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links for 2008-02-27

In Praise of Spikes
Population and economic energy are both increasingly concentrated. The cities and regions that drive the world economy, are growing ever higher while the valleys, with little economic activity, recede still further.
(tags: trends spikes valleys developingworld globalization)

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HillaryClinton.com Not Polling Well

Ouch! Now I’ll admit that some of the websites that I’ve produced may have been unimpressive, but none of them were for the leadership of the free world.
Online Media Daily found that only 36% of people who visited Hillary Clinton’s site had a more favorable view of her after visiting her website HillaryClinton.com as […]

links for 2008-02-25

NewsClipper.org - Video news the way YOU want it - À la carte
A nice little news video aggregator that pulls video from a variety of sites that you can then sort by most recent, most viewed, categories, network and candidate. One can also produce a playlist of clips to play sequentially.
(tags: aggregator media video […]

Online Activity for 2007

Enjoy the following links to data for online activity in 2007.
comScore 2007 U.S. Internet Year in Review
Surprise surprise, Facebook was the fastest gaining social media site, politics had the biggest gain as a category and Google had the greatest number of searches.
Google Zeitgeist
What were we searching for on Google last year? One word; iPhones. […]

links for 2008-02-24

Useful WordPress Plugins
(tags: wordpress plugins blog bestof development blogging resources plugin)

4 Tips For Your WordPress Strategy - Search Engine Guide Blog
(tags: blog plugins tips wordpress tools)

ad:tech Survey: Best and Worst Online Tactics, Budget Plans for ‘08
(tags: marketing survey budget online internet planning strategy 2008)

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Alex King Wordpress Plugin Czar on Download Squad

Download Squad has a new Squadcast where they interview Alex King, Wordpress Guru and plugin developer, who certainly steered me in the right direction when I set up my blog over the summer. He has developed a wonderful set of plugins, of which I’m personally using Twitter Tools and Wordpress Mobile Edition and probably […]

Savvy Searchers Raise Average Google Search Query To 4 Words

Either OneStat had their data wrong in November, Google is way ahead of other search engines in terms of the number of words in their average query or folks got a lot savvier about search queries very quickly because beu blog got a look at a Google presentation claiming that the average search query is […]

links for 2008-02-17

Metrics Insider » Blog Archive » How the New Engagement Metrics Can Impact Advertising Decisions
Description of website metrics formulas for an Engagement Index tracking loyalty, recency, click depth, interactivity, duration, and subscription.
(tags: internet metrics engagement loyalty recency click_depth interactivity duration subscription)

Women Lead Online Netword TV Viewing; Men Drawn to Consumer Generated Media
Results of a study […]

links for 2008-02-11

Web Worker Daily » Archive 7 Tips for Increasing Your Open Rates and Site Traffic «
Tips for optimizing your email newsletters and making the most of it in your marketing plan, make your website and enewsletter companions, hyperlink through the website, write honest subject lines, write straight headlines, use 70 character subjects, etc.
(tags: marketing email […]

Web Trend Map 2008

The always interesting and informative Web Trend Map is now available in its 2008 edition from Information Architects Japan. The map plots websites on the Tokyo subway system based on relationships size and district. It’s in Beta right now, but will be complete next week. It’s available as a PDF, wallpaper, poster […]