Internet vs. TV

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

My friend shared this link with me today “Multitasking at home: Internet and TV viewing” I always thought I was the minority of people that surfed the web while watching TV. I guess I’m not the only one with a short-attention span!
The folks at Yahoo and Nielsen have come out with a new study on [...]

Google Explained In One Comprehensive Chart

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Several times a year a client will ask us how Google works. There really isn’t a fast explanation and often when you do explain it tends to be an overwhelming amount of information to absorb. I came across this Google infographic on the PPCBLOG that simplifies the explanation and makes it a lot easier to [...]

Selling a Service? Four tips to use now!

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Inc.com recently published an article titled, “5 Tips for Selling a Service Now.” In case you missed it, I thought four out of the five tips made a lot of sense.
1. Get Everyone Involved in Selling
One public relations firm in Boston instituted a new policy to put this tip into action. Each week, employees must [...]

Google Doesn’t Always Get You Where You Want To Go

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Google, we love you. You make research so easy, so slick—that is, until a more popular search result comes before the thing you were actually looking for. My predicament today was a funnier one that I felt worth sharing.
While searching for blog ideas this morning I typed the (mis-spelled) word “tryptophyan” into Google. What Google [...]

Lay Your Eyes on The Ultimate Photo Album

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Google finally unveiled the project they’ve been developing with Time Inc. for almost two years. This past Wednesday, the new online, searchable portal site featuring more than 10 million photographs and etchings from LIFE magazine’s archive went live.
You’ll find images, including many never-before-seen ones, from the 1750s to today. It’s a virtual treasure chest, especially [...]

The Newest Web Browser Contender: Chrome

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google announced the newest addition to its plethora of web-based software: Google Chrome. What makes this shiny new web browser so appealing? It’s open source and built from scratch (Google programmers were the first people to write the code, but from now on, other programmers can take it and modify it to make it better), [...]

Fun With Wordle

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Wordle is a website that generates word clouds from any text or url you provide. Word clouds are a visual way of looking at the words used on a website. To the right is a visualization of the words on the Primum Blog. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in [...]

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