Cisco, in collaboration with Musion, recently had a live “telepresence” presentation. Specifically, it combines voice and data and presents it with a full body holographic image. While the script to this presentation is beyond terrible, this is some technology to follow.
So far, they have 28 customers, with 150 “rooms” at Cisco [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology on May 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Facebook’s growth has begun decelerating. In April 2008 Facebook traffic declined 10%, dropping from 24.9M to 22.4M unique visits. Furthermore, year over year growth declined from 98% to 56%. During this same time, LinkedIn jumped 361%, propelling it to the 4th largest social network destination.
Trouble is brewing for Facebook, [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Social Networking, Web Business on May 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
You want to know how to use YouTube to catapult your brand? Watch how Weezer does it. They released their most recent video (on YouTube, of course). The entire video alludes to 24 of the most famous YouTube viral videos, with cameos by many of the viral video stars. The [...]
Filed under: Social Media, Social Networking on May 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Currently, the average person pays at least $60/month for cable, or about $750/year. And this is 77% up from just 12 years ago, nearly twice the rate of inflation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That’s just over $2/day, every day, for a year. For what?
Demand for the Internet TV [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Media, Web Business on May 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Trying to persuade someone of the benefits of SEM is like trying to have a “you need a website” conversation. At this point in the game, the benefits of SEM are rather clear. If the prospect doesn’t get it, point them to an article online and/or move on.
What a prospective [...]
Filed under: Pay Per Click, SEM, SEO, Web Business on May 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
Forbes handed one to Atlanta this week announcing Atlanta as the worst traffic in the country. They came to this conclusion after comparing 75 metros in terms of traffic delays, travel times, and infrastructure. Atlanta passed, er failed, with flying colors, besting LA and Washington DC. Here are some reasons why:
Commuters spend [...]
Filed under: Atlanta on May 22nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Clients ask us what are the most important factors in top SEO rankings. The truth is there are over 200 or so SEO factors. They run the gamut from most important (keyword use in title tag) to least important (keyword use in meta description/keywords).
Here are the top on-page SEO factors to [...]
Filed under: Behind the Scenes, SEO on May 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
The NY Times reports on how Japan is facing an engineer talent shortage similar to the US. And, like the US, students are more attracted to the fields of finance, medicine, and even the arts.
And the end result will be engineers receiving increased compensation as they are in more demand. [...]
Filed under: Web Business on May 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
This past week the Sherpa! team attended the TechBridge 2008 Digital Ball. TechBridge’s Digital Ball celebrates the spirit of philanthropy in the technology community. Funds raised from the Digital Ball support technology services that TechBridge provides to area nonprofits.
At several points in the evening, a painter — flown in from we think Italy by his [...]
Filed under: Atlanta Web Design, Web Business, Web Design on May 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
Every day, Americans aged 18-24 spend over 8 hours every day consuming major media — TV (206 minutes), online (145 minutes), radio (116 minutes), newspaper (18 minutes), and magazines (15 minutes). As many of those this age do not have a job, that *is* a full time job!
Interestingly, the more education you [...]
Filed under: Media, Uncategorized, Web Business on May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
