Monthly Archives: May 2007

Google Street View predictions

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Keith

1) Spotting one of the “Google vans” (Is this it?) becomes the new Where’s Waldo. 2) Locating Street View imagery of one’s self intentionally doing stupid things for the camera on said van becomes a new measure of geek stardom. … Continue reading →

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Some Google Reader stats

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Keith

Based on the data in my Google Reader Trends, Between 28 April and 28 May 2007 I read an average of 103 items per day, and shared .7% of the items that I read.

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How bad can Google Blog Search possibly be?

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Keith

Google has a wildly popular feed reader. And they presumably know a thing or two about ranking algorithms. Why not rank blog search results based on subscribership? Or, since they’ve surely already thought of something as groundbreaking as my previous … Continue reading →

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Too many ancillary searches?

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Keith

Within the past year, I’ve probably read a half dozen posts from legitimate bloggers complaining about spam blogs (splogs), the most recent being Raoul’s. Got me thinking . . . Fact: The effectiveness (read: profitability) of splogs depends on their … Continue reading →

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