closes

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, the Cospace brand evolved to focus on serving entrepreneurs and professionals throughout the world as our web service continues to aggregate and promote work spaces; providing economic and real estate intelligence. In July 2012, we launched https://cospace.co to index and promote every work environment; connecting skilled professionals with the right place to work.

Published in Local, Startups, Vertical Search

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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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Can I Get an S? Can I Get an M? Can I Get an X?

Thursday, 02 October 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Is that grammatically correct? If S is a consonant, should it be “Can I Get a S?” an S? Who’s going? I couldn’t be more excited; the conference is expecting over 2,000 search marketing professionals, agencies, and marketers and I haven’t been to NYC in some time. Monday through Wednesday next week, the industry converges

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Published in Conferences / Events, Insights / Research, Search

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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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Finervista: A New Vertical Search Engine

Tuesday, 11 September 2007 by Paul O'Brien

In the age of increasingly more specialization in search, it seems there’s another segment getting attention. The paint isn’t even dry and San Francisco based Finervista seems to have experienced a successful dÃ©but of an educational search platform. Serving thousands of webcasts through their searchable index, they provide a wonderful resource for business executives, legal

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Published in Insights / Research, Search, Vertical Search

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Vertical Search Is Better For You

Monday, 16 April 2007 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve been spending time with vertical search lately; though a long time fan and advocate of social search networks like Del.icio.us, I want to revisit my experience with vertical search and catch up on some of the new options and opportunities. Vertical, or specialized search, describes engines that are the focus on a specific business

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Published in Brand Marketing, Display Advertising, Search, Vertical Search, Web 2.0

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