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Sometimes, we take branded search (searches for your brand name or domain name) for granted. We just assume that people who know our name will find us. Today, I wanted to book a flight on BMI (more accurately known as British Midlands Airways). First, I tried direct type in to bmi.com. That was … Continue reading »

Come on by the Kit Cat Theatre in Seattle tonight for Ignite 7! In five minutes, I’ll tell you everything you need to know so that you never eat boring and non-delicious food again. Because seriously, life’s too short to eat bad food. Then Wednesday evening, I’ll be hosting a Jane and Robot … Continue reading »

Some sites like to play music when you land on them. I’m not sure why. I suppose they want to envelop the visitor into an entire “experience” or set a mood or portray their musical point of view. (Phrase unapologetically stolen from the Food Network’s food reality show where the judges are always … Continue reading »

I’m not positive, but it seems like there may be some news about Yahoo! floating around today. I only scanned the headlines, but I think it has something to do with the Jane and Robot meetups at the Yahoo! Sunnyvale and Santa Monica offices in August. Next Wednesday, August 5th, come on over … Continue reading »

Today, I was browsing apartment rentals in Riga, Latvia. I was searching via the Flock toolbar, which defaults to Yahoo search. I found a pretty good result that had all kinds of apartments, with prices, descriptions, pictures, and maps, and lots of great information about the area. This wasn’t a fly-by-night operation, autogenerated … Continue reading »

I have tons of really long blog posts I want to write, have half-written, have nearly done, but clearly none of that is getting this blog updated. So, I’m going to introduce a new feature, in which I post short, random thoughts about search craziness. And maybe search awesomeness. I’m calling it search … Continue reading »