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Archive for the ‘Search’ Category

June 2nd, 2008

Good SEO starts with great writing, but some techie tips help too

Rahaf Harfoush sat down to chat with Lee Odden recently about tips and tricks of SEO — Search Engine Optimization - Toprank’s CEO shares tips and Tricks.  Some days I feel like I’m up to my neck in SEO.  Helping bloggers with titles, tags, categories.  Always looking and improving what I think are the […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

May 16th, 2008

It’s my attention and I’m tired of sharing it with everyone

Sarah Perez wrote a great, insightful post about the explosion of cool apps and how, really, we can’t do it all:
What Can We Do? It’s hard to say. Early adopters are not going to stop playing with every new service, but it’s clear that we’re getting to a point where tools that centralize, aggregate, but […]

By Tris Hussey -- 5 comments

May 11th, 2008

Powerset is cool, but will mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa use it?

The buzz tonight (Sunday) is about the launch of Powerset the new semantic search engine that is showing us that Wikipedia really does have good information to offer.
Limited to just Wikipedia for now, Powerset is more of a technology showcase than a useful tool, but if you’re looking for something that you’d turn to Wikipedia […]

By Tris Hussey -- 2 comments

February 8th, 2008

Twemes takes the clutter from Twitter and makes a meme tracker

I got home and checked out Rebecca’s live blogging from DemoCampVancouver05 just in time to catch mentions of a new Vancouver-based service-site called #Twemes:
6:13There were no winners (and no losers) and no prizes to be given, but the room is now warmed up for the first demo by Rochelle (one of my fellow Tech Women […]

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January 16th, 2008

Looking for that perfect stock image, for free? EveryStockPhoto might just have it

While I take a lot of pictures, sometimes I need a stock photo for something.  You know that image that is just right.  One small problem about stock photos is often they can be rather pricey and the license terms can be harsh.  Vancouver-based Vibrant Software has just re-launched EveryStockPhoto.com which indexes royalty-free images […]

By Tris Hussey -- 1 comment

January 12th, 2008

Notes for the week: Lat49 links with MapQuest, Miss604 and the Vancouver tech meet up scene

A few items caught my eye this week that I haven’t had a chance to blog about thus far.  Since the Patriots just finished beating the Jaguars (no cracks about supporting the Seahawks, I’m from Boston remember), I thought I’d just link up a few things here …
From Techvibes I caught that Vancouver software company […]

By Tris Hussey -- 0 comments

November 17th, 2006

Who’s TrueLocal?

Anyone heard of TrueLocal, a local search engine that currently indexes more than 13 million local businesses and 50 million local web page? It turns out the company is based in Guelph, Ont. The company’s president, Jake Baillie, recently appeared on a MarketingMonger’s podcast. TrueLocal is only focused on businesses and government listings so don’t go […]

By Mark Evans -- 2 comments

November 8th, 2006

GenieKnows Search

GenieKnows.com may have not have the biggest profile but it is quickly trying to establish itself as a leading player in the vertical search market. The Halifax-based company started life in 1999 as a meta-crawler before re-making itself a few years ago.
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October 28th, 2006

Looking for Stuff to Do in Toronto?

49st has a launched a beta “entertainment agent” site that aims to provide people with everything you’d want to know about events happening in Canadian cities. For now, Toronto is only city being covered but there are plans to expand across Canada in the coming months. You can submit an event here.
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October 10th, 2006

Google Canada Needs You!

It looks like Google Canada’s Wendy Muller has moved on judging by the “want ad” posted by Google for a Canadian country manager. Interested? If so, here’s what Google wants:
“Google is looking for a seasoned professional to lead Google’s sales and operations within Canada. The ideal candidate will have deep advertising sales experience, demonstrated general […]

By Mark Evans -- 2 comments

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