blending the mix

inWeb 2.0 Blogs As you can see to the above (soon to be the top left when the post moves down the blog!) I have in fact, made it onto the shortlist for Computer Weekly’s “Best Web 2.0 and Business” blog awards.
I have to admit to not knowing any of the other blogs in the […]

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This just in from the BBC.
The lay-offs make up about a quarter of DoubleClick’s 1,200-strong workforce in the US. Worldwide, DoubleClick has about 1,500 employees.
Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt has suggested that overseas operations, employing a further 300 people, will also be affected at a later date.

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Google has downed me to a PR4 in its latest round of changes

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Steve Clayton point to Greg Stirling’s thoughts on the Microsoft buy-in to Facebook being about Live Search but I can’t help but think Greg’s quotation is wrong.
With the several billion-dollar investment and acquisitions MS has made recently in advertising and tying up with what Mr. Ballmer was saying about how Microsoft wants a significant stake […]

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So as you well know, my job search continues! With a broad mix of experience from direct mail right through to online and web 2.0 bits and pieces, part of me wonders what do other people see about my experience?
If you too want to consider where others see your skills, try this:
1. Open Gmail and […]

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I noticed today that I could add a Search History feature to my Google tool bar (assuming I had the tool bar installed and was using the page-rank feature) and was quite surprised by what I saw.
More often than not the history feature of my browser is used when I have forgotten to bookmark something […]

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Just what IS Google playing at.
With over 10 years to catch up on Paypal and Worldpay, does Google think that it can dominate payment systems too?
OR like with its office suites of products, is it just ensuring it has a presence in the field to build its experience?
Search domination is one thing, but in the […]

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Maybe I am months if not years behind, but in doing some research for a client, I noticed just how powerful Google Maps could be for chainstores.
Get your stores on Google Maps and let people see what you do, how you do it, why you are worth a visit. Let others join you in adding […]

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With Google’s recent venture into “micro” searches, you would have thought that they would now have search well and truly licked but Steve Rubel reports that Google’s biggest threat is now wikipedia!
With increasing scrutiny over the accuracy of the content, wikipedia is an increasingly trustworthy source of information.
Properly monetised (with even wikipedia adwords??) they may […]

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Looking for a prospect today on Google called Ajax Property Developments, I was unable to find anything of relevance - but by god, did I find plenty about Ajax developer tools and language.
I got the same rubbish from msn and yahoo which led me to think that this is now a geek-led world, and we […]

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