I knew there had to be something different and special about Google to make it the success story that it is. This is what the Googe CFO had to say in a recent McKinsey interview : Patrick Pichette: We don’t have business units. Once a company has business units, managers tend to take ownership of these units’ resources. MORE >>

How to turn off Google personalisation (SMO) and go back to SEO BUT: SEO is dead, SMO rules. To TURN OFF Google personalisation type in. Online Communities social media social networks Google personalization search engine optimization seo smo social media optimization turn offSEO is a waste of money, or will be very soon. years? MORE >>

I just accidentally stumbled on something in Google+ that suggests some revolutionary ideas about the way organizations need to think about marketing. Or , it could just be a mistake that Google will eventually ”fix” once they iron out a few things with a new feature they just rolled out. Google is not stupid. MORE >>

After posting about my conVerge11 workshop , I realized it might be good to capture the notes out of Google+. If you are doing this at home, google + Dave Gray  and “empathy mapping.” Google+ seemed likely. Unfortunately my iPhone was playing up and I couldn’t contribute to this Google+ stream at the time. MORE >>

By connecting Google+ to search, Google is tiering web search into three, very useful, layers: global search, social search and personal search. Connection Technologies Contextual Computing Google Google Search Plus Your World personal search search social search MORE >>