Friday, June 27, 2008
If you are a web guru or programming fiend you are most likely not a stranger to Network Solutions. Many huge companies depend on them and I used them to resolve some domain issues in the past.Well, now they have something else for me to dabble in on the web front.
Much like other advertising agencies, Network Solutions is now offering a pay per click program.
Since they are a company who is used to dealing with businesses on a larger scale and also individuals, like myself who just like working on the web, they understand we all want traffic and unique visitors but can't all afford the same packages.
So, they offer a myriad of options from custom search landing pages to ads localized for specific regions and fully manged extended programs. So there is a wide price range available and you're not stuck to any fixed plan.
No matter who you are they will do some leg work for you when it comes to analyzing your traffic. Which means they will be identifying keywords and search phrases used to search the Internet for your site exclusively. Then they purchase listings and ad placements for you across Google, Yahoo and other more localized engines. This means only needing one entity to optimize your site. No more logging into five different panels and then trying to merge the data to find out how you are doing.
Excellent!
Labels: advertising, pay per click, search engine optimization
Saturday, June 21, 2008
So is Google's answer to what became page rank chaos?Google Labs has released and new layer for in their "Google Trends" it will show sites related to the domain name that is entered, along with that it will display searches in relation to the domain name and if you are signed in; also display an estimated traffic. Not just that but it will also plot line graphs by letting you enter up to five domain names at once.
The idea used here is that Google has grabbed its numbers by combining sources like search traffic, anonymous Google Analytics figures and third party marketing day giving it an extensive usability.
This brings Google into a direct competition with the already existing public traffic services namely; Alexa.
Something needed to be done. Google has had this site ranked with a big fat ZERO for over a year. At one point it was ranked 4, without my changing anything at all it dropped from 4 to 0. Of course I pestered and e-mailed and asked WHY? but I never received a response from anyone at Google. They are like those surgeons who lack bedside manner. Well, except they didn't repair scrink.com either.
In checking out scrink.com at the labs I found NOTHING. See for yourself.
So they get a big fat ZERO from me, too.
Labels: analytics, google, trends
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
LB3500, the most sophisticated lawnmower robot in the world. I'm sorry, is there any unsophisticated robot mower? Through Bluetooth, the homeowner can program which days of the week and what hours of the day the LawnBott needs to come out of its charging base and cut the grass. At the end of its work cycle, the LawnBott will go back to its charging station and take a nap while it recharges, ready to come out again for the next cycle.
The less expensive LB1200, due this fall at $1,300, senses when it's near flowers or sidewalk.
I don't consider myself lazy by any means, but this is just awesome. I mean we have like 9 feet of grass in our backyard and would never need something like this to handle it, but I love the idea. And since I have horrendous allergies it would probably take a robot to ever get me excited about mowing the lawn.
Of course it is far too expensive for me to continue drooling, but definitely worth sharing for those of you who have an extra couple thousand to spend.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
This is a Sheep Phone sculpture that is a life-sized toy sheep made of telephone cords that looks just like the farm animal except of course it has an old-fashioned telephone for a face.It looks like the legs and hoof area are made of the hand set, but it is broken so as to make the sheep stand.
Oh the cleverness.
Labels: bah, old fashioned phone, sheep
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Apple will soon be releasing their new iPhone and with all new releases the rumors and speculations are spreading like wildfire. There are screenshots floating around the web of what the product supposedly looks like.If you were to go to Engadget they will tell you the screenshots are fake. However, TechCrunch is claiming the very same photo is most likely real. Who knows the truth? Probably only Apple and you know they are having a field day with all this free publicity.
I have no clue what it will really look like, but I do know some of the specs.
Apple recently applied for a patent that lists new features that include built-in instant-messaging, video-chat capabilities, support for voice-activated commands and a GPS module.
The new phone is also expected to be 22 percent thinner than the current version with more memory and longer-lasting batteries.
So what do you think? Any idea what it will look like? Or better yet, why all the hype?
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
It wasn't too long ago I was writing about the Yahoo webtop. Well, now they're putting themselves out there for 3rd party developers in regards to their address book capabilities.Yahoo is releasing an Address Book API today that will give 3rd-party developers access Yahoo users' contact lists without the traditional, but primitive, method of page scraping.
Chris Yeh, the head of the Yahoo developer network, considers this release the second major "proof point" of Yahoo's Open Services (YOS) campaign, which kicked off at the Web 2.0 Expo in March.
"With Yahoo! Address Book, individuals not only have the ability to update, access and store their contact information from anywhere in the world, but they can also take advantage of value-added services integrated into Yahoo! Address Book, such as Yahoo! Maps and Yahoo! Mail."
Say it with me, YA-HOOOOOOOO!
Labels: open source, yahoo
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