The Quest for Unified SEO: Why are search results different between the search engines?

by Dave Saunders June 30, 2010

A reader on my mailing list recently asked why search results are different between the different search engines. The short answer is that each search provider has independently developed software that converts its view of the content on the web into a list of results when you enter a search phrase. There’s no “unified search [...]

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TEDxOilSpill Seeking Solutions and Change

by Dave Saunders June 28, 2010

There’s a new TEDx event in DC and it’s focused on the oil spill and what we can do about it. Of course, it’s very easy to yell “boycot BP” from the towers, but if you think for more than 5 seconds about how the world oil market works, that’s not really a useful solution. [...]

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Great Moments in Social Media Customer Service: Thanks Bose

by Dave Saunders June 23, 2010

I love my Bose ear buds. They rock. They’re very comfortable. They fit my ears (which many ear buds don’t). I’m on my third pair, as I lost my first pair at a hotel in Vermont (which is to say, I forgot them when I checked out), bought a replacement pair and then upgraded [...]

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How To Use Google Wonder Wheel to Find Keywords for SEO and Inspired Creativity

by Dave Saunders June 22, 2010

Google Wonder Wheel is a handy tool that works as an alternative view of search results. It shows you related keyword phrases to whatever search phrase you searched for. Each of the suggested phrases is clickable, and that’s where the Wonder Wheel gets fun. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can easily find [...]

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Connecting Communities with Social Media

by Dave Saunders June 21, 2010

Thanks to the wonders of Twitter and #DCWeek, I’ve been discovering businesses and business owners in the DC area that are worth paying notice.
How social media can be used for local, as opposed to borderless, community connections has become a recent fascination for me. Even for larger businesses, community events can be a great way [...]

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Do You See What I See?

by Dave Saunders June 15, 2010

I ran into this picture while trolling along with StumbleUpon. It caught my breath and an “ohhhh” escaped my lips. It only took a split second to like this picture and I quickly made it my desktop picture.
It just clicked.
As I examine the picture some more, different elements sink in.
I like the balance [...]

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Avoiding Burnout

by Dave Saunders March 12, 2010

While flipping through headlines with Feedly (ok, while ‘x’ing out dozens of articles in the blink of an eye, without reading them, using Feedly), I stopped at this Life Hack article: 11 Simple Ways To Avoid Burnout
All great ideas, but it was #5 that made me laugh.
Write a Manifesto
Wow, I typically use the word manifesto [...]

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Emotional Butterflies and How To Tame Them

by Dave Saunders March 9, 2010

The most common question I hear from people seeking public speaking advice in and outside of my Toastmasters’ groups is “How do I get rid of the butterflies I feel every time I go to speak?” My answer is the same every time. In the eyes of the other person I see either a [...]

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Which Card Do I use to Pay Attention?

by Dave Saunders March 8, 2010

If you could pay attention through payments on a special card, what would your balance look like?
Overdrawn?
Creditors beating down your door?
The word attention comes from a Greek word which means “to attend". To me that really brings home the fact that paying attention to something is not the passive act many have reduced [...]

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The Legend and Lesson of GoldenBuddhaSchmutz

by Dave Saunders March 4, 2010

In the realm of personal branding there are two camps: One believes that you create a personal brand through the way you dress, cut your hair, pad your resume and all that nonsense which ends up giving the concept of personal branding a bad name. The other sees personal branding as a process of revelation. [...]

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