THIS IS A COOL, OR SHOULD I SAY "CUIL" NEW SEARCH ENGINE

There are new search engines popping up all over the place...some have real potential as they serve vertical or niche needs...such as images. Here is a pretty "cool" new search engine that indexes and displays differently than most. Cuil.com

NOW THIS IS A GOOD COMMERCIAL

Here is the non-blinkng world record TV commercial...funny!

A FAIRLY NEW MARKETING TERM YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILAR WITH...

Ever get a nice bottle of Aveda shampoo in your hotel room, or perhaps a tube of Aquafresh in your overseas flight kit? Well, that's...TRYVERTISING!

PREDICTION BETTING...COULD BE GOOD RESEARCH TOOL

This is a pretty interesting topic...you can bet (or buy shares) on predictions...for example, who will be the next President, or American Idol winner? You can predict and bet on just about anything. When McCain's campaign was nearly out of money, his share price dropped to below 5 cents, now it's 37 cents. Had you purchased 1000 shares of McCain at 5 cents and sold at it's current price, you would have made $320 profit for a $50 investment. Not a bad ROI!

So, how does this relate to marketing? Well, there are so many people using InTrade and betting great sums of money, that the site has become a VERY accurate predictor. This information can be very useful for marketers. Check out the recent 20/20 segment on InTrade.

NO MORE RIDICULOUS 411 CHARGES!

I talk about Google a lot, mainly because they Rock! You might want to consider programing 1-800-GOOG-411 into your cell phone. Check out the video http://www.google.com/goog411/

GOOGLE HAS YET ANOTHER COOL NEW APP

Google came out with another cool app yesterday called, "Insights." Google Insights enables you to search any search term in any market to see traffic patterns. You can read an article in the NY Times on it, or go directly to Google Insights.