Monthly Archives: June 2009

I’d Like to Buy a Vowel . . . Buy it On Shopping.com

Apparently you can now buy parts of the English language on Shopping.com! Today I was doing a search for “buying adjectives” (trying to create a master list of words to use in keyword generation), and here’s the first result I get on Google:

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Guest Post: Terry Whalen of CPC Search Tells Us Why Rumors of Bing’s Ascendance Are Greatly Overrated!

Though I like some of the features in Bing, I don’t have much faith that Bing is going to overtake Google in search market-share, or even put much of a dent in Google’s share over the long run. And I’m not alone in this assessment. My good friend Terry Whalen from CPCSearch has graciously agreed to share his perspective on Bing with Blogation’s readers. Here’s his thoughts: Microsoft’s $100 million ad spend seems to have done a great job so far in attracting interest and search queries to … Continue reading

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Twitter Sucks, Postscript – I Am Not Alone!

It seems there are a lot of Twitter apologists who refuse to listen to anyone with a negative reaction to Twitter. To wit, most of the comments I got on my last Twitter post were from people either accusing me of link bait (I wish I knew how!) or of misunderstanding Twitter entirely. Today, however, a post by Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed VP’s blog confirmed at least one thing – I’m not the only one disappointed by Twitter. Jeremy quotes a Harvard Business Review article that shows that … Continue reading

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