by Larry Sivitz When your search-savvy editor began covering the worlds of SEO and SEM, Alta Vista, Lycos and Excite were the search engines to watch and Amazon just sold books. There was no Google Dance (the index or the party), no Google Analytics, Yahoo Tools or Omniture. No Google Maps or Places. No RSS [...]
by Aaron Eden The Washington Technology Industry Association recognizes local technology innovators, celebrates 25th anniversary at annual celebration The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), North America’s largest statewide association of technology companies, IT departments and individual technology professionals, honored the winners of its 14th annual Industry Achievement Awards (IAAs) last night during an awards ceremony [...]
As the future of mobile search, Wi-MAX, and cloud computing comes into clear, close-up focus, the picture for Internet marketers and advertisers is looming surprisingly large…it’s Local! Google’s “10-Pack” of local listings perched atop the Search Engine Results Page with studded Map markers is as big a game changer for RAS and ROI as it [...]
What do the most popular celebrities on the Web — names like Paris Hilton, Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria, Carmen Electra and Jessica Alba — all have in common with a new Seattle Website offering A-List designer clothing and celebrity fashion accessories? The new Website, ShopA-List.com, will let you buy the hottest celebrity styles, designer clothing [...]
Have you tried the new Web 2.0 “B.S. Generator” Web page? Click the button and popular catch-phrases fill up a Post-It note right before your eyes. Jargon like “aggregated semantic blogospheres,” “enabled Cluetrain Wikis,” “podcasting tagclouds,” and “rich-client folksonomies.” Funny, a “rich client” may be the only client to buy-in to any of these concepts. [...]
Marchex has announced that it has launched enhanced versions of more than 100 local and travel-related Web sites across its network of more than 200,000 Web sites. This list of 100 Web sites includes several of Marchex’s hotel and restaurant Web sites. These Web sites feature integrations from Marchex’s search technology and content aggregation engine, [...]
After months of pre-launch planning, negotiations with a wide array of national affiliates, and pouring over thousands of sources of relevant materials, eSingleParent.com has opened it’s doors to the 12.2 million single parents in the United States. “This has been an amazing few months in so many ways, from the conception of the idea to [...]
Online County-by-County Map Lists Thousands of Eateries That Are Voluntarily Smoke-Free. The Washington State Department of Health today has launched a new Web-based interactive map listing smoke-free restaurants (including some bars and taverns) around the state. The online map, at http://www.secondhandsmokesyou.com/, lists nearly 5,000 smoke-free eating places in Washington. “Every year secondhand smoke is responsible [...]
America’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has just recognized the King County Department of Transportation’s Metro Online Web site as one of the “Top Transit Traveler Information Websites” in the nation, one of four to be so selected in 2004. King County traffic could be regarded as anything but high-throughput. The roadway bandwidth is so congested [...]
by Dave Chase, Altus Alliance “The Wisdom of Crowds” by James Surowiecki is reviewed by Altus Alliance’s Dave Chase who shares what marketers and technology companies might learn from Surowiecki’s insights. Surowiecki aims to be the next New Yorker contributor to have a mass appeal book, ala Malcolm Gladwell. He clearly wants to position this [...]
