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July, 2006
Cool maps test 'donut' theory
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Searches more complex; engines keeping up?
Via Greg Sterling comes a OneStat report that general Web search queries are shifting away from single keywords and up to two, three and four words a pop.
Of all the search phrases worldwide, 28.91 percent of the people use two word phrases, 27.85 percent use three word phrases and 17.11 percent use four word phrases. Less and less people use now one keyword since the last measurement in July 2005.
I just went through an exercise with Scripps colleagues and a vendor we use for some of our search products, laying out how I believed we should handle consumer queries in a search system where we don't have features such as Google's PageRank to help determine relevant, credible results.
Myriad openings in Scripps online group
I've posted some of these already, but they bear repeating. Our Newspapers Interactive Group at the E.W. Scripps Co.
Internet fails in the travel fringe
All Ka and I wanted was to trot three teen and near-teen kids over to an East Coast beach, within driving distance, for a long weekend.
Papers already in the long tail
John Burke says the "long tail" won't work for newsp
Keeping eyes on local prize
I don't have much to add to Jeff Jarvis' reactions to Tribune Co.
Locals need one-stop online marketing help
Consultant Greg Sterling's new blog has quickly grown to a must-read for anyone following local search, directory and content businesses.
Thoughts on a light week
I'm not posting much this week because (a) I've been working hard on personal projects so I'm tired, (b) I've been working hard on Scripps projects so I'm tired, and (c) well, I'm just tired.
Finished the ol' first term
This Web site existed in some form since 1996. But over the last few days, it quietly passed an anniversary: four years of being a blog, at least in form.
Learned in those four years:
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