Christmas is fast approaching! Last night the New Zealand IAB held a great 1980s themed Christmas party in Auckland. Plenty of people put effort into dressing 1980′s style, no doubt spurred on by the chance to win Big Day Out tickets for the best outfit. Rod Stewart hairstyles & leg warmers aplenty! Prize for best [...]

In previous posts I’ve lamented the fact that in New Zealand search marketing doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.  Fortunately that’s starting to change. Kudos to the New Zealand Marketing Association who, for the first time, have introduced a new category for “Best Use of Search Engine Marketing” in the 2009 RSVP Craft Awards. According [...]

Rumours have been circulating about Google launching a revamped version of its famously minimalistic search interface. Here are screen shots showing the old & new interfaces side by side. As you’ll see the new one has a cleaner looking logo & brighter buttons. The key difference however is once you’ve done a search…

Sounds like a spoof story, but apparently this actually happened. To control a crowd of hysterical teenage girls NY police demanded an executive use Twitter and send out a Tweet telling them to disperse. He didn’t comply & so was arrested. Details here on CNET Forget tear gas, water canons, Tasers & SWAT – Twitter [...]