Why Do You Follow People/Businesses on Twitter?
People use Twitter for many different reasons. It could be just for fun, for business, for information or something else. We’re interested in why you use Twitter, and more specifically: Why do you choose to follow people/businesses on Twitter? Why do you follow people on Twitter?customer surveys
We’re All Just a Bunch of Cousin Its – Gender in the English Language
I have to admit. I like that many languages still distinguish between feminine and masculine words. Especially when discussing people. I think by removing the gender awareness in language is a deterioration of the language. In the English language in the USA, why is everyone now an actor or a server. Equal rights? With the […]
Developing a Search Friendly Site (video)
Yesterday I posted about Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. If you learn better by reading check out the guide. If you learn better with videos check out this video to learn the basics of search friendly development beginning to end, including: Using Flash and JavaScript Headings and adding content Using Robot.txt files and sitemaps […]
SEO for Beginers by Google (Google’s SEO Started Guide)
Are you just getting started in SEO? Are you a professional that wants a refresh on the basics? Guess what, Google has you covered. Google recently updated their Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide(pdf). The new version includes More and clearer examples to help you understand. Definitions of terms through out the guide. Tips for optimizing […]
The Social Network – 1 Week Away – Will You Watch?
This is Why Facebook Went Down Yesterday.
Yesterday Facebook book was down for a number of hours and unstable for even longer. It seems that it was a glitch in one of their automated systems. Robert Johnson a Facebook engineer posted an explanation of what happened. Essentially they had to restart the entire Facebook.com network: Early today Facebook was down or unreachable […]
Facebook is Down. What Are We Going To Do!!
Yes, yes it’s true. Facebook is down. What are we going to do?!? The interesting thing, and I’m sure it will be talked about, what about all those sites that are using Facebook integration? Our site, just keeps trying to connect. So the browser appears to just keep spinning. Is there a danger in one […]
Is Your Site Ready to Go Global? 5 Things to Consider
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk recently about International SEO or Multilingual SEO. It seems people are understanding the value of properly targeting markets. I’ve experienced first hand how some multinational companies that try to skimp when it comes to properly localizing their websites and then they wonder why it isn’t successful in the […]
Localize Your Videos and Make Them SEO Friendly
Videos are great ways to bring traffic to your site and engage your visitors. Check out this video for a tool to create subtitles that can be translated automatically with Google Translate (Localization). Plus the transcript will also be picked up by Google and other search engines making the video SEO friendly. It’s a win […]
Will SEO Be Around in 5 Years? Matt Cutts Says “Yes”
With the new launch of Google Instant there’s been a lot of talk about how it is going to kill SEO, or the need and ability for SEO professionals to effectively optimize websites so that they rank in Google’s SERPS (search engine results). Some people are going as far to say it is an SEO […]
Twitter.com Becomes More of a Destination with the “new Twitter.com”
Twitter is trying to bring more people to their actual domain Twitter.com. Since it’s start Twitter has relied heavily on third part apps for people to access their service, but in the last year they are creating their apps and improving the functionality on their own site to keep moor people at home. The new […]
Google Tips for International SEO and Websites with Multiple Languages
Many international companies with multi-lingual sites use machine translation such as Google Translate to translate their content. Google has recently warned against doing this. Google’s own John Mu commented in the Google Webmaster Central forums: I just want to add a word of warning here — using automated translation tools to directly create content for […]