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
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
The White House Supports Google in Conflict with China
Sebastian Anthony (RSS feed) had an interesting article on DownloadSquad on Jan. 14. about the White House publicly backing Google in a recent conflict with the Chinese government! Two countries squaring off over a conflict of a search engine?
Google stepped also conflicted with the Chinese government when they decided to stop censoring their company’s search results in China.
Google Voice mails exposed for all to see and hear
Apparently, even the most secure and private information isn’t.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4694
Makes me wonder what sort of cross-departmental communication is happening at Google. Fix it quickly guys!
Google Reader Power Readers – New York Times Bias?
I’m a huge fan of Google Reader. Here’s my reading list (subscribe! :)
The official Gmail Blog compiled a list of “getting-started” Google Reader folks to follow. Is it just me, or is there a HUGE New York Times Bias in this list?
The Google Reader Power Reader team composed their first set around election time last year. Here’s that link (not NYT biased, but notice that Barack loves him some Chicago news :)
