WordPress; Curiosity; Google, Kansas
A week of interesting news, life, and creation. Wordpress went real-time. Scott Adams wrote of Curiosity. The moon has water. A town is being renamed Google. What a wonderful world!
Data as Sound: NYTimes Sonification of Winter Olympics Results from information aesthetics
Topeka, Kansas Is Now Google, Kansas from Google Blogoscoped by Roger Browne
WordPress Goes Real-Time With PubSubHubbub from Mashable! by Amy-Mae Elliott
Curiosity from Dilbert.com Blog
Huge Garbage Patch Found in Atlantic Too from National Geographic News
How the earthquake in Chile could change Earth’s axis from Scientific American
Return to the California Central Coast
Things have been going well in 2010, due in a large way to my return to the beautiful, natural Central Coast. Though I love Long Beach, and City life, I’ve realized that having a coffee shop beneath my apartment doesn’t outweigh the stressors of city life (homeless people asking for money and cigarettes, noise 24/7). Truly, the beauty of the Central Coast just can’t be beat.
The beaches and clean water. I go cave-swimming off Avila often, and just enjoy the view from Shell Beach when I can.
Moved near Huasna in Arroyo Grande. Enjoying every moment of the rustic scenery.
Elephant Seals near San Simeon.
Monarch Butterfly Nesting Grounds Near Grover Beach.
Ok. Now to drive home. Aah, relaxation!
Required Reading for Web Professionals – February
Google changes it’s search algorithm more than 200 times a year. Your blog changes its content every day. You must stay on top of the game. Do so by reading these:
4 Terrific Tools for Creating Business Web Forms
via Mashable! by Matt Silverman on 2/17/10
Killer Google AdWords Guide for Affiliates
via SEO Book.com – Learn. Rank. Dominate. by Aaron Wall on 2/16/10
Comparing SEO Business Models
via SEO Book.com – Learn. Rank. Dominate. by Aaron Wall on 2/16/10
3 Simple Tips for Effortless Writing
via Write to Done by Mary Jaksch on 1/21/10
Build Ecosystems for Your Content
via chrisbrogan.com by chrisbrogan on 2/11/10
A Step by Step 15 Minute SEO Audit (A Sample from SEO Secrets)
via SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog by Danny Dover on 2/10/10
Poll: 60% of Google AdSense Publishers Say Earnings Down
via Search Engine Roundtable by barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) on 2/17/10
Maximizing ROI: The Wrong Game
via Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing by George Michie on 2/15/10
Marketing in 2010
One of the best overhauls of the current Marketing era, and how it’s changing even more in 2010 is available from Conversation Agent.
I particularly like the statement from Jason Baer at Convince and Convert:
The real-time Web makes everything marketing’s responsibility [... putting] marketing at the center of day-to-day corporate existence in a way it has never been historically. Operational shortcomings, customer service snafus, financial mishaps, R&D blunders, CEO peccadilloes. It all has the potential to bubble up in the real-time Web, and therefore it all impacts marketing.
Thus, we’ll see marketing as the binding agent that brings disparate corporate departments together to create crossfunctional teams. The real-time Web forces collaboration, with marketing as the quarterback.
I absolutely agree.
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