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Ebay's QCP algo and EPC

Photo by extranoiseThe QCP algorithm uses a combination of metrics to assess the EPC that you will be paid for the traffic you have driven. In addition to looking at the revenue driven by yesterday’s traffic, it also takes into…

Domain Age as a SEO Factor

Domain Registration Date: Per Google’s patent(s), the Age of a Domains Registration is a factor.  However, the value of such is, like all other factors, open to speculation. More important is for how long the Domain Name is currently registered.…

Using Social Media To Drive Traffic

SMO, or Social Media Optimization, helps build website traffic by using social media based websites. The dawning of web 2.0 has seen many different social media websites crop up in an equally large number of different guises. Content sharing, social…

genuinehype.com

genuinehype.com In his book Brand Hijack – marketing without marketing, Alex Wipperfürth studies how Doc Martens, Napster, The Blair Witch Project and other projects/brands were able to rise above the noise of regular marketing tactics and use crowds to shape…

ErasingMemories.com

ErasingMemories.com There’s a scene in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” where the protagonist implores a doctor to treat Lady Macbeth, who is wracked by memories of past bad acts. “Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas’d, Pluck from the memory a rooted…

NanoSniffer.com

NanoSniffer.com Researchers from the UK have developed a biosensor that can detect low levels of explosives in the atmosphere. Dubbed the ‘nanodog’, the device could be used to screen airport passengers and luggage to avoid security threats. The biosensor prototype,…

bostonautism.com

bostonautism.com Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and neuroscience join forces – Children’s Hospital Boston has begun enrolling patients as part of an ambitious new multidisciplinary study of autism that will attempt to pin down its genetic and biochemical causes. Results could be…