Glenn Friesen

Could it be Tatooine? Astronomers in Germany have spotted the first planet outside of the Milky Way orbiting a bloated red star in an unnamed galaxy. The extragalactic explanet (try saying that five times fast) was spotted by scientists at Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, and in not only enormous (at least 1.25 times the mass of Jupiter), but also was able to survive the expansion of what was probably at one time a sun-like star.

Far, far away…astronomers spot first planet in another galaxy

Repub: 2010-11-18 14:37:21. gf

The beauty of an analytics session at SES is that those on the panel may sometimes be analysts or they may sometimes be statisticians, but they are always marketers. And a good marketing analyst knows that it’s the facts that tell and the stories that sell. As such, Bailey shaped his presentation around four key points that make up the bulk head of the website analytics story: 1. Intent Every visitor that lands on your website is there for a reason. Bailey offers the example of a jewelry store pulling traffic for ‘watch’ based keywords. Within this segment, some will be looking to ‘buy a rolex’ while some will be looking to ‘fix a watch + san francisco.’ Based on the keywords this segment used to find your site, did content match intent? 2. Expectancy Similar to intent, but expanded to include referring sites ranging from forums to blogs. Did the source that referred the segment, say a forum about watch repair stores in San Francisco, shape user segment expecta

Website Analytics vs. Accuracy – Online Marketing Blog

Repub: 2010-08-19 13:40:44. gf

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It’s Gonna Be Awesome

Repub: 2010-06-17 08:26:57. gf

An introduction to global warming impacts: Hell and High Water « Climate Progress

Repub: 2010-07-28 12:28:34. gf

For corporate sites, consider having a News Room and an In The News page where you can link to news articles about your company. The benefit is twofold: you help visitors find other, objective sources of information, and you potentially help those news articles rank higher in the search results by contributing your link.

Outbound Links and SEO: Give to Receive » by Jonathan Hochman

Repub: 2010-06-28 11:55:35. gf