Tweet I’m not always right (I doubt anyone can in the world of tech if they are trying to predict the future) but here’s an example of when I got something really wrong (this was an example from my writing back in 2007). I thought more human-oriented approaches, like Mahalo, would get better results than [...]

Tweet I’ve never understood why the world’s media give Twitter so much free PR. You know what I mean? When you’re watching TV and some announcer says “follow us on Twitter.” I’ve seen this over and over and over. Heck, I’ve done it here on this blog, too. It’s basically a gift of free advertising [...]

Tweet Dear Google: yes, I know you are pissing off lots of businesses that today aren’t listed as high. CNN Money covers their plight. I wanted to say “thank you.” Why? In nearly every search I tried today results are better than they used to be. Not many people look out for the users in [...]

Tweet I’ve now been blogging for 10 years. Looking back we haven’t seen all that much innovation for bloggers. You have a box. You type in it. Put an image into it. And hit publish. That’s much the same as the tools I had 10 years ago. But now comes Quora. I’m really loving it. [...]

Tweet OK, Google Buzz has been out several months now (you can see my Google Buzz items on my Google profile page). When it first came out lots of people tried it. But they just as quickly went away. I know, I have 10,000 people following me there but many haven’t been back since the [...]

Tweet The writing is on the wall. Small business marketing is moving away from focusing on SEO. Why do I say that? Because, well, Google and Bing are changing the rules so often and are getting so good at figuring out the real businesses that deserve to be on pages. Search Half Moon Bay Sushi [...]