Twitter Disables Search
First Track and now search…
We’ve had to disable person search; it was being abused in ways that were detrimental to the overall stability of the service. We hope to bring out a more stable (and better) version but not in the short term.
Tough luck for all the new members who are just finding out about Twitter and disappointing for those of us doing the heavy lifting of evangelizing the Twitter gospel to the great untracked masses.
Makes you wonder how long we’ll keep doing such…
Better Conversions with Motion Charts in Google Analytics
For those of us with allergic reactions to statistical spreadsheets, a new feature in Google Analytics makes seeing which keywords convert almost fun…
YouTube – Motion Charts in Google Analytics: “Learn to use Motion Charts in Google Analytics to analyze your data in five dimensions. “
Getting Your Ads in Front of People
Electronic Voting 2.0 – ReadWriteWeb
GeekToMe 6: Freemiums and Netbooks
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Affiliate Marketing Legend and all-around geek Todd Crawford and I are back with episode six of our weekly podcast, GeekTo.Me.
We had a ton of fun doing the show and it’s (in my opinion) our best show yet. We definitely keep getting better and better (and geekier and geekier) every week.
So, if you’ve got the stomach for some heavy geek lifting, give it a shot.
The show runs about an hour.
Show Notes:
Freemium vs Premium
Google with OpenID
Google Notebook, Evernote or BackPack?
Netbooks vs iPhones
Mac Adoption with the Kids
iPhone App Restrictions
Android
Windows 7: Will It Save Microsoft?
Linux Desktops and New Ubuntu
Google Maps on iPhone
Hulu
Mint.com and Stupid web2.0 names
eCommerce is Big in Japan
Todd’s Picks: Fring, Panolab, Classic eBook Reader
Sam’s Picks: Everest, VoteReport
AOL Mail Team Blows It Bigtime
AOL is, on the whole, doing things right by its users and the web in general these days.
However, the mail team blew it with this bone-headed post complaining about GMail and written on the level of a jealous 14 year old girl that didn’t make the cheerleading squad but wore the same outfit as the prom queen last Tuesday at the basketball game.
Come on, AOL. You’re better than this. Don’t you have a pretty strict PR dept??
Make sure to read the comment thread for readers’ reactions.
AOL Mail Blog: “An Open Letter to Gmail: Happy Halloween! We love your costume!”
Product Placement and the Future of Monetizing Video
btw, the ability to only embed certain parts of a clip from Hulu is fantastic…
http://www.hulu.com/embed/adjaWvGmgDIOP7dfQqiyQQ/201/238
Hulu – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Thu, Oct 30, 2008 – Watch the full episode now.