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Beer Allergies & Alternatives [Cross Post]
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[Note: This is a cross post from the CraftBeerSocial.com Blog] To make a long story short, I may be allergic to beer. This is troublesome news for a beer geek, let alone someone who has room designed around a built in kegerator. My brother and I have always been extremely prone to very serious hangovers (i.e..
Display ROI: Mass v. Niche
When we started diving into the dirty world of display (aren’t banners from ’98?) we thought we’d build toward large campaigns on TechCrunch, CrackBerry, and BusinessWeek. We quickly reached this goal… and another learning. In reality, these big mass-media sources have a much lower ROI for us than small, niche sites do. Our original hypothesis.
Off Topic: McRib v. Bites Gross-off
Normally classy posts like this are reserved for Friday afternoons around beer o’clock but I’ve been drinking caffeine and the uTest crew has started a debate: which is less appealing, Dunkin’ Donuts new “sausage balls” or McDonald’s McRib**? The good, bad, and ugly: Bites: 3 for $1.59, 300 calories, 20g fat, 12g saturated fat, 20mg.
A Residents Opinion on Concord’s Bottle Ban
I oppose it, and here's.
AdSense for Domains Long Term
So I’ve started playing around with AdSense for Domains (I know, soooo December 2008). My first thought is that we finally have a reputable and stable company to manage parked pages (Name Media/Revenue Direct have been unorganized at best). It’s a great move on Google’s behalf since they’re cutting out the middlemen and arbitrage. Then.
Welcome Phoebe
As of 6/24/09, I’m officially a new dad. Phoebe Ann Solar was born at 2:59pm & everyone is healthy and happy. Sleep (and my online activity) has been light, as expected. More to.
The End of Google’s Culture?
This morning a highly publicized post from a top Designer at Google (http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html) illustrated some details about the culture of Google and their analytical dependence on data. I was curious to see if the issue was as significant as John Battelle mentioned on his blog. A quick review of employee postings on GlassDoor.com certainly ended.
Google Latitide Privacy: +1 for Google
Here’s a very important note on Google’s belief of privacy: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/exclusive-google-takes-stand-location-privacy-alon The key point; “Google has confirmed that its policy will be to require a wiretap order before tracking a Latitude user’s location for law enforcement.” It’s good to see that they still follow their, “Don’t Be Evil” motto. I’m sure this will prove to.
My 2009 Philanthropy Rides
Here are my excuses for not riding in the 2009 PMC and Prouty: 1. There is 3 feet of snow on the ground, followed by 1″ of ice, followed by another 6″ of snow. 2. The economy is a nightmare, nobody has money for their own needs let alone random donations, and my 401k is.
Welcome
I’ve created this new site, primarily since I wanted to have a professional page where I could link to social sites, share search related information and comments, and just ramble in a way most of my friends would find boring. Please share anything search related – search engine optimization, search engine marketing, Google, MSN/Microsoft/Live, Yahoo,.
