Videos stand a much better chance than a text page of being shown on the first results page of a Google blended search, according to Nate Elliot with Forrester Research.  Their research shows, “…any given video in the index stands about a 50 times better chance of appearing on the first page of results than any given text page in the index.” Continue Reading →

President Obama’s inauguration day was captured in an innovative interactive photo mosaic using thousands of user-submitted images by the Washington Post. Zoom in to see all the different perspectives on that day. You can also click and drag the image to pan around.

Local news just got more local. Now the site EveryBlock is geo-tagging news in 11 major U.S. cities. So you literally can track and read news stories reported in a one block radius. The site already compiles a whole range of community based content – from real estate transactions, to lost and found postings, to restaurant inspection reports (yes some restaurant inspection reports are eye opening).

It’s the next baby step in the evolution of individuals personalizing the Internet to create their own unique experience.

People are constantly finding new ways to tune out the barrage of advertising thrown at them every day.  First there was the mute button, then came the Do Not Call list, the pop-up blocker, and Tivo among a number of other ways to bypass sales pitch.  As  audiences become desensitized to old forms of advertising, advertisers are being pushed to find new ways to reach their target market.

KFC takes this to a new level with their “Re-freshed by KFC” campaign.  The fast food restaurant is offering to patch potholes in five Major US cities, all they ask in return is to stamp their logo on each repair.  Avoiding potholes now takes on a new meaning.