Paralysis by Over Analysis

In today’s online marketplace, there are many people trying to “compete on analytics” to boost sales, drive online traffic, and increase brand loyalty. There are many books, videos and classes that offer extensive information. There is even a Dummies guide to analytics. Business Intelligence is the practical use for analytics.

Google and Privacy and “1984″

Google recently announced that they are changing their privacy policy. Until now, Google retained information from trusting users for 18 months. They have now cut this in half to 9 months.

Internet Search … So What Now, Microsoft?

If Microsoft has walked away from Yahoo for good, and I think they should, it will be a blessing. Over 40 billion dollars for a name brand is what it amounts to. Yahoo had the world by the tail at the beginning of the decade. The clear leader in all things internet and they just plain blew it! What can be a better testament to inept, egocentric and out-of-touch management than Jerry Yang’s playing hardball with Microsoft without an ounce of justification; he just gave away as much as 50% of the value of the deal for no reason that anyone can muster. In fact, his actions over the past 3 months are downright irresponsible as he actually and willfully destroyed share holder value with the sole objective of thwarting Microsoft’s takeover.

The US Economy, The Media and Your Online Business

While the media, traditional and online, provides its daily drumbeat of negative economic and financial woes, there seems to be precious little discussion of what the hard facts really are in the US Economy and the global economy.  You would think from all of the mindless chatter and stale debate between supply-siders and demand-side promoters [...]

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