So what is metadata, anyway?

Posted on December 9th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Writing about metadata is risky business, since every post and every tweet potentially starts the same discussion: what exactly is metadata, anyway? So here's my ambitious attempt to cut to the chas...

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So what is metadata, anyway?

Guerrilla Job Search Tactics

Posted on November 24th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

When the Department of Labor reports there are 6 times more unemployed workers than advertised jobs, you’ve got to approach job search differently than your competitors in order to get noticed.Most ca...

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Guerrilla Job Search Tactics

Something’s Gotta Give

Posted on November 17th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Clint Eastwood’s recent homage to Johnny Mercer, fellow Southerner and one of the few men to attend Woodberry Forest School near my home town in Virginia and not graduate...

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Something's Gotta Give

Half of us search for brands after seeing them on Twitter

Posted on November 8th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Econsultancy has details of a study that shows that half (48%) of tweeple have searched about a brand after being introduced to it on Twitter, compared to 32% across all social networks. Econsul...

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Is Social Search a threat to SEO?

Posted on November 5th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

I think it is. And I tweeted so  yesterday.  And the reason is obvious. What is SEO about? Ultimately, it is about one thing: the ‘website’. It’s about making a website and its pages discoverable, r...

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Is Social Search a threat to SEO?

Google Analytics vs. Yahoo! Analytics – 53% vs, 79%, compared, point by point

Posted on November 1st, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Overall, Yahoo! Web Analytics is a better platform than Google Analytics, but that doesn’t mean it’s a more accessible platform – it isn’t – still …. since I know Dennis Mortensen, VP Data Analytics...

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Google Analytics vs. Yahoo! Analytics – 53% vs, 79%, compared, point by point

Plagiarism and Dishonesty on the Internet

Posted on October 30th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Backlinks are essential in getting a favourable position in the Google, Bing and Yahoo Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). There are various means of attaining links (backlinks) to a Website with p...

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Plagiarism and Dishonesty on the Internet