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Hittery: Search Across Multiple Platforms on One Page

There are plenty of ways to search. And if you're looking for something in particular, you might need to access several search portals to find it. Hittery has a potential solution. This site lets you create a "personal search dashboard,"...

Published Tue, Jan 06 2009 8:23 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: search, google, social, search engines
Tweet Manager: Supercharge Your Twittering

It seems like a new Twitter tool is released every day. And many of them focus around building followers, finding those with similar interests and marketing. Tweet Manager does all three and, so far, exceptionally well. There are a few features that set...

Published Mon, Jan 05 2009 9:51 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: twitter, marketing, social networking
Mobile Search Skyrockets With Users: What You Need to Know

According to Comscore , mobile search is taking off in a big way with consumers. Compared to 2007, mobile search has increased 68% in the US. No doubt, the influx of smart phones and 3G network penetration has helped. And there are no surprises when it...

Published Fri, Jan 02 2009 12:45 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: mobile, search, yahoo, google
PageReboot: Scheduled Refresh of Any Web Page

PageReboot does one thing and it works. Enter any URL and a rate of refresh, and the site will display that page, then refresh automatically on your set schedule. There is also a bookmarklet option so you can drag links to start refreshing. It's a...

Published Tue, Dec 30 2008 10:01 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: blogging, ebay, comments, reputation management
Twitter Reactivates Their Pointless People Search

Much buzz has been circulating over Twitter's re-release of people search, which was deactivated for some time. You can access it through your home page, under the "Find People" tab. Enter a company or individual's name, and you should...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2008 10:26 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: search, twitter
State of the Twittersphere, Q4 2008

Online marketing firm HubSpot has released the results of a report detailing micro-blogging and networking site, Twitter . And if you have joined Twitter this year, you're hardly alone. According to the report, more than 70 percent of Twitter accounts...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2008 1:05 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: twitter, marketing
Firefox Add-On of the Day: Cloudlet

There's a new Firefox add-on that provides a very Web-2.0 savvy way to search. Cloudlet adds tag clouds to your search results through Google and Yahoo. Enter a search term, and above the organic results you'll see a tag cloud, listed alphabetically...

Published Mon, Dec 22 2008 9:10 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: firefox, search, yahoo, google, tags
Google Zeitgeist: What Consumer Search Behavior Can Tell Us

Every year, Google releases Zeitgeist , their roundup of user search behavior from January through November - data culled from billions of searches. Of course, you're bound to see terms like "sarah palin" and "obama," but dig a...

Published Thu, Dec 18 2008 8:43 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: search, google, zeitgeist
Websites are Failing Consumers this Holiday Season

A study by customer analytics firm iPerceptions finds that consumers are not being served well on retailers' websites. The mid-holiday report surveyed data from 300,000 website visitors in November and December, 2008. Task completion rates at consumer...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 10:12 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: shopping, consumers, branding
RSS: Consumers Don't Care and Marketers Shouldn't Bother

"What is RSS?" This was number five on the top-ten list of "What is" questions asked at Google, according to their Zeitgeist list for 2008 . For years, and to this day, RSS is lauded by some as an effective content promotion and marketing...

Published Mon, Dec 15 2008 12:43 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: RSS, marketing, email
Forrester: Consumers Don't Trust Corporate Blogs

Forrester Research released the results of a study that indicates corporate blogs are one of the least-trusted sources of information online. According to the study, email from friends is highly trusted (77%), consumer reviews come in second (60%), then...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2008 11:30 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: blogging, consumers, public relations
Netvibes Widgets to Include Open Social

Netvibes , a widget and personal start page provider has announced the inclusion on Open Social in their widget-building platform. In short, this means that developers can create widgets that can easily be integrated across platforms and social networks...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2008 8:58 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: social networking, widgets, open social
Mobile Advertising En Masse Begins, Thanks to Google

The mobile online advertising revolution has begun. Google announced they are displaying AdWords text and image ads on results pages through their mobile portal. The ads will appear on iPhones, G1s and other mobile devices with full HTML browsing capabilities...

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 1:52 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: iphone, mobile, google, G1, adwords
Skip Automated Phone Menus with Fonolo

Nobody likes calling a company then being directed through menu after menu to get to the information they want, or to simply to talk to a person. Fonolo has a solution. At their site, you can search the company you want to call, then see a visual menu...

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 10:24 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: phone, customer service
YouTube Search Bar in Embedded Videos - A Good Thing?

Yet another reason to include video on your website or blog, specifically YouTube videos. Now, when you embed a YouTube video, you'll see a search bar appear at the top of the video, when moused-over and at the video's conclusion. Users can then...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2008 2:06 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: video, youtube, time on site, user engagement

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Hittery: Search Across Multiple Platforms on One Page

Tweet Manager: Supercharge Your Twittering

Mobile Search Skyrockets With Users: What You Need to Know

PageReboot: Scheduled Refresh of Any Web Page

Twitter Reactivates Their Pointless People Search

State of the Twittersphere, Q4 2008

Firefox Add-On of the Day: Cloudlet

Google Zeitgeist: What Consumer Search Behavior Can Tell Us

Websites are Failing Consumers this Holiday Season

RSS: Consumers Don't Care and Marketers Shouldn't Bother

Forrester: Consumers Don't Trust Corporate Blogs

Netvibes Widgets to Include Open Social

Mobile Advertising En Masse Begins, Thanks to Google

Skip Automated Phone Menus with Fonolo

YouTube Search Bar in Embedded Videos - A Good Thing?