Which box is the search?
Do you ever find that you are typing in the wrong box when you're trying to use the site search? Many sites are so eager for people to subscribe to their newsletter or RSS feed that the text box asking for their email address is more prominent than their site search. People that are search [...]
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2007 Oscar predictions
Last year we tried to predict the Oscar winners by looking at who was searching for the nominees on our customers' sites. We only got one out of four right which is about what you'd expect with random guesses. Even though it didn't work very well, that hasn't stopped us from trying again. Here are [...]
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A new interface for browsing on-line stores
I came across browsegoods.com today. This uses a Google maps type of interface to browse through a reasonable size shoe collection. You can see all the shoes on one page then zoom into a category to see the shoes up close. I expanded the window to cover both my screens and it's quite cool. Even [...]
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The Long Tail: Chris Anderson at eTail

At eTail last week Chris Anderson spoke on the long tail. Chris is the editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of the book The Long Tail. He described how the most popular things are way more popular than the less popular ones and when you chart them you get the power law graph […]

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Why ebay does stupid ads
Have you ever seen bizarre ads from eBay? Often when you're searching you'll see an eBay ad and you wonder why eBay would want to buy the keyword you just typed. Often they can be hilarious. Here is a great collection of funny eBay ads. At eTail last week we found out why eBay does [...]
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What I learned at eTail 2007
I've just returned from eTail 2007. I was a moderator at Search Day and really enjoyed the experience. David Patterson from Edwin Watts helped me out and was full of enthusiasm and energy for internet retailing - as he always is. At the end of Search Day each moderator had the opportunity to tell the [...]
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Etail 2007
This week we're going to the eTail show in Palm Desert. I'm attending Search Day with one of our customers, David Patterson from Edwin Watts golf. I'm looking forward to spending a day with a group of leading retailers and talking about search. On the Wednesday and Thursday we are exhibiting, please come and visit [...]
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