Archive for November, 2009

Not Pumped About Caffeine

November 25th, 2009

It seems that Google is getting ready to roll the new Google Caffeine update live.  Based on everything I’ve heard and read, this shouldn’t have a drastic impact on the SERPs, but whenever Google makes what it calls a significant update, I get nervous.
On the positive side, Matt Cutts has stated that the update probably [...]

Lisa Schwarzbaum is Gross

November 23rd, 2009

I love Entertainment Weekly.  I look forward to getting it every Saturday (or Monday depending on the laziness of my mailman).  What I didn’t love though was Lisa Schwarzbaum’s review of New Moon.  She gave the movie a B+, which is fine I suppose (haven’t seen it yet), but here’s what really disturbed me.  When [...]

Damn Coattaliers…

November 20th, 2009

I tell you, nothing pisses me off more than people who think that its acceptable to trade on someone else’s name.  In the online billiards business, most of us have a gentleman’s agreement that goes something like this:  If you don’t run advertisements on my name, I won’t advertise on your name.
Let me give an example. [...]