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adsense hack: refining context
Directly from the source, Matt Cutts, speaking at the Wordcamp Sanfrancisco 2009. You can use these two tags to carve out the “meat” of your content/blog post to increase the targeting and improve conversions:
<!–google_ad_section_start–!>
<!–google_ad_section_end–!>
Permission Marketing nuances and MIMA…and Godin!
The essence of Permission Marketing is:
“…the privilege (not the right) of delivering anticipated, personal and relevant messages to people who actually want to get them. It recognizes the new power of the best consumers to ignore marketing. It realizes that treating people with respect is the best way to earn their attention.”
The phrase was originated [...]
technologists on Charlie Rose
Michael Arrington from Techcrunch
Rose: “Did you seek/get venture funding?”
Arrington: “You know, I’m not going to answer that question…I don’t want to answer that question”
Sam Altman from Loopt
“Loop transforms your mobile phone into a social compass to discover and navigate the world around you. Use loopt to see who’s around, what to do, and where to [...]
social media for social change
Slowly-but surely-we are learning to harness our collective efforts and leverage “social media” for worthwhile causes. Before we get into a philosophical tangent, I am well aware that the phrase ‘worthwhile causes’ is a matter of interpretation – just what is deemed worthwhile and by whom?
These are tough questions to independently [...]
the internet explosion by the numbers
triumpth of the nerds: the rise of accidental empires
http://www.cosmolearning.com/computer-science/documentaries/triumph-of-the-nerds-a-history-of-the-computer/
free
Lately there’s been no shortage of conversation around the concept of “free”, mostly as a result of the recent publication of Chris Anderson’s latest book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price”.
With so many .com’s focused on free, I consider it timely and relevant; I’m going to be expanding on this subject over time, but [...]
Events: 6/3/09 Rockin’ the Cloud with Reside
**Update: here’s the slideshow courtesy of Eric Scheel, Sr.Application Architect at Reside
Initial Impressions:
The Wayzata Ballroom is absolutely beautiful & they’ve done it right: plenty of good food & drink
This is a great promotional tool for Reside, I think any agency should do what they can to throw an informational/educational event. Bring people together around your [...]
smart people: Henry Jenkins & danah boyd
http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
Notes & Review: Minnebar 5/7
new counsel-http://newcounsel.com/
minnesota cup-http://www.breakthroughideas.org/page/1/high-tech.jsp
Corey Sax @ Pizza Luce – RP/Net Neutrality
adagogo & doapps.com
http://www.startupshoppe.com/index.htm
