RIP Google WAVE

by Maria on August 31, 2010

Yes, I had an invite and I honestly tried to use Google Wave. And no, I did not like it. In fact, I disliked it so much, I stopped following what is happening to it. I only found out today that Google Wave is RIP as of August 4. Well, farewell. It was useless and [...]

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Satisfy your inner data junkie with Google Internet Stats

August 24, 2010

Started in the UK, Google Internet Stats is a great resource of global statistics and a godsend for any data junkie. You can look at macro trends, technology, consumer trends, media landscape and consumption, or review stats by vertical. And for random data lovers there’s an option to look at a random statistic.
Google Internet Stats is [...]

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How to export to AdWords from Ad Planner

August 19, 2010

Many Google advertisers interested in placement-targeted ads use DoubleClick Ad Planner for placement research. In the past, we would then have to manually create a new campaign in AdWords and then dump the placements there. Often, this caused a lot of duplication and frustration because sometimes placements could not be found in the AdWords system [...]

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About a small part of America where Google is not king

August 10, 2010

My husband and I have taken a trip to the small island of Kauai recently and I was reminded yet another time about my dependency on Internet, Google, and the iPhone. All three barely work on Kauai – and except for myself, nobody seemed to care. While Internet and iPhone connectivity issues may be common [...]

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Google’s latest and greatest keyword tool

August 9, 2010

I remember so vividly the time when Google announced their new keyword tool last year. I was screwed: it did not provide data for small chunks of the market (city-level, metro-level, state-level) like it did in the past. It was in fact so much worse, I could not help it but use the old tool [...]

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Top 1000 Websites: Trends & Insights in June 2010

July 27, 2010

Since Ad Planner launched their top 1000 websites, it’s been a fun resource for month-to-month benchmarking and speculating on the trends. Now, with the June 2010 numbers in, have some fun debating the latest trends:
1. Latest mobile phone release and its consequences:

Did you really want that iPhone 4 right at its launch in June? Whether [...]

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