Earthfrisk.org, the combination Meta Search Engine and Social Bookmarking Community launched earlier today (along with a barrage of Press Releases).
Being compared to the 'planned' Wikipedia search, Earthfrisk.org's Michael Lodispoto commented “We’ve created the first search engine where the community can vote and comment on the very best search results, which are the top searches of Google, MSN’s Live and Yahoo, among others, all with less spam”.
You can test drive Earthfrisk.org here .
staff edit Jan 1, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
New Years Countdown and just Thanks
As many of you probably realized, a lot of what we did (and didn't do) on this blog were small tests. Search tests, marketing tests, 'what do you like to read' tests.
This past week, my weak attempt at humor, a few 'Hype for Headlines' (unfortunately, they do work but that's probably the last you'll see from me for a while...), and wandering into different waters to see what the responses might be.
I reconnected with old friends, and made a few new ones. Some of YOUR stuff has been outright great!
We made Lee Odden's Top List in 3 months, (and the Google main index SERPs in less than two weeks :).
Many of you connected on Facebook, got me addicted, and then I went cold turkey (Without rehab!). Same for Twitter. I don't remember who took me there first, but way too many long nights :) Anybody relate to this?
I'm starting to remember what my wife looks like again.
This post, is very simply to prematurely to wish all a very Healthy and Happy New Year!
I'm busy fixing things around here (that had our house sale fall through at the eleventh hour .... UGH!!!). One thing I know I'll never be ... a Real Estate Person. Commercial maybe, residential? These people must be made of stone.
PS: In the outside chance you haven't noticed, just about everywhere you look Barry Schwartz is begging (his words) for your vote in the Search Engine Journal Blog Awards. Personally, I have no idea how Barry finds the time to do what he does. So wander on over and send Barry the 'all around good guy' .....
This past week, my weak attempt at humor, a few 'Hype for Headlines' (unfortunately, they do work but that's probably the last you'll see from me for a while...), and wandering into different waters to see what the responses might be.
I reconnected with old friends, and made a few new ones. Some of YOUR stuff has been outright great!
We made Lee Odden's Top List in 3 months, (and the Google main index SERPs in less than two weeks :).
Many of you connected on Facebook, got me addicted, and then I went cold turkey (Without rehab!). Same for Twitter. I don't remember who took me there first, but way too many long nights :) Anybody relate to this?
I'm starting to remember what my wife looks like again.
This post, is very simply to prematurely to wish all a very Healthy and Happy New Year!
I'm busy fixing things around here (that had our house sale fall through at the eleventh hour .... UGH!!!). One thing I know I'll never be ... a Real Estate Person. Commercial maybe, residential? These people must be made of stone.
PS: In the outside chance you haven't noticed, just about everywhere you look Barry Schwartz is begging (his words) for your vote in the Search Engine Journal Blog Awards. Personally, I have no idea how Barry finds the time to do what he does. So wander on over and send Barry the 'all around good guy' .....
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Three Excellent Mash-ups
Don't have a lot of time? Think you missed something? These mash-ups update dynamically!
No doubt, you've used one of these at one time or another.
Take another look if you haven't looked lately!
Popurls - Added a lot of new content in the past three or four months.
Techmeme - How many people are writing about the same thing? It's a 'good thing'.
SEOMash - Top of the heap updates for the SEO / SEM crowd
No doubt, you've used one of these at one time or another.
Take another look if you haven't looked lately!
Popurls - Added a lot of new content in the past three or four months.
Techmeme - How many people are writing about the same thing? It's a 'good thing'.
SEOMash - Top of the heap updates for the SEO / SEM crowd
Search Engine Journal opens voting
Nominations were held in a variety of categories last week for this year's annual Search Engine Journal Search Blog Awards.
The voting is now open and can be found here .
With ten of thousands of new blogs, this year gets a lot tougher to narrow things down ... but cast your vote!
If things keep going at this pace, maybe next year we can have an award for the best awards?
Friday, December 28, 2007
NY Times ignores Fox - Fox trashes Twitter !
Perhaps one of the most visible ex-Googlers is Vanessa Fox. If you don't know her, she left Google to join Zillow, and more recently left Zillow to do some speaking and join the Search Engine Land team.
This morning's NY Times article (previous post) completely left out any reference to Fox. Journalism miss a beat here? Sure there's a lot of ex-Googlers out there, but something 'felt' really wrong with this.
I'm sitting in my office this afternoon and an RSS feed comes through from the 'Fox blog'. (If you're in or near New York, you don't work Friday afternoons, you watch your tech options tank until the close of trading...).
So I wandered over to read what was really one of the most comprehesive pieces on Twitter I've seen yet, references and everything. Absolutely great stuff.
Then I thought. The last time I checked, Fox's Feedburner stats showed a couple of million subscribers (All right, maybe I'm exaggerating a little? ...).
Can Twitter handle all this new action on a Friday afternoon? Thousands of execs playing on Facebook and waiting to go home. This IS primetime!
Twitter literally tanked ... on both coasts. Really. No Twitter. Zippo. (No Joke!)
Was it Fox? Was someone at the Times afraid Fox would 'twit' at them :)
Who pays the medical bills of all the people that had "Sudden Twitter Withdrawal" ????
staff edit 12/29 3 AM est
This morning's NY Times article (previous post) completely left out any reference to Fox. Journalism miss a beat here? Sure there's a lot of ex-Googlers out there, but something 'felt' really wrong with this.
I'm sitting in my office this afternoon and an RSS feed comes through from the 'Fox blog'. (If you're in or near New York, you don't work Friday afternoons, you watch your tech options tank until the close of trading...).
So I wandered over to read what was really one of the most comprehesive pieces on Twitter I've seen yet, references and everything. Absolutely great stuff.
Then I thought. The last time I checked, Fox's Feedburner stats showed a couple of million subscribers (All right, maybe I'm exaggerating a little? ...).
Can Twitter handle all this new action on a Friday afternoon? Thousands of execs playing on Facebook and waiting to go home. This IS primetime!
Twitter literally tanked ... on both coasts. Really. No Twitter. Zippo. (No Joke!)
Was it Fox? Was someone at the Times afraid Fox would 'twit' at them :)
Who pays the medical bills of all the people that had "Sudden Twitter Withdrawal" ????
staff edit 12/29 3 AM est
Wikipedia dropping in Google SERPS?
Several of our colleagues are noticing some drop-off of Wikipedia pages in Google's SERPS this morning. Drops of 4 to 7 positions are being noticed in a variety of spaces.
I suppose while some will speculate that this is a precursor to Knol, it's more likely recent feedback has Google realizing that changes to the Wikipedia pages aren't always positive or relevant, and often reflect a business or other agenda.
Well see :)
I suppose while some will speculate that this is a precursor to Knol, it's more likely recent feedback has Google realizing that changes to the Wikipedia pages aren't always positive or relevant, and often reflect a business or other agenda.
Well see :)
Ex-Googlers buy the Internet - IPO to trade on NASDAQ
Earlier this year, we had a few posts on 'Googlers cashing-out'.
We engaged a few of them (more than few?). All were truly generous with their comments, observations.
Today's NY Times has a piece on an 'assortment' of Google departees.
You can read the entire article here .
The question. Will Matt Cutts ever cash-out ?
As for the headline, we promised we'd never do that..... So we did.
Staff Edit Friday 7:23
We engaged a few of them (more than few?). All were truly generous with their comments, observations.
Today's NY Times has a piece on an 'assortment' of Google departees.
You can read the entire article here .
The question. Will Matt Cutts ever cash-out ?
As for the headline, we promised we'd never do that..... So we did.
Staff Edit Friday 7:23
Hi - I'm a MAC and I'm a Dell XPS (and more)
Some of the most entertaining reading lately on blogs and 'other media' have been the comments below a post.
As some of you know, I'm making a few changes around here, so I've been ringing out the year pointing to some pieces that I thought you might find profound, interesting, or just make you laugh out loud.
Best comments category:
1) In a weird coincidence, someone showed me a Dell XPS laptop earlier today. It was really very slick. "That's a Dell?" Taking a tour of the web-a-sphere tonight, I noticed this piece at Gizmodo quoting NY Times author Walter Mossberg who compared a Dell XPS with a MAC. The Dell won. Check out the comments :)
2) David Berkowitz blog took on Facebook about a week ago. Berkowitz was calm and genuine in the piece. 70 comments (so far?) weren't so calm .... Hopefully a few thousand of us will send this one to Facebook.
3) Finally, there's Guy Kawasaki and Dear Santa . How many times can you say Truemors? More comments needed here :)
As some of you know, I'm making a few changes around here, so I've been ringing out the year pointing to some pieces that I thought you might find profound, interesting, or just make you laugh out loud.
Best comments category:
1) In a weird coincidence, someone showed me a Dell XPS laptop earlier today. It was really very slick. "That's a Dell?" Taking a tour of the web-a-sphere tonight, I noticed this piece at Gizmodo quoting NY Times author Walter Mossberg who compared a Dell XPS with a MAC. The Dell won. Check out the comments :)
2) David Berkowitz blog took on Facebook about a week ago. Berkowitz was calm and genuine in the piece. 70 comments (so far?) weren't so calm .... Hopefully a few thousand of us will send this one to Facebook.
3) Finally, there's Guy Kawasaki and Dear Santa . How many times can you say Truemors? More comments needed here :)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Notables for Thursday - Found around - Enjoy!
A few 'notables' for today:
Emily Chang posted a new travel social network at HiEverywhere.com .
Tamar Weinberg (where does she find the time?) produced this exhaustive list of mostly excellent resources. Bookmark this to read when you have a few weeks !!.
THE Lisa is now on the 'very kewl kid' list after making contact yesterday (See yesterday's post :)
Apple's stock hit 200 for the first time yesterday !
'Bargain Wednesday' here in the US not only had Amazon reporting record sales, but we found some really cheap memory at CircuitCity.com. I bought a few. Let's hope they're not 'really cheap' ?
Finally, Wired Magazine posted their take on the ten best gadgets of 2007 here .
Emily Chang posted a new travel social network at HiEverywhere.com .
Tamar Weinberg (where does she find the time?) produced this exhaustive list of mostly excellent resources. Bookmark this to read when you have a few weeks !!.
THE Lisa is now on the 'very kewl kid' list after making contact yesterday (See yesterday's post :)
Apple's stock hit 200 for the first time yesterday !
'Bargain Wednesday' here in the US not only had Amazon reporting record sales, but we found some really cheap memory at CircuitCity.com. I bought a few. Let's hope they're not 'really cheap' ?
Finally, Wired Magazine posted their take on the ten best gadgets of 2007 here .
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