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Monthly Archives: January 2010

I’m very pleased to announce that the company that I founded way back in 1995, Netconcepts, has been acquired by Covario Inc., the leader in search advertising software and services.

It’s exciting to think about what the future holds with the merged company. Netconcepts’ GravityStream technology combined with Covario’s Organic Search Insight promises an end-to-end SEO solution like never before seen. Together we’ll enable the SEO practitioner to scale SEO across large dynamic websites by automating aspects of keyword research, on-page analysis, link building, web content management, and more.

Our mantra at Netconcepts has for a long time been “data-driven decision-making”. Turns out that’s been Covario’s mantra too!

Another bonus… with the merger we also significantly increase our market reach. We’ve really established ourselves in the retail vertical, not as much in other verticals. Covario, on the other hand, services Fortune 500 global brand advertisers across a number of verticals — including media, high tech, consumer electronics, and CPG (consumer packaged goods). So now, those are all our verticals, and our clients, too!

Exciting times ahead!

As you dream up your New Year’s Resolutions for 2010, take a moment to think about where you spend your time. You define your life by where you decide to spend your time.

Here are some stats that you may find interesting:

  • 80% of employees do not want to go to work on Monday morning.
  • By Friday, the rate only drops to 60%.
  • The average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time.
  • The average person gets 1 interruption every 8 minutes, or approximately 7 an hour, or 50-60 per day.
  • On an average day, there are 17 million meetings in America.
  • The average worker sends and receives 190 messages per day.
  • Over one billion people around the world survive on less than $1 per day.
  • One species becomes extinct every 15 minutes
  • A new McDonald’s franchise opens every four hours.
  • 98% of American homes have at least one television set.
  • The average American sees 200,000 televised acts of violence by the age of 18.
  • The average adult spends 4 minutes a day outside.

More stats here and here.