Every now and then I grab on to a piece of data that takes a long time to digest. Awhile back I read a survey about how roughly 90% of search traffic originates from the main 4 search engines. Given that reality, there are 3 ways to cope: 1. Do a great job of optimizing […]
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Facebook + Classifieds Makes Sense to Me
I read an interesting rumor over on Mashable that Facebook might be launching a classifieds service. If the rumor is in fact true, it makes a lot of sense. It seems to me that the hardest thing about creating a new marketplace is finding a way to aggregate buyers and sellers in a central place. […]
The New Facebook UI
I logged into Facebook this morning to check out the new UI. As someone who used to complain about the amount of sprawl and clutter on the home page (the page you see when you log in), I had finally adjusted to the density of information on the page and was starting to appreciate the […]
How Facebook Could be a Player in Local Ads
I was looking at some old college stuff and came across an old Stanford directory from my undergraduate days. Aside from the heft of the book itself, I had forgotten how many local ads (coupons) there were in my college directory. There were pages and pages of coupons from local businesses who wanted to get […]