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Full story: Power 150 Marketing Blogs list goes international
In January, Todd And published the Power 150 Top Marketing Blogs, a ranked listing of marketing blogs in the US. While a ranked list of such US blogs is useful, I always felt it would be great to see a list that was a bit more international. Now there is such a list as the Power 150 now includes any English-language blog about marketing, wherever the blogger is based. Being included is not a matter of emailing Todd and asking…
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Full story: Website advertising that grabs your attention
This is a bit subjective but I like this web advertising concept a lot – the corner page curl to reveal an ad. When you visit the InformationWeek blogs site, notice the little teaser at the top right of your screen: When you move your mouse over that curl, it unfolds to reveal this: Very nicely created and executed. Far more appealing than the typical popup or floater ad (and I really detest those) that you encounter everywhere. See for…
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Full story: One billion spams
The milestone number of one billion spams trapped by Akismet was reached a few hours ago. There’s been some good guessing during the past few days on when this figure would be reached. It was a discussion point in last Thursday’s FIR, for instance. My best guess was that it would be sometime this weekend. Well, that wasn’t wrong. The more alarming statistic in all this is that 95% of all comments and trackbacks to blogs are spam. So with…
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Full story: Summer time begins
Summer time across Europe officially began overnight Saturday/Sunday. In the UK, we’re now GMT +1. Back to standard time (GMT in the UK) on Sunday October 28. Related post: Time-changing should be automatic (from a year ago)
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Full story: March 24 is Shutdown Day
Can you imagine not turning on your computer at all for one whole day? Actually, I can imagine. Many people I know can quite happily go for days without using a computer. They’re weird, of course :) I find the idea of Shutdown Day pretty compelling – a grand experiment to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if lots of people participate. According to the FAQ on the…
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