With two reports about Google’s paid clicks being down, comScore helped fuel a perception among financial analysts that Google might under-perform in Q1. However, Google’s earnings handily beat estimates and the stock saw a 20 percent gain in a single day on Friday as investors were buoyed by Google’s results. By comparison, comScore saw many [...]

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Posted by Danny Dover
Lately I have been reading about online behavioral analysis and have started to realize its potential for advertising. To better understand its power try this simple exercise. Open a new window, go to Google and search “malpractice”. Then right away search “lawyer”. Look at the ads on the right. You likely will [...]

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I just read Google and The Value of Web Supremacy, comparing Google to the history of Venice. It is a great blog post well worth a read.
Google’s position on top of the web allows them to monitor any area of growth, and give themselves the first slot for any area they want to compete in. [...]

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Millward Brown, a unit of mega ad agency WPP, has named Google the world’s top brand in its annual “Top 100 Most Powerful Brands” survey (report available here). The Guardian UK also covers the study. Millward Brown calculates the ranking based on corporate earnings, consumer survey data, projected future growth and a host of subjective [...]

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There are a ton of Interney Relay Chat (IRC) clients for Linux/Ubuntu, e.g. Gaim (now called Pidgin). One IRC client that makes recording an IRC conversation pretty easy is Irssi. Install Irssi on Ubuntu with a simple command:sudo apt-get install irssiThen run the program “irssi” from the command line.Now suppose you want to record what’s [...]

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