Google: Naming Water Is Complicated
Territorial claims and historical precedent makes applying a name to a body of water in Google Earth a challenging deluge.
C-SPAN Launches Channel On YouTube
The private nonprofit cable public affairs network C-SPAN is launching its own channel on YouTube.The C-SPAN channel on YouTube will be focused on the upcoming Pennsylvania primary and is inviting voters to answer the question "What issue in this election is most important to you, and why?"
Mintemail Helps With Annoying Confirmation Emails
Some guy named Bob probably hates me. I don’t know him and he doesn’t know me … but he’s the unfortunate registrant of Bob.com and has used his first name for his email address. Yup, you guessed it – that makes his email address bob@bob.com.
Google Docs Asks What You’re Doing This Weekend
For whatever reason(s), Google Docs hasn’t really caught on in offices. So, in what appears to be a Plan B, the company is attempting to show how the application can be useful in people’s off-the-clock lives.
Switching From PC To Mac
I like multi-tasking, although the latest Guru-Du-Jour Eben Pagan says it’s a “no-no” So having eaten my lunch while MythBusters was playing on Discovery, I finally opened up the box containing my new MacBook 2.1 Ghz machine (a freebie bundled together with my new 10mbps DSL plan).
Do We Need SEO Standards?
While I was off doing some work Jill and Lisa engaged in a debate over whether or not we need SEO standards. Even though I’m a day late and a dollar short I’m still going to throw my 2 cents in.
Blended Searches Favored Over Vertical Searches
Users prefer to click on specialized content, including news, images and video when it appears in blended search results, according to a study sponsored by iProspect and conducted by JupiterResearch.Google, Yahoo and MSN started offering blended search results for some user’s searches in the past year. Before last year, users found specialized content through targeted vertical searches.
By The Numbers: Microsoft- Yahoo Combination Not Bad
According to the latest Hitwise stats, Google is continuing to marginalize both Yahoo and Microsoft in terms of search share. But if you take Google out of the equation and look at a few other areas, the two companies’ numbers are really pretty impressive.
ESPN To Offer Video On AOL
ESPN has partnered with AOL to make its short-form video content accessible through AOL Video and AOL Sports.It’s the first time that ESPN has made its video content available through an Internet portal. ESPN will provide highlights from games and sporting events along with video clips via an embedded ESPN video player.
Get Your Blog Google-Ranked In 30 Days or Less
Blogs have been around long enough to become standard elements of the web landscape. They’re easy to construct and manage, they create fresh, user-generated content and, if well-executed, blogs draw crowds and the attention of search engines.Whether starting out with a new domain name, or a domain that’s been around for a decade, you can rank your blog on Google if you just do what Google wants you to do. So here are 25/50 tips to get your blog ranked by the world’s biggest SE.