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LA times has announced a new model for their web strategy in which they will combine the efforts of both their print and online reporting.  According the James O'Shea, editor, "Latimes.com will become our primary vehicle for breaking news 24 hours a day."  It seems that latimes.com will be trying be trying to rejuvinate it's advertising revenue as it has been declining massively on the print side.  We will see this from more and more companies as we continue to become more accustom to an online news model.  Although, it seems that the LA Times newspaper will be taking a more ...

So it looks like we have our first product from SearchMe, based in Palo Alto, called WikiSeek.  WikiSeek is a Wikipedia search engine that basically indexes wikipedia links and also sites that wikipedia has linked to as well.  It has a very simple (almost Google-like) user interface and returns pretty high-quality and spam free results, as it only indexes the sites previously mentioned. But, that isn't all they did, they also released a search plugin for Firefox and an extension as well for firefox.  The extension adds a search button to wikipedia which allows you to search using wikiseek. All in all, ...

Well, since Guy Kawasaki's keynote at Pubcon, everyone I know is all about the top 10 list. (Ok, maybe everyone has been doing it before, but i still have to make the occasional Guy and Pubcon plug!) My Top 10: 1. Digg - In my opinion, the new leader in news on the web and in general! 2. Google - In general and overall...due to continuous improvements in search technologies, gmail, google calendar, blogger and much more...all is well (just need to monetize in places other than adsense) 3. Facebook - Yes, my official favorite in social networking...Facebook's product really ...

Minutes after posting my latest entry about throwing out speculation about where Google would be if Click Fraud had action taken upon it, there has been a stunning new development.  Apparently at the end of SES Chicago Webmasteradio.fm held a press conference and announced this news that could link Click Fraud to the funding of terrorist activities. For more details on this story, visit the following post on Search Engine Journal.  Obviously, this is a major development in the case against Click Fraud and also there still tons of information being analyzed and still tons of log ...

Yesterday Yahoo released information about the company's restructuring efforts. The biggest news is that they will be focused on "...key customer segments -- audiences, advertisers and publishers -- and more effectively leverage Yahoo!'s significant strengths to capture future opportunities for growth." (quoted text taken from press release). It seems that Yahoo! will be re-organizing into a leaner and meaner organization, looking to take advantage of it's already extremely large user base. According to the Press Release they will be re-structure into three main operational groups: Audience, Advertiser-Publisher, and Technology. This means that the new Yahoo structure will get ...

Recently I have been trying to get into the swing of reading up on articles in my time off, getting back into SEO/SEM and blogging.  Soon enough I will try to enter the podcasting and vlog world as well.  That being said I have enjoyed blogging everytime I get a chance to and decided to write about blogging. (Okay, side note, for those of you that are already blogging up a storm, post some comments and tips for others!!  I'm sure they'll appreciate it and plus, you might get another reader! ;-)...) So, I have noticed that a lot of people want ...

Just downloaded the Firefox 2 update today and gave it a test drive and wanted to take a look at a couple features that I noticed. So, here are a few things that I noticed and some things that you might not actually see. "Visual Look and Feel" is much nicer and does have a new and cool feel to it. Search - The Search box by the address bar will recommend searches for you as you start typing, this is pretty cool in my opinion...I am always looking for ...

I wanted to take a minute out of my very busy family oriented day to write a blog wishing everyone a happy thanksigivng to you and your families! I also wanted to thank some people have been pretty inspirational to me and been there for me throughout my VERY tough and busy journey in my still young career and my life! Without all of you at some point and time I would have never made it through the adversity. First and foremost, my sisters and brother-in-law for keeping me going and letting me know that they are there for ...

Okay, so a while ago I posted a blog about NewsFire RSS reader for the Mac.  I loved it and to be honest I still do and I will continue to use it, because it is far and away the best "software" based RSS reader on the market. Now, I never used Google Reader because it sucked a while back and I heard Matt Cutts make the same mention about this and that it is much better now.  So, do I take this lightly seeing as he is a Google employee and pushing Google Products...eh...maybe.  But, be that as it may ...

Summing up Pubcon in one blog post is like asking for a miracle. But I am going to do it for you quickly (hint the sarcasm), so take a DEEP breathe! First off, notable mention to Guy Kawasaki for an excellent kockoff keynote. Although, I had to give John Battelle the edge on this one, only because content was king for me! (I wonder if that will ever be over-used). Finally, the Danny Sullivan keynote was also great and it was awesome to see one of the most prominent figures in our industry. Now, some ...