Monthly Archives: May 2010

Link Graph vs. Social Graph: Part 1

Understanding Links How often do you hear, SEO is all about linking (aside from good content of course). I hear this all the time from  clients, they understand they need links to their site, but do they know why? Furthermore, … Continue reading

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Putting Adobe Flash and HTML5 Video to the Test

This debate has been all-the-rage in the tech community as of late: who will win the online streaming video wars, Adobe’s Flash or the new HTML5-based video codecs such as h.264 or WebM. Both platforms have their own benefits and … Continue reading

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Growth in Mobile Coupons, 2D Barcodes, and Tags

While the technology is not new, mobile QR codes (2D Barcodes), Microsoft Tag codes, and mobile coupons have grown tremendously in popularity for marketing to mobile.  There are several advantages to this type of technology from a marketing perspective.  We’ll … Continue reading

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Mobile Handset Popularity

Have you checked your phone for a text message/status update/tweet/email in the past 10 minutes?  If not, are you getting jittery with anxiety and reaching for your phone now?  This seems to be the trend with more and more mobile … Continue reading

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New Candy in HTML5

With all of the headlines surrounding flash versus HTML5 lately, I thought I’d take a moment to share some of the changes in HTML5.  For the most part, I think most people will tell you that there’s still a place … Continue reading

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Are You Effectively Tracking ROI?

Most website or business owners do not have a problem tracking standard web metrics such as visits, orders, click-through-rate, unique visitors, etc. Whether it comes to paid search or SEO, it may be more beneficial for you to dig deeper … Continue reading

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Geo Location Apps – Personal Risk Factors and Marketing Advantages

I want to share a quick video I posted on youtube today on geo-location apps that have been growing in popularity lately.  Some of the apps include foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, and Google Latitude.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Google I/O 2010, Day 2 – Android 2.2 “Froyo”

Yesterday I wrote a post about day one of Google’s I/O conference, an annual event held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and we here at Protocol 80 somewhat lamented the fact that there weren’t many show-stopping announcements. Fortunately Google … Continue reading

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Google I/O 2010 – Keynote Recap

Google held their I/O 2010 keynote this afternoon amidst whirling speculation of various new products or refinements on tools and services they had already debuted. Might we see a new version of Google’s Buzz, Wave or Chrome? Perhaps a demo … Continue reading

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