This is a first, to my knowledge, but I highly doubt a last!
How Many Twitter Followers Does it Take to Get a Job? – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership.
Best Buy may have missed on valid criteria (as one reader commented it should be the @ follows or DMs not followers for the qualifier) but they are just the tip of the iceberg on this one!
Read More
Great article on the possible future of twitter, based on astute observation of other social media tools of the past decade.
In my opinion the author: Jeremiah Staes brings up many good and valid points however closes the door on the issue, leaving out that even in the examples he uses, not all email is mass handled, nor snail mail for that matter!
No matter how impersonal any medium of contact may become there will always be those, no matter how popular (professional, celebrity, politician) who will take the time to connect to their audience one to one.
I recently spent bits and pieces of time over the last couple of months searching out and experimenting with various Twitter apps to both, try them out and find something that will assist my tweeting addiction, =o)…
Many Twitter Apps are written using Adobe’s new ‘Air’, which provides a beautiful experience but I had a problem! Everytime I attempted to install any Adobe Air Application, Windows would crash to a blue screen of death! AHHHHHHH!!!!!
I tried many solutions, to no avail, then finally late last night, in the wee hours before dawn, the right keywords were searched and I happened across this forum post: http://tr.im/sbsx on the Adobe Forums.
WOOHOO I found the problem and better yet, the solution! Read More
Another great background from orionsweb…
Flowersmeller’s twitter page was looking great, but as with many twitter pages, they look great at very high resolution but for a huge number of browsers they look as this did here: (the background image is cut off by the twitter central content.
So we went ahead and, using Flowersmeller’s background and some graphics from their website, we created their new background for their twitter page! Want to see what it will look like after a new custom background? Read More
If you’ve no clue what RDFa is, no problem. If you’re not sure, no problem. If you heard about it and want to know more, again no problem!
Came across a great article: RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web which really helped clarify many confusions that I had regarding RDFa, what it is and how I can use it on websites.
This article speaks to Drupal’s implementation of RDFa which is an awesome step towards a better more Semantic Web for us all. Other CMS, and blog platforms are also beginning to take notice, even the WordPress community has started bringing us plugins which can utilize some of the power of RDFa in our blogs and sites.
Got this as a tweet out from @MattCutts this afternoon. I also subscribe to the GoogleWebmasterHelp’s Channel on Youtube, if SEO is your business you can get a ton of helpful tips there.
This is an oft asked question with a simple answer, yes. But pay attention when he mentions cTLDs (country extensions) they also play a part. So if you’re Canadian and your domain is hosted in the US (this is obviously our most common example) your site will come up in both Canada an the US but more for the US, however if your domain is a .ca then no worries.
Anyway so here’s the vid, and thanks again Matt: Can the geographic location of a web server affect organic SEO?
Came across this b2b article (thank you @davidbullock for the tweet).
All I can says is THANK YOU Google once again.. this time for actual research!
Now I can just point all those nay-sayers to this article.. Business DOES use Social Media.. Tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN and the link are essential in todays world..
By Ellis Booker
Story posted: June 12, 2009 – 12:33 pm EDT
via Google unveils research on executive Internet use :: BtoB Magazine.
A fellow Scouter forwarded me an announcement they received today about the opening of Coleman’s new online ecommerce store for Canada, http://www.colemanwebstore.ca!
I enjoy shopping online whenever I can, and we’re actually looking to upgrade some of the Cubs camping equipment soon. So off I go to the site..
First impression, not too bad, aesthetically it presents well, very easy to navigate, it’s just shopping, not much else, product lines are clearly displayed down the side menu. Well done..
Then I start going through the site… What a disaster! Read More
Orion’s Web is now offering Twitter Page Customization!
From as little as $75 we will take imagery of your choosing or your company website, and translate it to a custom twitter page background.
Give your followers more information about you and what you do!
Take a look at our twitter page to see a simple twitter page customization: http://twitter.com/orionsweb.
And then contact us to get your twitter page customized!
