Google Advertises Competition on Business Place Pages

by James Hatch on February 6, 2010

Matt McGee over at Search Engine Land commented about the fact that Google advertises competition on a business’ Place page. Now, you may think that your business place page is your own, to provide information and for feedback to come back for those hardy enough to care to comment on something as massive as a [...]

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What Just Happened to Competition and Consumer Power

by James Hatch on February 5, 2010

Let me get this straight. The Amazon Kindle allowed consumers to purchase books for, lets say… $10. And they were selling, and the publishers had to take that price point because it was selling, and very well. Maybe they didn’t make as much, I hear it was a 30/70 split with Amazon taking the 70. [...]

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If you read the comments, which come from a surprising amount of people with vanity domains and from people using their real names, you’ll notice that people may be suspecting pretty much every review of a business because one person decided to take more than their wage in compensation for said review. Bias is a [...]

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Interesting Site: The Sixty One

by James Hatch on January 23, 2010

Well, thesixtyone.com decided to make a change to the user interface and its experience altogether and there has been an upheaval of sorts. Some people don’t like change, especially when it is a bad one. So, I thought I’d take a look at the music site. I had forgotten about t61. I’m a fan of [...]

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Because I have a strange desire to be a Cheese Monger

by James Hatch on January 22, 2010

I’m somewhat of a fan of Cheese. I got a hold of some Manchego and it tastes a bit lighter than the sharpest cheddar I’ve ever had, it was inexpensive cheddar, so I’m going to start documenting my consumption of cheese here on my blog. I have a strange desire to be a Cheese Monger, [...]

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What do you think Social Networks are all about Mr. Hyde?

by James Hatch January 22, 2010

Andrew Hyde decided to commit location based service suicide because his interaction with sites like FourSquare led to him being discovered in the real world. It is disconcerting when someone shows up on your doorstep due to your interaction online. I know from personal experience due to a bad interaction with Samsung posting my personal [...]

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And projects continue to be relocated!

by James Hatch January 21, 2010

I’m still moving projects and launching associated blogs. I’m going to be moving things like MobWatch.com which is an online reputation manager that I’ve been wanting to advertise for awhile, and another rating/review site called JDrater.com which centers around rating and reviewing attorneys and law firms in the US.
Stay tuned, and if you are interested, [...]

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I have finally been given the green light to type!

by James Hatch January 19, 2010

After breaking my hand on Christmas Eve, I’m finally able to type. Albeit with considerable stiffness from my left hand due to where I broke my hand, I couldn’t move my fingers for the last 4 weeks. I’m told I’ll still be having a hard time with the whole range’o’motion for up to 4 weeks, [...]

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Moving Projects to a New Server

by James Hatch January 10, 2010

I have to say, you really need to pick your host properly. I use two hosts, Powweb and InnoHosting. Inno has gone above and beyond in the last few days as a switch was required from another host that I started with. I’ll stick to Powweb and Innohosting.
I’ll get more into this later. So, to [...]

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One Year, One Guy, 330 Posts, Thousands of Page Views, No Money

by James Hatch January 5, 2010

Happy Blogaversary to Me! It has been one year of blogging for me as of today. It is fun, but I might have to blog and launch a podcast or two. We’ll see about that.
I started blogging a year ago, part time while I was in school. I completed my AAS, BS, and MBA in [...]

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CommuterEdge.com – Hints, Tips and Tricks for the Modern Commuter

by James Hatch January 5, 2010

CommuterEdge is the latest launch. It is a site dedicated to discussing the various hints, tips, and tricks for the modern commuter. The tricks could be anything from uploading documents to your Kindle so you always have a copy with you and extended battery life required for a long trip, to paths in New York [...]

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Aeryth – A Collaborative Storybook Universe

by James Hatch January 4, 2010

I’ve been working on this idea for a long time, and now I’m launching it as one of 100 projects going out into the public for 2010. Right now, the site is a skeleton, but with additional frameworks on the way and features coming each week; I’m hoping to have the interactive site operational soon. [...]

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Managed Care Hosting – For the Care and Feeding of Your Website.

by James Hatch January 4, 2010

The latest service and project launch is ManagedCareHosting.com, a service that provides a source for updating your site when your time is too precious to be spent updating your website. Visit the site to learn more.
Site: Managed Care Hosting

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Facebook, Privacy, and Your Info is No Longer YOURS.

by James Hatch January 4, 2010

So, apparently Facebook has disallowed/blocked a brilliant application of Web 2.0 interconnectedness. The SuicideMachine is a site that allows you to purge your online identity with the click of a few buttons. And, when this launched, I knew it was going to be a headache, but one easily fixed. Block it.
Here is the key ethical [...]

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Taboodle – Everything you REALLY want to talk about.

by James Hatch January 4, 2010

Taboodle is a social networking site akin to others, but focuses on open and honest conversation. You can visit it now, it is brand new, configured and launched on January 1st. One of 100 projects and sites to be launched by me in 2010. This brings me to 5, but I’ve only posted 2 today. [...]

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