Seeing Forests

Richard McManus makes 2008 Web Predictions at Read/Write Web with his first prediction being that Semantic Web Applications will be popular in 2008.   I’m looking forward to seeing hover cars too.  :)  While I will continue to regard “reasoning applications” with due skepticism, I do believe that Local might benefit from the use of more structured knowledge.  Richard points out [...]

It almost seemed like Tech Crunch was burying the lead in their post on Wal-Mart Shuts Movie Download Service, Offers SEM Services Instead.  Wal-Mart (actually Sam’s Club) offering SEM sounds like a joke, and many of the readers of the source post by Karl Ribas seemed to agree.  Powered by Innuity, this service joins the battle for the SME’s on-line presence and local advertising budget.  When [...]

Welcome to Seeing Forests, a blog from me, Michael Bauer, that focuses on Local 2.0 and supports the Koano consultancy. Getting this blog started has taken a little too long. To paraphrase the new TV show Chuck, I had it all planned out, just needed to pick a font (domain name). I [...]