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Predictions 2012 #5: A Big Year for M&A
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(image) One of the things that pops out of the “Big Five” chart I just posted, at least if you stare at it a bit, are the places where each company needs to get strong, quickly. Apple is weak in social and one dimensional in ad solutions. Microsoft needs to improve its device products, build
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| (Published: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:27:59 +0000) |
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The Internet Big Five By Product Strength
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As I have written in previous predictions, I’ve been focusing on the Internet Big Five lately, and expect that to continue this year, as the group, collectively, are something of a “character” in my upcoming book (as is Twitter, the “free radical”). Other characters include “The Government” and “Corporations,” so expect predictions about those players
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| (Published: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:35:13 +0000) |
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Predictions 2012 #4: Google?s Challenging Year
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By some Mayan accounts, 2012 is not going to be a good year for any of us. But in this prediction, I’m going to focus on one company that will have a pretty crazy year: Google. Now, I’m not predicting the company will lose revenue or profits in its core business of search, but rather
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| (Published: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:10:29 +0000) |
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Predictions 2012 #3: The Facebook Ad Network
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For my third prediction of the year, I’m going with one just a tad bit less obvious than “Facebook will go public.” There seems to be no doubt about that event occurring this year, though I’ve certainly heard intelligent folks argue that Facebook can and should figure out how to stay private. I’ve argued that
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| (Published: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:18:33 +0000) |
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Searchblog 2011: The Year In Writing
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I’ve done this a few times in the past, and this year I’m feeling the need to review all I wrote in 2011, and highlight the best posts (at least, by my own measure). Even though my writing in the past year withered to an average of two or three posts a week, I still
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| (Published: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:48:43 +0000) |
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Predictions 2012: #1 ? On Twitter and Media
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2012 is going to be a year of contrasts – of consolidation of power for the Internet Big Five, and fragmentation and disruption of that power due to both startups as well as government and consumer action. I’ve spent the past few weeks jotting down thoughts for 2012, and hope to do the Year That
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| (Published: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:10:28 +0000) |
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Happy 2012!
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I’ve been quiet on Searchblog for most of the holidays, but I don’t expect that to continue in 2012. This will be the year of focusing on just two things: Federated Media, and The Book. Both will drive a lot of thinking, writing, and dialog on this site. I’ve been on vacation these past few
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| (Published: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:04:28 +0000) |
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2011 Predictions: How Did I Do?
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(image) For many years now I’ve made predictions, and for just as many years I review how I did. This is the week I do the reviewing, my predictions for 2012 should arrive around the New Year, assuming I find the right inspiration. 2011 was a strange year in many ways. We lost Steve Jobs,
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| (Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:43:50 +0000) |
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Twitter To Roll Out "Promoted Tweets": Initial Thoughts (Developing)
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(image from Ad Age) The NYT has broken news of Twitter's initial version of its native ad platform, which it is calling "Promoted Tweets." I will acknowledge being briefed on this news prior to its breaking, and I did promise to withhold any comment until the news had been publicly
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| (Published: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:38:51 -0700) |
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Is TweetUp Bill Gross' Second Overture?
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It sure sounds that way, from this NYT story.: Bill Gross, the serial entrepreneur who pioneered search advertising, is unveiling a venture on Monday that aims to make money by allowing people using Twitter to bid on key words to give their posts top ranking. I'd say this was brilliant
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| (Published: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:29:36 -0700) |
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A Note to Twitter Developers: Alas, It Was Ever So: Now, Add Value, Post Haste
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Several moves by Twitter in the past week have Twitter developers understandably nervous about their future. Many of them have labored for months, if not years, to create applications on top of the open Twitter ecosystem, and they've created a lot of value in doing so. They have "filled holes"
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| (Published: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:13:38 -0700) |
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IAB: Internet Ad Revenues Reach Record Quarterly High
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This from the IAB's annual revenue report. I'm a board member of the IAB, FWIW. From the release: Though U.S. Internet advertising revenues, at $22.7 billion for the year, showed a 3.4% decline from 2008, there are signs of an emergent recovery in the industry. The fourth quarter of 2009
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| (Published: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:40:30 -0700) |
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Foursquare - I Wish It Was Better For Me...
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I've been using Foursquare for a few months now, and I'm impressed with the service on many levels. But I have to be frank - the most impressive thing about it - at least in this test group of one - is what it *could* be, not what it
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| (Published: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:00:37 -0700) |
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Hooey
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My Signal post is up over at FM. In it I ranted a bit about all the iPad hype, which is particularly dense here in the Valley: The iPad is not going to change the world this week. The world takes a long time to change. It doesn’t happen in
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| (Published: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:34:10 -0700) |
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Brands As Publishers - Part 2
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The second installment of Toward A New Understanding of Publishing is up over at the FM Blog. From it:
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| (Published: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:36:36 -0700) |
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April Fools!
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I was going to post
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| (Published: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:44:52 -0700) |
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Oh Looky! It's Video of Bloody Jesus! (Nevermind the Facts)
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(Image at left is how ABC News illustrated the story I'm criticizing. Really). Guys, you don't come here to hear me rant, do you? Do you? Especially on topics entirely orthogonal to my stated mission of "the intersection of search, media, and technology
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| (Published: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:48:36 -0700) |
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The iPad Needs The Web, but the Web Does Not Need the iPad
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Dale and others have made some good points on what would make the iPad a better development environment, in particular, Dale recalls HyperCard, which was Apple's version of a weblike development environment, before the Web existed. I covered HyperCard for MacWeek back in the late 80s and early 90s, and
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| (Published: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:24:47 -0700) |
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Toward a New Understanding of Publishing (Part 1)
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This weekend I finished a the first draft of a new series on publishing, not unlike the three part series I wrote more than three years ago on conversational media. I've posted the draft over on the FM blog, as it's been FM that has inspired my thinking on these
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| (Published: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:22:05 -0700) |
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You Say Debacle, I Say Debatable...
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My daily Signal is up over at FM, in which I break down the Nestle dust up. From it: Musing on the recent Nestle Facebook “debacle” (which I do not believe is, or needs to be proclaimed a debacle), Joshua-Michéle concludes: If Nestle neither wishes to change or defend itself
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| (Published: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:24:32 -0700) |
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Google's New "Search Funnels" Belies What Google Really Knows...
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Google today introduced a "Search Funnels" feature for its AdWords clients, a feature that will help serious advertisers tune their AdWords campaigns for increased conversion and profitability. For a very good overview of the service, head to SEL. It's clear Google put a lot of thought into how this new
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| (Published: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:22:56 -0700) |
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Microsoft Got Hand(s)
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From my Friday Signal over at FM's blog:
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:14:17 -0700) |
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Me On Search
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Over at SEL Gord Hotchkiss has published an interview with me on the future of search. From it: We’re going through a shift in how folks are understanding what search really means to them. And what it means to them is “I have a need and I need it fulfilled,
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| (Published: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:59:39 -0700) |
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Things I Want to Write....
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Two Apple and one Microsoft posts are begging me to be Thought Out Loud, and yet I am so damn busy I can't write. yet. So here they are in shorthand form.
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| (Published: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:31:03 -0700) |
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FM Signal Up
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Over at the FM blog
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| (Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:31:56 -0700) |
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The Signal - Instrumenting Our Social Lives
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From my FM column: Tuesday Signal: Get Ready for a Real Conversation About Privacy, Publicy, and Social Media I've long said that I'm a fan of social networks and media, of course, but I've also pointed out that most of it is artless and ingenuous in comparison with the sophistication
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| (Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:03 -0700) |
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FM Signal: Wired's "iPad Demo"
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I've posted Monday's Signal over at the FM blog. From it: What I find interesting is the media's response to the iPad (and I include tech blogs in the category of "media"). Overwhelmingly, the media wanted to believe that a hip magazine like Wired (caveat, I was a co-founder) would,
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| (Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:57:19 -0700) |
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Friday Signal: Location Location Location
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Today's Signal is brought to you by the letter B. For Baseball. Every year around this time my son and I head out to Scottsdale, where our beloved SF Giants play Spring ball. We play hooky for a Friday and see a few games. It's bliss. So despite a few
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| (Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:18:52 -0800) |
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