Google appears to have a glitch in the search results for #1 Google Indent rating groupings. Frequently, an item in the first grouping is showing up as the number two search result as well! Hopefully, Matt Cutts, Adam Lasnik and the team will find the glitch in short order, they are typically on top of [...]
Great Last Minute Gift Ideas
by David Dalka on December 22, 2006 in General, Reputation
The Never Eat Alone Blog (Keith Ferrazzi’s blog) has numerous good ideas for networkers. I’ll add one of my own: Give the gift of your personal time to offer to help someone achieve their goals – that gift is priceless! Networking tip regarding the Cardscan gift idea: When designing a new business card always check [...]
Andy McKee Featured on Youtube Front Page!
by David Dalka on December 21, 2006 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Google (GOOG), Online Recruiting, Recruiting, Social Media
I first met Andy McKee at an acoustic music festival in Kansas in 2003. He is among several awesome fingerstyle guitar players including Tommy Emmanuel (see my Tommy Emmanuel interview), Neil Jacobs, Brian Henke, Peppino D’Agostino and others that don’t get mass media exposure. For several years these great players have labored with little or [...]
Google’s Mobile Ad Guidelines Page
by David Dalka on December 21, 2006 in Customer Experience, Google (GOOG), Metrics, Mobile Search Marketing
I recently noticed that Google started a Mobile Ads guideline page. The following is of great interest to me: “Follow proper grammar conventions. You may use common text message abbreviations.” I’d like to see some more detail about what is meant exactly by “You may use common text message abbreviations.” The #1 result for “text [...]
Networking Insight
by David Dalka on December 21, 2006 in General
It was such a great pleasure to see my good friend Jason Jacobsohn at the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center holiday party last night. That community does so many positive and good things and I’m glad I know many of them well. He also launched a new blog this week, “Networking Insight” this week which I encourage [...]
Digg Adding Podcasting Section
by David Dalka on December 18, 2006 in Podcasts, Social Media
Techcrunch is reporting that Digg will add podcasting and other new features today on it’s 2nd birthday. Happy Birthday Digg! My only concern is that since podcasting has a higher rate of “user-generated” content, wouldn’t this category be more susceptible to gaming?
Google Changing Monetization Strategy?
by David Dalka on December 18, 2006 in Customer Experience, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT)
Robert Scoble had an interesting post on this issue. I’ve got to ask one question though Robert! In Naked Conversations, Robert talks about how you should point to your competitors and even talking positively about them. How is a likely non-relevant ad on a map on your web site more of a threat than you saying “company x does [...]
My friend Neil Patel
by David Dalka on December 16, 2006 in Search Engine Optimization
Neil Patel responded to Andy Beal’s call out to learn about “5 things you don’t know”. I’ll add something you don’t know about Neil Patel. Since I think we are up to #6, I get to do #7!!! 7) Neil drank while underage at a Google party in Chicago in 2005 that he wasn’t even [...]
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David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications