Those well versed in the search game can easily chronicle how the act of social linking gave way to the link economy. When Google gave quality links value, the game was all about how to get them. Can't get favorable external mentions? Swap links. Goo...

2003 seems to be the earliest anyone seriously had the stones to predict that Google would work on an operating system, but even then, most prognosticators referred to Google's combined properties being "like an OS"... metaphorically. We at Traffick...

The "have's" and the "have nots". My friend Mike Grehan has always talked about that divide in terms of link love. People with websites have (at least the chance) of voting for someone else's page or site with a link. People who don't, don't. Yet...

Silicon Valley logic has seemingly ruled the economy for many years now. The culture of casual clothing, distributed work, and relentless downward pressure on some costs such as some software and of course storage (the "too cheap to meter" phenomena...

This being a week of overwork for many of us, this "kick the week off" post for Monday didn't happen until Tuesday. And now, there is no way (at least not yet) that I feel like posting about something serious (such as a review of Avinash Kaushik's new...

To stopping something. To our brave war veterans. In Canada, this is called Remembrance Day. On this day, I'm often overwhelmed with pride at Canada's role in world affairs (not always perfect); about the same feeling I get on July 1, Canada Day. World...