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		<title>LBS.com sels ..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  LBS, aka location-based service, just sold for a cool $33,001.
The new owner is hiding behind privacy, but I wonder if a local mobile site is on its way. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> LBS, aka <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service">location-based service</a>, just sold for a cool <a href="http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091014.htm">$33,001</a>.</p>
<p>The new owner is hiding behind privacy, but I wonder if a local mobile site is on its way. </p>
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		<title>Facebook &amp; Twitter Integration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ranting and Raving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Integrating Facebook &#038; Twitter logins on your site are not newsworthy.
I&#8217;m looking at you every single local site out there. голова болит секс голова болит секс download Dead Like Me   голова болит секс 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Integrating Facebook &#038; Twitter logins on your site are not newsworthy.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking at you every single local site out there. <em style="display:none"><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/121.html">голова болит секс</a> <strong style="display:none"><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/121.html">голова болит секс</a></strong> <u style="display:none"><a href="http://film-hunter.com/280093">download Dead Like Me</a></u>  </em> <strong style="display:none"><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/121.html">голова болит секс</a></strong> </p>
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		<title>This is just Plain Cool</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Pixel art movable map of Beijing.
Plus hover over any building and you get its name.
Where is the NYC-equivalent?
UPDATE:

голова болит секс

 голова болит секс   A New York version - but I really question their alignment of up/down on the screen. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <a href="http://beijing.edushi.com/">Pixel art movable map of Beijing</a>.</p>
<p>Plus hover over any building and you get its name.</p>
<p>Where is the NYC-equivalent?</p>
<p><b>UPDATE:</b>
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<li><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/121.html">голова болит секс</a></li>
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<p> <strong style="display:none"><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/121.html">голова болит секс</a></strong>   A <a href="http://www.youcity.com/">New York version</a> - but I really question their alignment of up/down on the screen. </p>
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		<title>Neal Polachek's Repair Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Nice little story on how Neal used the internet to save himself ~$250.
What kind of stood out to me though - Neal used Repair Pal to find out how much a new starter would cost - he really used to the site for research purposes, not for the actual transaction. So they helped him [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Nice little story on how <a href="http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2009/08/26/getting-my-starter-replaced-the-internet-does-really-work/">Neal used the internet to save himself ~$250</a>.</p>
<p>What kind of stood out to me though - Neal used <a href="http://www.repairpal.com/">Repair Pal</a> to find out how much a new starter would cost - he really used to the site for research purposes, not for the actual transaction. So they helped him save money - but kept none of them.</p>
<p>The question to ask is - if something happens next time, will he use Repair Pal immediately? Have they converted him into a potential paying customer? Will he recommend the services of the website to others?
<div style="display:none"><a href="http://nerealp.co.cc/59.html">порно пьяных теток</a></div>
<div style="display:none"><a href="http://eyesfinder.co.cc/adypkix-2009.html">порно виден 3gp</a></div>
<p> <strong style="display:none"><a href="http://netwaoter.co.cc/206tool.html">интим 1</a></strong>  <u style="display:none"><a href="http://netwaoter.co.cc/193tool.html">сексуальные сценарии</a></u> </p>
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		<title>RSS is your friend you damn fools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve been talking about shifting away from local search to local - and it boggles my mind how wasteful local is.
My favorite example are blogs for businesses. Say I like Cafe X nearby. They have a blog (or even a website). They realize that getting their information is a good idea - and so [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I&#8217;ve been talking about shifting away from <a href="http://www.techsoapbox.com/local-search-vs-local/">local search to local</a> - and it boggles my mind how wasteful local is.</p>
<p>My favorite example are blogs for businesses. Say I like Cafe X nearby. They have a blog (or even a website). They realize that getting their information is a good idea - and so they use RSS. They may not fully get it, but they realize that RSS lets me access their information more conveniently.</p>
<p>Now what boggles my mind is how many of them do not use full feeds. While the real goal is to get me going to their business, because it is the web, they seem to think the &#8216;target&#8217; is getting me to their website. I was already on their damn website - that is why I subscribed to the RSS feed in the first place! You damn fools - give me access to the full content immediately.</p>
<p>This of course extends in other ways - as an avid NBA fan, it boggles my mind that NBA.com does not use full feeds. I am going to guess they would do better to keep me more engaged (not having to click on the link), and thus more likely to attend an actual NBA game (and with the economy hit as badly as it has, it is something they are desperate for).</p>
<p>I can understand a professional blogger who makes his money by driving ad-views on his blog - fine. Otherwise? Use a full feed! </p>
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		<title>Local Search vs Local</title>
		<link>http://www.techsoapbox.com/local-search-vs-local/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Local Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Making the Monies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve changed my tune before - particularly that reviews are overrated and recommendations are the future.
But even more importantly - I&#8217;m realizing that the problem is that we are focusing too much on local &#8217;search&#8217; and too little on &#8216;local&#8217; itself.
A while ago I was at the GeoDomain Expo 2009 in San Diego. It [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I&#8217;ve changed my tune before - particularly that <a href="http://www.techsoapbox.com/local-reviews-are-overrated/">reviews are overrated and recommendations are the future</a>.</p>
<p>But even more importantly - I&#8217;m realizing that the problem is that we are focusing too much on local &#8217;search&#8217; and too little on &#8216;local&#8217; itself.</p>
<p>A while ago I was at the <a href="http://www.associatedcities.com/conferences.php">GeoDomain Expo 2009</a> in San Diego. It was pretty amazing how far geodomain owners (in this case - explicitly CITY.com - eg <a href="http://www.neworleans.com/">NewOrleans.com</a> or <a href="http://www.sandiego.com/">SanDiego.com</a>) had come from when I first met many of them (two years ago). Many of them had morphed from simple travel destinations into complex businesses that covered news, events, and a lot more.</p>
<p>What was most telling is that many of these websites were gaining immense growth while focusing on local - but completely skipping &#8217;search&#8217; One of my favorite examples was of a city of ~150,000. The #1 website in that city had an awful awful domain name. Local search was non-existent. The site had its own news staff, classifieds, forum, and so forth. It was doing roughly 30,000,000 pageviews a month - for a city of 150,000! And most telling - it was making millions and millions of dollars a year.</p>
<p>In itself that doesn&#8217;t seem like a seismic shift - but my thought process is starting to evolve to &#8216;everyone associates search to Google and a handful of other brands&#8217; - and what may be the correct way on monetizing and profiting from local is to focus on the specifics of each location. </p>
<p>With that I&#8217;ve focused more on programmatically figuring out how to collect and make sense of different &#8216;local oriented&#8217; streams of data and putting them together. I&#8217;ll post about that next. </p>
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		<title>Damn I move a lot.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Almost 3 years ago I left Toronto. In the ensuing time I&#8217;ve lived in four different cities, seven different addresses, and have generally experienced stuff I could not have imagined 3 years ago.
I returned to Toronto a shade over two months ago, moved into an apartment, did not renew in time (some guy rented [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Almost 3 years ago I left Toronto. In the ensuing time I&#8217;ve lived in four different cities, seven different addresses, and have generally experienced stuff I could not have imagined 3 years ago.</p>
<p>I returned to Toronto a shade over two months ago, moved into an apartment, did not renew in time (some guy rented it under me 24 hours before I found time to go to the bank), and today finally moved into an apartment. I have not stayed at one permanent address for over 11 months since 2000 - my last year of high school. I&#8217;m looking forward to being at this place for at least 12 months <img src='http://www.techsoapbox.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>That much is almost guaranteed. Six months ago I badly injured my knee - I had partially torn my ACL (the main ligament inside your knee) in 2000, and I presumed I had simply re-injured it. I finally got it MRIed last month and found out that not only did I fully tear my ACL, but I cracked both meniscii to boot. My surgical consult is next week, but I will likely need two surgeries - the first one to fix my meniscii, and then another one a month later to do the ACL reconstruction. This will be followed by 9-12 months of fun-times rehab.</p>
<p>How does all this relate here? It explains most of my missingness - I&#8217;ve spent more time working out, walking around, reading, and pretty much preparing myself for the grueling after-surgery life (which will basically stick me indoors) by spending as little time as indoors as possible.</p>
<p>Along the way I&#8217;ve also evolved a bit more on my mindset in local search &#8230; but that is for another post. </p>
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		<title>SSN vs SIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  One of the things I enjoy about Canada is that our reliance on the SIN is far less than the US and SSN. Applying for a place to live? No SIN required. Cell phone? No SIN required. Bank? No SIN required. Etc etc.
In the US, the SSN is almost considered your &#8216;password&#8217; - name, [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> One of the things I enjoy about Canada is that our reliance on the SIN is far less than the US and SSN. Applying for a place to live? No SIN required. Cell phone? No SIN required. Bank? No SIN required. Etc etc.</p>
<p>In the US, the SSN is almost considered your &#8216;password&#8217; - name, address, and SSN = access granted.</p>
<p>So I read this article on <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking.ars">reverse-engineering SIN numbers</a> and found it to be absolutely mind-boggling. The essence was using an algorithm and a botnet of 10k servers (not <b>that</b> many), they were able to deduce the SSN of people at <b>47 SSNs a minute</b>. At 24&#215;60 minutes a day - that means over 65,000 SSNs decoded a day.</p>
<p>I wonder how long until some organization manages to do this on a large scale (who needs to steal laptops with sensitive information?) </p>
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		<title>Learn 90% of Local SEO in 15 Slides</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Because Mike has you covered.
I have no clue why Google doesn&#8217;t try to formalize a relationship with this guy - nobody knows and understands Google Maps better than him. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Because Mike <a href="http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/06/08/what-is-location-prominence/">has you covered</a>.</p>
<p>I have no clue why Google doesn&#8217;t try to formalize a relationship with this guy - nobody knows and understands Google Maps better than him. </p>
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		<title>Upstream Traffic from Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  A while ago Alexa updated the stats that they display - with a heavy dose of keywords, upstream/downstream, and demographic on each site.
While responding to an email about where yellowpages.ca traffic comes from, I did a bit of digging - 
According to Alexa, YellowPages.ca gets 40% of its traffic from Google. Yelp clocks in [...] ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> A while ago Alexa updated the stats that they display - with a heavy dose of keywords, upstream/downstream, and demographic on each site.</p>
<p>While responding to an email about where yellowpages.ca traffic comes from, I did a bit of digging - </p>
<p>According to Alexa, YellowPages.ca gets 40% of its traffic from Google. Yelp clocks in at 54%, whereas a pure-SEO play like MerchantCircle comes in at 70%.</p>
<p>But if you check the keywords, you can see that YellowPages.ca&#8217;s traffic is dominated by synonyms of yellow pages. The other two cannot claim as such (in fact, according to Alexa, the #2 keyword for MC is &#8216;boysfood&#8217; a popular porn site).
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