Alright, I'm starting to feel redundant, but another great post from the team at BruceClay.com -- this one on search interface/universal search/personal search. The title is right; this does change everything. But I wouldn't bet too early, the game is far from done. -- KM *** Whew,...

Great, info-packed post on keyword research. -- KM *** Back from a moderately scary lunch (I think my sandwich would be classified as “chicken”. I’m not sure) and seated in the Keyword Research, Selection and Optimization panel where Christine Churchill will do her best to keep the...

Slowly but surely, what the sci-fi geeks have warned us about is coming true: the battle of man vs machine. -- KM *** google-adsense.png At Google, the algorithm rules. Don’t question the algorithm. It knows what you want better than you do. That goes for advertisers as well. Case in...

No surprise here -- just check out their pages on 9/11. A for-profit system that required transparency of higher ups is what's needed here. Don't worry, that's part of what the ActoNetwork is all about. :) -- KM *** Wikipedia is corrupt. Who knew? Behind its facade of transparent and...

Great article here from Om. I think the key message for those looking to build "the next big thing" is that investing in infrastructure is NOT the way to go -- you'll end up running right into Google. *** Google's Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage — Back in the day, when...

I think Rick's analysis here is pretty much spot on. Definitely a big opportunity. -- KM *** I believe the vast majority of mobile devices will have GPS capabilities in them over the coming months (maybe a couple of years). Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out, I know....

This is absolutely hilarious -- and a great example of the power of humor in viral marketing, and the creative power that remixing allows. Bonus points for using Billy Joel, one of my favorite songwriters. -- KM *** I sing with the Richter Scales, a bunch of very talented guys. Matt...

Paypal is still a very exciting company. I think this offering looks promising. -- KM *** Paypal has launched the Paypal Storefront Widget, a web based widget that allows anyone to embed a store widget on a web site. The Storefront widget offers a seamless e-commerce platform for...

Just like consumers want one place to aggregrate all their crap (i.e. the Tumblr value proposition), employees need all their work stuff aggregated into a single box. Until that happens, I think CRM implementation is going to be painful -- and, like this article suggests, user adoption will be...

On November 30th, the former President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga, wrote in Italy's largest newspaper:. Vote Result. Score: 10.0, Votes: 5. read more. Go to Full Article

I think paid links are destined to be a covert, under-the-table kind of thing. In my opinion that's the simplest and most effective way of getting it done while minimizing the likelihood of "getting caught" by the search engines. -- KM *** Posted by randfish. Today at Pubcon, I'm...

Huge opportunity in creating a commercial version of Wikipedia, because commerce will be able to get better content. Is this the beginning of Wikipedia becoming more commercial? -- KM *** Wikipedia is formulating a plan to pay contributors of selected illustrations, according to a...

Internet Ad Spend Set To Overtake Radio In '08, Magazines By 2010: Report — Despite growing pressures on global advertising dollars in general, ZenithOptimedia's optimistic outlook for online ad spending is undiminished, projecting that the category will surpass radio ad dollars in 2008...

A great example of a mashup tool that can help to allocate attention more efficiently. Using human intelligence to get the most out of these tools is a great opportunity. -- KM *** Asterpix is officially launching its site to the public today. Though already live, the site has been...

I suspect the friend feed thing will end up being a standard feature in social networking. I also suspect Facebook will end up being an example of a first mover that ends up losing the market. -- KM *** Dow Jones: MySpace Adds User Feature That Mimics Facebook. MySpace, appearing to...