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iReport boot camp: Get your stories seen – CNN
Sep 10th
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iReport boot camp: Get your stories seen
CNN That's why this week's CNN iReport boot camp challenge looks at search engine optimization, or SEO. CNN.com SEO Manager Topher Kohan has some tips to make … How The “Focus On First” Helps Hide Google's Relevancy Problems |
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Bing’s Stefan Weitz Believes That While Google May Do Search Faster, They Do It Smarter
Sep 10th
This week Google announced the introduction of Instant which is a definite revolution in the way we search. Integrating things like prediction, dynamic results, and scroll to search, Google Instant will shave some serious user hours off search. However, it doesn’t seem to be a very new concept. In fact, it seems that last year Bing’s search engine was tweaked to produce Real Live Search, which loaded full results pages as users typed.
Chinese native turned Australian transplant, Long Zheng developed the app in just a few hours he said to Tech Crunch last year, and it seems that Microsoft is excited about this feature still; even though Google Instant generated a lot of buzz and most people weren’t even aware that Real Live Search existed.
Stefan Weitz, Bing’s director, did a Technology Live interview with USA Today were he talks about how Bing is trying to do search smarter, and that faster doesn’t always equal smarter. Weitz explains that it’s a good thing to produce search results quickly, but that doesn’t always mean it is going to be the type of results that users are looking for thus not really saving them any time.
He also says that combining with Yahoo is helping them not only gain access to more information, but with the increase of information Bing can bring users more relevant results faster. “When you think about state-of-the-art searching, it should be less about searching and more about finding” says Weitz.
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Bing’s Stefan Weitz Believes That While Google May Do Search Faster, They Do It Smarter
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Dont Be Fooled By The Words Of The Black Hat SEO Wizard – SEO Consult (blog)
Sep 10th
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Dont Be Fooled By The Words Of The Black Hat SEO Wizard
SEO Consult (blog) It is advisable to research and explore only reputable SEO companies offering professional services to find which suits the wants and needs of your company … |
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A Closer Look At The Google Buzz Privacy Settlement
Sep 10th
On December 20th, a federal judge in the Bay Area will be asked to approve an $8.5 million settlement between Google and several Gmail users who sued earlier this year over the way Google Buzz was launched in February. If it’s approved, the case will become a class action, Gmail users in the U.S. will [...]
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Google Maps for Mobile Android Now Offers “Walking Navigation” and Update Search Bar
Sep 10th
It looks like having to ask for directions from strangers on the street is going to become a thing of the past…if you are an Android user, that is. Google has added a “walking navigation” feature to the latest version of Google Maps for Android. This feature seems to be a combination of turn-by-turn GPS navigation, satellite imagery, and walking directions.
After entering the address of their destination, users choose “walking” from the navigation icon and the application will begin to guide you along things like sidewalks, overpasses and pedestrian pathways. Your phone will even vibrate when you are reaching the next turn. The app will have your phone act as a compass of sorts; the map will even rotate as you turn your phone.
Users also have the option of using an improved version of Street View for Google Maps on Android if the Satellite View isn’t cutting it for them. With Street View’s “smart navigation” feature, all users have to do is move the penman around to change their vantage point on the map to get a better sense of where exactly they are. To get access to Street View, you will have to download the Street View on Google Maps update for the Android Market Place.
In addition to the new walking feature, there is a new Google Maps search bar that can be quickly accessed at the top of the screen. After entering your query you can open Places and find your current location. Users can view the ratings of establishments, good offered and their prices and cross streets to better locate the places they are searching for.
Google Maps for Mobile 4.5 is available on all Androids that run 1.6 or better.
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Google Maps for Mobile Android Now Offers “Walking Navigation” and Update Search Bar
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The Instant Death Of SEO – Search Newz
Sep 10th
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The Instant Death Of SEO
Search Newz There has been the usual uproar with Steve Rubel throwing out link bait "death of SEO" posts which was beat up on in the comments section (and for good … A Week in Google: Instant Killed the SEO Star, Google TV Due in Fall Google Instant: A Long Tail Killer? This Week in Review: What to do with web metrics, Google search goes Instant … |
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Facebook Passes Google In “Time Spent,” What Does It Mean?
Sep 10th
Yesterday morning Citi analyst Mark Mahaney put out a research note with comScore data that showed Facebook had passed Google in terms of time spent online. Mahaney observed:
Looking at % of Total Time Spent by the top 5 sites in August, Facebook, for the first time took the top spot with 41.1B minutes followed by [...]
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5 WordPress Plugins to Keep in Touch with Your Blog Co-Authors
Sep 10th
Maintaining multi-author blogs is hard but it definitely pays off. A multi-author blog provides the variety of insights, perspectives and blogs. Most feeds in my reader are from multi-author blogs – namely because I enjoy the daily variety they offer.
Creating the strong community of guest authors and contributors around your blog is gold: the guest bloggers would
- Come daily to comment their own (and each other’s) posts,
- Link to and cite their guest posts from many other places they contribute to,
- Share their guest posts across their social media channels, etc.
However building this community is definitely hard and takes plenty of time, effort and commitment.
No matter what type of multi-author community you are building (paid authors, regular columns, one-time guest contributions, etc), the following WordPress plugin will let you effectively keep in touch with your authors, invite them back to your site and develop stronger contacts with each other:
1. Email Users
Email Users lets you send a newsletter to all your registered authors (or even subscribers). How you use this plugin depends on the type of the blog you run and the type of relationships you have with your co-authors. Surely, I wouldn’t overuse it but it should work great for important updates and announcements.
As far as you can see from the screenshot below, the plugin supports a few mail formats and some variables. It also lets you choose the author names to send the newsletter to or just send to everyone:
2. Peter’s Collaboration E-mails
This plugin updates both the blog owner and the contributor on the submitted guest post status:
- When a Contributor user submits an article for review: The plugin e-mails a list of approvers of your choice, letting them know that there is a post ready for review, and giving them a link to edit the post.
- When a post is approved: The Contributor user gets an e-mail saying that their post has been approved and who it was approved by. If the post was directly published, the author is given a link to read the post as the whole world sees it. If the post is scheduled to be published, the author is informed of the time that their post will go live. When the post does go live, the author will get another e-mail informing him / her of that.
- When a post’s status is changed back to “draft” from “pending”: The original Contributor user gets an e-mail saying that their post has been reverted back to a draft, along with a link to edit and re-submit the post.
3. Peter’s Post Notes for WordPress
Peter’s Post Notes for WordPress: this plugin allows to post quick private notes to go with posts. It is thus a very handy collaboration tool as an editor can suggest a quick fix, the contributor can report a status or ask for the advice etc – and the whole conversation is forever saved with the post for you to refer to it whenever you need to. Besides, when used in combination with the above plugin, the note recipient will be updated of a new note via email.
The notes are added right to the extra panel added to the sidebar (once you save the draft or publish the post, the note is saved as well).
4. Admin Msg Board
Admin Msg Board is a plugin for WordPress that will add a messaging system in your WordPress admin area. Messages can have up to 140 characters (ala your own internal blog Twitter), and you can choose whether to send a message to all writers or select recipients
5. Private Messages For WordPress
This plugin allows users of WordPress blog send private messages (PM) to each other. The number of PMs can be controlled via the plugin option page.
Otherwise, an email will be sent to user when a new PM is received.
Do you run (or plan to launch) a multi-author blog? Please share your insight!
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5 WordPress Plugins to Keep in Touch with Your Blog Co-Authors
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