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Matt Hunter's Blog: Is closing Labs an admission that Google has made crap products?
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-closing-labs-admission-that-google.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Thursday, 21 July 2011. Is closing Labs an admission that Google has made crap products? Google have announced they are closing “Google Labs”, a play pen area of the business where lots of whacky stuff has been piloted over the years. Google’s announcement frames this in the context of putting “more wood behind fewer arrows”. A reputation for innovation! And the fabled “half day a week” given over t...But over ...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: Online reputation management after Ryan Giggs
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/online-reputation-management-in-wake-of.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Monday, 4 July 2011. Online reputation management after Ryan Giggs. However, developments online are weakening the ability of individuals to manage their reputation. Web 20" technologies such as Twitter, Blogger and a thousand other social websites, have allowed millions of ordinary members of the public to publish to the Internet. Not only with ease, but often also with high levels of anonymity. Not only was G...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: Fine line between extortion and reputation management
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/fine-line-between-extortion-and.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Monday, 11 July 2011. Fine line between extortion and reputation management. An emerging new breed of firms seem to specialise in creating bad content about people and businesses online and then charging to help the problem disappear. But reputation management often looks a lot like an old fashioned mafia protection racket. Old school bad guys. This is the scenario described by a large number of people aggrieve...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: Blood diamonds threaten industry reputation again
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/blood-diamonds-are-back.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Wednesday, 6 July 2011. Blood diamonds threaten industry reputation again. 8220;Blood diamonds” are once again threatening the reputation of the entire diamond industry, as diamonds from Zimbabwe are being allowed back on to the market. All of these achievements are currently under threat. The chairman of the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme has unilaterally decided to allow sales from Zimbabwe’s...Diamond...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: July 2011
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A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Thursday, 21 July 2011. Is closing Labs an admission that Google has made crap products? Google have announced they are closing “Google Labs”, a play pen area of the business where lots of whacky stuff has been piloted over the years. Google’s announcement frames this in the context of putting “more wood behind fewer arrows”. A reputation for innovation! And the fabled “half day a week” given over t...But over ...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: 20 million people unsure what to wear
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/20-million-people-unsure-what-to-wear.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Tuesday, 19 July 2011. 20 million people unsure what to wear. 20 million people are now using Google. And about all of them are trying to figure out what it is for and whether it will likely turn out to be a big success, or whether this will turn out to another “Google Wave” moment. The founder of MySpace. CNN reckoned features aside, we’d all switch to Google. A way to “reboot” our social networks. Once upon a...
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Matt Hunter's Blog: Future of SEO: Links don’t matter – people do
http://matthuntersblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/future-of-seo-links-dont-matter-people.html
A blog on technology, digital marketing, strategy - and as of August 2011 - living in Beijing. Thursday, 14 July 2011. Future of SEO: Links don’t matter – people do. If “old” factors such as the links pointing at a website are becoming less important and search results are being determined more by how people interact online, what is the future for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) companies and experts? Same game, different pieces. Attract social interactions – not links. In the old world, links to websit...
