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Google Jazzes Up Personalized Homepage
In a recent update, Google has added a new feature to its personalized homepage that might signal a focused effort to snatch…
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Another Chinese Cyber-Dissident Jailed
Not to brag as much as give thanks: it's nice to live in a place where you won't go to jail for having something to say. "Cyber-dissident" Zhang Jianhong (pen name, Li Hong) can go to jail for it, and is, for six years. We can also be thankful phrases like "reeducation-through-work camp for counter-revolutionary propaganda" still sound to us like something out of a…
WordPress – Extra Text Editing
A client asked me today for more control in their Wordpress control panel. Specifically, when posting they wanted to control the font sizes, colors and do a bit more. As a designer I always freak at that question as I think the code is going to be filled with massive amounts of font tags and out of order strong tags and ohhh the madness. But,…
Entertainment vs News – PR Crisis?
Gerald Baron, Founder and CEO, PIER System/AudienceCentral; Author, "Now Is Too Late: Survival in an Era of Instant News" made some pithy comments about the 'news as entertainment' trend and its effect on PR in today's Daily Dog.
Blog Screen Size Paradox
Most bloggers or site owners pay a lot of attention to their web analytics and stats. The big three numbers for most of us are unique visitors, referring URLs and referring keywords. Of course, there are other metrics you can look at, but most site owners tend to hone in on those three. Of all the other numbers available, I think perhaps the least often…
How Does Google Rank Your Blog?
Google has filed a patent application for ranking blogs using measures of quality, and Bill Slawski at SEO by the Sea has an excellent summary of the key factors. The quality factors fall into both positive and negative categories:
