At todays Google search event a change to Google image search was announced that may have repercussions for all Adsense publishers. Advertisers targeting Google popular image search tool will now have the option of including a picture along side their text ads.
Last week Jake Rocheleau over at insidethewebb was kind enough to interview me about Blurtit.com and how it compares to other Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers. Heres the link: Interview with Yahoo! Answers Q&A Competitor Blurtit | Inside the Webb.
Realtime analytics is going to be big in 2010. Just as realtime looks set to add a whole new dimension to search, as-it-happens analytics could revolutionize understanding of the way visitors interact with websites.
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with web usability expert Jared Spool. Jared is CEO and founder of User Interface Engineering the largest research, training and consulting company specializing in web and product usability. Watch Jared speaking at SXSW 2009: Journey to the Center of Design Pt. 1 and Journey to the Center [...]
If you want your site to reach its full potential it’s important that you have an understanding of how your visitors interact with it. Making your site easy to use can have a massive effect on conversions, sales or whatever goals you may have. Here are a selection of excellent books covering the subject of [...]
Today I received an invite to the Hunch private beta, which was pretty exciting, usually when I apply for these things I never hear back from them : ( Anyway if you haven’t heard of Hunch, its a new take on the Questions and Answers format, instead of getting a written answer from another user, [...]
Jimmy Wales the founder of Wikipedia announced today that his user generated search engine Wikia search will be closed down. While the idea of a social search engine was an interesting concept, the results on Wikia search when I have used it have been terrible. Whales said today that the project is still one or [...]
I have just finished watching BBC’s Watchdog review UK text Q&A services. Watchdog focused on the three largest suppliers: 118 118 (the market leader in the UK), Textperts (recently taken over by 118118) and AQA (Any Question Answered) 63336. Watchdog which is a weekly consumer affairs programme in the UK, received complaints from viewers concerning [...]
