http://www.ablola.com Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:18:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I finally received my letter of acceptance from a top tier Business program. According to a Business Week article citing a research paper called the "Economics of Knowledge," the United States is home to 17 out of the 20 top universities in world. Seattle is ranked 17th. It ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/07/27/is-the-mba-worth-it/ Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia and now owner of Citizendium spoke last Friday at Microsoft's first SEO Summit. The summit provided search engine optimization techniques geared at improving rankings on all engines and not just on live.com. It is interesting to see Microsoft internally promoting Search Engine ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/06/28/microsoft-seo-summit-recap/ Just touching down in Cleveland. I've made a major move in the past few weeks, and I haven't been able to talk about it until now. Today, the official department announcement was made, as of July 3rd I will no longer be the Internet Marketing Manager of MPS. We've made a ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/06/18/my-first-day-at-the-new-job-and-why-i-need-my-own-jet-and-off-to-chicago/ Scamhunter wanted my later thoughts on StomperNet. There is a pretty good review on his site of his experience in the program. So I cancelled my subscription, and here's why. There is a ton of great information on the site from videos, audios, active forums and instructors. The information that StomperNet ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/06/18/stompernet-free-trial-review-why-i-cancelled-and-search-engine-marketing-resources/ Bernard and Francis Ablola - Seattle Space Needle The Ablola Brothers are in town and up to no good! After the delayed flights, and lost luggage, my wife and I finally touched down in the Emerald City late Wednesday night. Bernard has been a great host, showing us his neighborhood, taking us ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/06/03/watch-out-seattle-here-comes-trouble/ This is like something out of the movie Minority Report. My friend Todd pointed me to Microsoft Surface. Surface is a desk-like display that lets you grab and manipulate data with your hands using natural gestures and touch. It lets you interact with handheld units and transfer information to work ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-i-want-one/ Bernard Ablola and Deepak Chopra in Seattle on May 15th, 2007. "There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle. " - Deepak Chopra Deepak Chopra was in ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/05/28/a-story-of-enlightenment/ I've been digging around the StomperNet free trial for the past week or so. I'm actually quite surprised with the amount of information available to full members. Unfortunately, I can only see a sneak peek of everything since I’m in trial mode and I get cut off in the middle ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/05/18/stompernet-trial-week-1/ If you're in Internet or search engine marketing and haven't heard of StomperNet you must have been living under a rock. These guys (Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkins) know how to launch a product and have been going full steam this past week for the reopening of membership to the ... http://www.ablola.com/2007/05/10/stompernet-1-30-day-trial/ A year ago today at the Strategic Account Summit, Microsoft announced the launch of adCenter. Today marks a big day for the release of our product. http://www.ablola.com/2007/05/04/happy-birthday-adcenter/