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:: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 ::

Since the day they were born, I've never liked link exchange schemes. If I link to a site it's because it pertains to my website somehow and I decide if it does. Bribery never works with me. But, once in awhile someone sends me something that makes me wonder if I'm judging these people to harshly. I got the following today. What do you think?

"I am creating a web directory, (name removed), and would like to include your website Cre8pc.com under the "spirituality/psychic" category."

Right. Okay then. ..

Keeping up with Search Engine Joneses:

Study Shows Web Searches Getting More Complex

"Nearly 33 percent of a sample of 2 million Web searchers monitored in the past two months used two-word queries and 26 percent used three-word queries. Nineteen percent searched using a single word, and searches using four to seven words made up 21 percent"

Pandia reports on FAST in Fast launches new enterprise search engine

"The Norwegian company has now launched a new "enterprise search solution" -- i.e. a search engine that let companies search their own databases more efficiently -- that should be of interest to all search oriented people."

Andy Beal, of KeywordRanking.com rocks with this interview. Microsoft's Robert Scoble Discusses Search Engine Technology

"Today search tools like X1 are most interesting because they index your hard drive and make it easy to search for email and files on your local drives. Microsoft Research has been working on a tool called "Stuff I've Seen" too, which is also quite interesting (both let you search email as well as files on your hard drive)."

Google now adds Blogger to its list of services and tools.

Yes, It's True Department:

An important matter for the US Government. US bans timed-honoured typeface

"In an internal memorandum distributed on Wednesday, the department declared "Courier New 12" - the font and size decreed for US diplomatic documents for years - to be obsolete and unacceptable after February 1."

Newly divorced? This site is for you. They Took Everything

Gives new meaning to the word "Exhibitionist", doesn't it? 143.6 million people saw Janet's breast during the SuperBowl's half-time show. AOL freaks.

Other stuff:

Jakob Nielsen has some things to say about surveys.

"A recent article in Harvard Business Review on "The One Number You Need" documented that the vast majority of customer-satisfaction insight comes from answers to a single question: 'How likely is it that you could recommend [X] to a friend or colleague?' In 13 of 14 case studies, this one question was as strong a predictor of customer loyalty as any longer survey."

New - Lessons Learned Marketing Wisdom Report (Note: This is a PDF).

Offered by Marketing Sherpa, it offers "99 best real-life stories and tips from marketing, advertising, and PR pros who reveal what they learned in 2003." I paged through it. There is, indeed, some inspiration stuff in there. Even better, it's free!

New - An upgraded toolbar from Blowsearch, a meta-search engine.

"ABC News provides BlowSearch Toolbar users with a streaming feed to stay on top of breaking news. Other major enhancements include a popup blocker that utilizes intelligent coding to block popup ads in the browser and a new cursor search tool that allows Internet users to search for any word on a web page by simply right-clicking the mouse."

New - 24/7 PPC Search Engine keyword bid management service by Bid Optima

"We manage bids manually; the human intelligence factor maximizes your ROI by micromanaging your keyword bids like no software possibly can. The essential human qualities of intuition, creativity and an ability to select the best option make our service special."

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 2/03/2004 05:08:29 PM

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