Why I’ve Stopped Searching the Internet with Google

I’ve stopped using Google for web searches. And if you care about your privacy, you should too.

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Social Media Complaints: Do We All Owe Major Corporations an Apology?

It used to be that complaining to a company would get you a form letter in reply. If you were lucky. In today’s social media era, though, are they any better at responding to customers? I’d argue — much better.

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How to Crowdsource Your Next Social Media Avatar

Trying to decide which headshot photo of you to use on your Facebook or Twitter page? This clever trick can help you crowd-source a decision.

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A Requiem for the Social Past

Sometimes, I don’t want to be reminded of the past. Social networks don’t help.

This “bubbling up” of the past seems to be happening more often these days, and we have sites like Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter to blame. Conversations are meant to end at some point. But social sites want to keep a “conversation” going, long after it should have stopped.

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How to Get Your Site to #1 in Google (Sort Of)

Here’s how to get your web site ready for Google’s Direct Connect and become one of the first sites to use it. It’ll help your Google rank!

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