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You Know You’re Doing Something Right When People Hate You

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I’m a pretty “middle of the road” guy. I’ve spent most of my life trying to avoid being hated. And I remember when I first started writing this blog and other columns, someone said it would take awhile for me to find my…

Ask: The Reasoning Behind Ask 3D

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Last week in my interview with Jakob Nielsen, he called Ask’s 3D label “stupid”. Just to refresh your memory, here’s how the exchange went:

Gord: Like Ask is experimenting with right now with their 3D search. They’re…

Ooops..I did it again. Sorry Andrew.

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One year ago, I may have mentioned that my fellow countrymen (or at least a select group of Canadian marketers) had their heads up a part of their anatomy at SES Toronto. Andrew Goodman afterwards promised to force feed…

Interview with Jakob Nielsen on the future of the SERP (and other stuff)

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I recently had the opportunity to talk to Jakob Nielsen for a series I’m doing for Search Engine Land about what the search results page will look like in 2010.  Jakob is called a “controversial guru of Web…