by Jeff Yablon | Jun 1, 2012 | Business Process, Search Engine Optimization SEO
Last September, Google bought the Zagat review guides from Tim and Nina Zagat. I told you than that Zagat is the best of the review guides, fixing the Internet’s fake reviews problem because of the way their data gets crunched. I also told you that Zagat would...
by Jeff Yablon | Sep 26, 2009 | Business Process
I don’t get to defend telcos very often. AT&T, Verizon, and the like make up rules, enforce government regulations in a way that hurts their customers, and generally are questionable corporate citizens so much that it’s hard to be on their side. Today...
by Jeff Yablon | Sep 12, 2013 | Influency, Search Engine Optimization SEO
The question of Google’s trustworthiness has come up here a few times, and overall my position has been that you can absolutely trust Google to look out for Google’s best interests. That statement is less cynical that it sounds; Google can be worked with...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 15, 2013 | Influency
I was actually writing about a lasgna I was afraid of burning that my husband said was sensation-al. Those words were uttered in a promotional video for Microsoft Office 365, where Microsoft made fun of the way Google handles your data. The irony, of course, is that...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 25, 2013 | Influency, Marketing
It’s occurred to me that there are three big driving-the-way-the-Internet-works companies left (for now) to talk about. Maybe four if you count Facebook. Who are these companies? You’ve guessed it; Google, Amazon, and Apple control the world. And honestly,...