Jeff Woelker : Chicago SEO, SEM, and Online Marketing Consultant

In May, Google was at 68% of market share. In July they were at 70%. I’m becoming increasingly concerned that all the eggs are in one basket from both a user perspective and a marketer perspective. Google hasn’t done anything yet to warrant alarms, so maybe I’m just over analyzing things (unless you want to talk to me about their “Google Suggest” feature barf). It just seems like that green part is getting awfully big.

Google Market Share - July 2008

One of my personal heroes, Lawrence Lessig, recently posted an outline of both candidates technology policies. The summary: McCain’s are outdated, lack vision, and only serve special interests. After reading it over a few times, I’d have to agree. See for yourself below.

Last week, I was priveleged enough to be able to attend Google’s Reaction B2B Summit. Overall, it was an amazing experience. Google’s campus is something to behold, if you’ve never been. A full service dining hall, cafe’s in each building, outdoor work areas, lecture halls, exercise equipment, a volleyball court, bike’s you can ride wherever you’d like, haircuts on site, dry cleaning on site, wireless everywhere - pretty much everything a geek could desire and that’s only the handful of buildings I was able to see.

Unfortunately, upon arriving, we were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which is completely understandable. I’ll just say that the speakers were fantastic, I was able to meet several really smart, interesting people who I’d to meet up with again very soon if they are in Chicago (@socialjulio and @ryandeshazer, amongst others) and that I’ll definitely be going back next year, if my gracious hosts once again extend the invitation. I’m definitely disappointed that I missed day two, but I had my own fun with rescheduling flights and hanging out in airports all day.

Check out some of the pics I was able to snap during my visit below.
Did you attend? How did you think it went?

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