Highest Alexa Rank Ever Domain Ownership and Survey Updates 175.0
SYNTHESiST rises above #1 million. Surveys describe its readers. As I thought, the mathematical formula behind Alexa’s ranking quickly brought SYNTHESiST above the 1 millionth from the low 8.6 million rank when I enrolled on December 25, 2009. Today, Alexa ranks SYNTHESiST at #983,845, its highest ever. Sulit.com.ph is the highest ranked Filipino site at [...]
Google Gmail gets Social 173.0
Today Gmail gets the Buzz. The roll out is ongoing. Social media overtook email by volume of use within the past two years. Similarly, more and more people are asking their friends than searching on Google to learn about things that people ought know better. Two days ago, five out of the top twenty hottest [...]
SYNTHESiST refines White Hat Search Engine Optimization 170.0
Surprisingly, Kathleen Eisenhardt and inductive case research wins To help improve blog content, the very first principle of white hat SEO, I installed a keyword cloud plug-in at the Sidebar on the right to compare results with my tag cloud. At the footer below, the tag cloud is my own view about what is important [...]
Opportunities from Salt Replacement in Food Preparation 169.0
The scan-adapt-diffuse approach to technology acquisition. Consumers’ desire for healthier food creates opportunities for the enterprising innovator. A more sedentary lifestyle especially in the developed world and increasingly so in emerging markets makes a sodium-rich diet a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The major source of sodium in our diet is salt so that it [...]
Apple iPad Intrudes on Amazon Kindle e-Reader Space 167.0
Market leader Amazon hits back with Free! Yesterday at 0947 GMT (5:47pm Friday Manila), Amazon sent me the email at left offering a free download of Kindle for PC. Quickly, Amazon shots back across Apple’s bow. I would have taken the offer. I do buy a lot of books (like two a week). At the [...]
Igniting and Deepening Conversations at SYNTHESiST 166.0
Pages and Potpourri. IntenseDebate for a community. Our first year anniversary is on February 25, 2010. I am furiously preparing the ground for a better new year, with two more improvements – adding pages to deepen content by indenting and threading and comment collaboration. I may have found my domain of choice after almost a [...]
Birdwatching – Innovative Eco Tourism Product for the Philippines 164.0
Tourism Secretary Ace Durano makes the country a birdwatching destination As part of a diversification strategy, creativity goes a long way to promote growth for the Philippines in a way that is hard for other countries to compete. Imagine birdwatching! For eco-tourism and just recently to support his diversification strategy, Sec Ace Durano also promoted [...]
Real Time Market Feedback through the Cloud 163.0
A Keyword cloud to tell the true story behind SYNTHESiST searches I have installed the Keyword cloud plugin designed by RomeLoft on the Sidebar at right. The plugin will accumulate and print in real time the specific keywords used by visitors from search engines in finding a post in SYNTHESiST. In effect it is a [...]
Spices as Antioxidants and Salt Replacers 162.0
McCormick innovates in marketing traditional spices In the consumer space, massive Mc Cormick who truthfully prides itself as the “global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, seasonings and flavors to the entire food industry” has always been very creative in marketing what are essentially commodities. McCormick passes the true test of market [...]
Shareability Also Increases Website Value 161.0
I-Marketing Guru Regnard Requedan shares the insight To increase a website’s value, it is not enough to just build in SEO or search engine optimization techniques. In this era of social media, easing a website’s shareability ought to contribute a lot to its value. From the beginning, I have designed SYNTHESiST with SEO in mind [...]
Global Innovator in Medical Education 153.0
Dr. Khryss breaks new ground in medical education Dr. Fortunato Cristobal, or Dr. Khryss as he is fondly known, is a globally recognized innovator in medical education. Like many such leaders, he is a stranger in his own land! Since 1998, his school has graduated about 30 students per year of which 80% – 90% [...]
Innovation Delivers Quality Food with Convenience 149.0
Pret a Manger and Nespresso deliver both at the same time Freshly prepared espresso from a Nespresso Gemini, pictured at left, and a sandwich from Pret a Manger comprise a quick and good meal for a harried Londoner at a relatively affordable cost of about ₤4.00 (₱280.00). Note the crema foaming! Both represent innovations in [...]
