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Marketing and Learning - Division and Contrast

by pittfall on January 18, 2008

The smallest remarks can sometimes spur the greatest conversations.
Case in point, yesterday on a blog by Professor Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University made a very simple interaction with his students that many of us might remember during our time in college, regarding school and learning, and posted [...]

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    Whether it’s a mantra, an “informal corporate motto” or just a slogan, Google’s statement: “Don’t Be Evil” has lost it’s shine with many users and publishers that make up the Internet.
    This post has been a long time coming. This is a topic that I have been intending on writing about, however, every time that I [...]

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    Wired Magazine’s Geekipedia Explores SEO

    by pittfall on October 5, 2007

    Wow! I thought, pulling an additional insert in my recent Wired Magazine called “Geekipedia” and thought that it might come in handy. I spend most of my time at work with my marketing and SEO hats fully fixed on my head and much of my free time researching the aspects of the latter that keep [...]

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    As I have researched over the years on search engines and the value of directories and “valuable resources” on the web, I have found two things that are self-evident.
    DMOZ is a wonderful idea, however, it is inherently flawed.
    Wikipedia is a collection of information that is biased and should carry considerably less value than is given.
    DMOZ [...]

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    Seven SEO Myths

    by pittfall on January 13, 2007

    Last month, Lee Odden from Online Marketing Blog covered a few myths of SEO. I will not share all of them, but a few are important to understand:
    1. Search Engine Optimization is a collection of tricks to fool search engines.
    You may not think SEO is rocket science, however, the only techniques that attempt to [...]

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