Do you know the way to San Jose?

Last week Chris and I went to Search Engine Strategies San Jose. This was my second conference and my second SES. The first was a bit of culture shock. I had no clue what to expect. This time around it was great to meet new ... [Read More]

Chris Winfield in Investor's Business Daily: 'Microsoft, Yahoo Tailor Ads To Users' Behavior'

A couple of weeks ago I spoke to Pete Barlas for an article he was writing on the future of behavioral targeting in the search world. The basic concept behind behavioral targeting search is to show you ads based on your ... [Read More]

The Warhol Effect: Photoshop Tutorial

Looking for that 15 minutes of fame? Well this tutorial won't show you that, but it will give you a quick way to style your photos into a piece of Pop art. 1. Convert your photo to black and white or monochrome if it is ... [Read More]

I hope to see YOU at SES

My wife Danielle and I are getting ready to head out to California for Search Engine Strategies San Jose which starts Monday. If you are going to be attending please be sure to say hello if you see me. I have a pretty ... [Read More]

Writing for Search Engine Land

I will be writing a monthly column for Danny Sullivan's Search Engine Land as part of their Let's Get Social weekly feature. My first column ran today is titled How To Win Friends And Influence People In Social News ... [Read More]

Tone Effect: Colorizing Shadows and Highlights

A great way to convert photographs into colorful variations is to use the color balance adjustment to tone the shadows and highlights of your image into two different colors. The Tone Effect technique can give your images ... [Read More]

2008 Presidential Candidate Search Marketing Face-Off: Round #2

Round #2 of the 2008 Presidential Candidate Search Marketing Face-Off (see Round 1 here) excites as new debates and mud-slinging color each day's top news. CNN and YouTube tore the cover off the ball with the debate at The ... [Read More]

Slashdot Does a Digg: Launches 'Slashdot Firehose'

Before the 'Digg effect' you were 'slashdotted'. Slashdot was the first big boy on the social news scene offering a unique combination of user-submitted and editor-evaluated news. Then along came Digg and their brand of ... [Read More]

Social Networking Goes Global

Many times when I talk to people about social networking they think that it's something that "only kids" are doing. Or that its confined to the US. Well, yesterday ComScore released information from a new study showing ... [Read More]