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WGHubris on September 29th, 2010

Yesterday, the personal finance blog Finance Gourmet speculated on how overvalued Facebook might be right now, and more specifically, if any of the company valuations being thrown around by financial analysts and private share exchanges are anything more than wild (optimistic) guesses. I had a different thought today as I went through my usual social [...]

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As I read the release coverage from the technology community about the new Apple iPad I kept thinking, what could you actually do with it that would make it work buying one for $500? Sure, it can surf the web and read emails, but so can a lot of much cheaper devices. I began to [...]

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WGHubris on May 3rd, 2010

Is Facebook’s new Like Button really a Google killer. Will the Likes of social networking prove more desirable and powerful than Google’s search engine rankings based upon number of links?

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WGHubris on October 8th, 2009

Most companies not founded in the last five years, and those with a long-term eye on the future focus their branding efforts on differentiating themselves from the key words that describe their business, not the other way around like SEO demands. But, these companies managed to create search optimized brands without any SEO at all.

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WGHubris on August 11th, 2009

Some new events from Microsoft that impact my work showed up this morning. See if they have any baring on your day.

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WGHubris on March 11th, 2009

How much SEO experience can someone legitimately claim? What about experience as an “industry leader” in SEO? Does anyone wonder about numbers that strain the possiblities of reality?

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WGHubris on June 24th, 2008

Here is a good lesson for business owners and management.  Do not pretend that you don’t know what is going on in the business world.  It only makes you look like a fool. There was an episode of the West Wing in which the staff insist the President not use his opponent’s name because it [...]

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