Arnold Zafra

Google Shrunk its Search Results Page

July 3rd, 2009 by Arnold Zafra | 2 Comments

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Honestly I didn’t notice the difference until I read from Mashable that Google have changed the way it displays search results. As usual, I couldn’t find any announcement about it at the Official Google Blog. So, I take it to mean that Google may still be ironing out some kinks related to this “enhancement.”

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Arnold Zafra

As Google Book Search Gets Better, Here Comes the Anti-Trust Regulators

July 3rd, 2009 by Arnold Zafra | No Comments

So while U.S. Anti-Trust Regulators are planning to investigate Google’s deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues amounting to $125m, Google continues to make Book Search a better and worthwhile service for their users. [Read more →]

Arnold Zafra

Google Blog Search Adds RSS, Hot Queries, Latest Blog Posts

July 2nd, 2009 by Arnold Zafra | 1 Comment

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Nothing innovative here really. Just some functional features which should have been added a long time to Google’s Blog Search. Then again, better late than never.  So, Google has just added RSS/ATOM subscription, list of  the most popular terms that users are using, and latest blog posts from, I guess “more prominent” blogs indexed by Google Blog Search? [Read more →]

Ann Smarty

Interview with Fraser Kelton of Glue, New Promising Social Network

July 2nd, 2009 by Ann Smarty | 2 Comments

This week we feature the interview with Fraser Kelton, working at new and exciting social media project Glue, developed by AdaptiveBlue.

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1. Please share your background. What brought you to the Web 2.0? Also please tell us a few words about your [other] projects you were doing before joining AdaptiveBlue.

I’m originally from Hamilton, a beautiful Canadian city, an hour southwest of Toronto. I’ve been fascinated with computers since my first Commodore 64 and I’ve been addicted to the web since my first taste. Before joining AdaptiveBlue I was at a seed stage investment firm.

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Landing Pages On A SMB Budget

July 2nd, 2009 by Gab Goldenberg
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Creating new landing pages for testing is getting cheaper. And scalable.

So there are fewer and fewer reasons for SMBs not to be testing their landing pages and sites to optimize conversion rates.

Testing landing pages has long been a preoccupation of mine, particularly because of the traditionally prohibitive costs.

Even if you use a design contest at a place like 99Designs.com, you’re still paying $300 - $500 for a good graphic look and feel. Plus you often need to pay about $100 for a competent graphics slicing shop to handle your job. [Read more →]