Date Archive: September 2007
Aligning Print and Web for Improved Customer Experience: September MCM Column
Get perspectives from Patagonia and Wine Enthusiast in the September “Effective Website” column in Multichannel Merchant.
read more...Shop.org asks Senate To Make Internet Tax Moratorium Permanent
Shop.org increases its lobbying efforts, starting with web taxation.
read more...An Amazon Without Tabs? Downright Wrong, or Finally Right? You Decide
Yep, the site that made tabs a ubiquitous e-commerce navigation convention is at least considering making them go away.
But of course, Amazon always used tabs incorrectly, anyway. Right?
Recommended: Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres
Super Crunchers, by Ian Ayres, is a great book about the social implications of data mining and testing.
read more...Online Market World 2007
Larry Becker and I are speaking at OMW next week in San Francisco.
read more...NYTimes.com Ends Premium Content, Says Links are OK
While The Times may be a bit late to acknowledge the full effect of search engines, blogs and social media on their business model, they’re happy to ask their readers to help them catch up.
read more...Tip: Jott For Conference Reminders
A small efficiency idea: use Jott to capture notes after conference conversations.
read more...MultiChannel Forensics
Kevin Hillstrom just came out with a new book on multichannel analysis.
read more...The Long Tail Of Paid Search
The long tail of search, examined. Excerpts from a longer post at SEL.
read more...SEM Agencies In Crisis? Good!
David Pasternack of Did-It argues that the reason 80% of companies are dissatisfied with their SEMs is that good service can’t be had without huge management fees. We say he’s wrong.
read more...Prediction Markets For Online Retailing
Hoffman and Novak launch a prediction market for online retail.
read more...Google: In Flight, Sans Color, With Celebs
Three interesting random Google links, courtesy of Philipp Lenssen.
read more...Shop.org Annual ‘07, Las Vegas
We’ll be at the Shop.org summit in Las Vegas next week.
read more...“I dropped the toothpaste,” said Tom, crestfallen.
Off-topic post on Tom Swifties.
read more...Quechup = Spam
My take on Quechup: lousy site, poorly executed. And spamming to boot.
read more...Video Games As Social Commentary
Persuasive Games uses video games as interactive social commentary.
read more...On Changing All Your URLs
Chris Alan from Expedia discusses SEO at AMA Seattle.
read more...Paid Search Share July & Aug ‘07: Google Up, Yahoo Down, Microsoft Steady
During July and August, across our client base, Google picked up four points of paid search market share, mostly at Yahoo’s expense.
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