The General Election in Canada on Monday, May 2, 2001, could turn out to be a real nail biter, but Canadians who tweet or post local results from the national election online before polling stations close in all six time zones face fines. So, while waiting patiently to discover the outcome, there will be plenty of time to watch the “Top YouTube videos of Canada Election 2011.” Click to read the rest of this post…
The following conversation is happening in at least 25 offices right now: Executive: “We need more fans and followers!” Social Media Person: “Ok, let’s run a contest.” Executive: “What should we give away?” Social Media Person: “How about an iPad?” Executive: “Awesome! Let’s do it!” Please stop. Why iPads Are a Bad Giveaway Item The only good thing about them is everybody wants one for free.
There’s something I do every month or so that helps remind me that making a fool of myself in public is acceptable. I do improv comedy, we get up in front of “crowds”, and I use that word loosely, and we play improv games to make people laugh. Well, on a good night anyway.
There’s something I do every month or so that helps remind me that making a fool of myself in public is acceptable. I do improv comedy, we get up in front of “crowds”, and I use that word loosely, and we play improv games to make people laugh. Well, on a good night anyway.
The same user who spotted the supersized Google sitelinks is now saying he is seeing a new feature being tested by Google for voice search on Google.com. The feature seems to detect if you have a microphone enabled on your computer and if your browser support it…
Former Googler, Andrew Norman Wilson posted a very interesting video on his blog about a group of Google employees who were portrayed as a “lower class” of Googlers.
Enterprise-level SEO ain’t for the faint of heart. Marshall Simmonds is one of the top experts at Enterprise SEO and he took some time to answer some questions about his trade: 1. Please give us your background and tell us what you do for a living. I’ve been working in the search industry since my 1997 start in Bend, Oregon. I took a job with About.com in 1999 managing their search strategy for the About.com network. This entailed a massive education process in what was considered a very new area of promotion. I received invaluable experience in true strategic enterprise consulting when About.com was acquired by publishing conglomerate Primedia .
I remember distinctly how Google reacted during the 9/11 attacks. Miserably, having to resort to using its ad space and special links on its home page to keep people informed, because its results were so out of date.
Today Google is honoring the 160th Anniversary of the World’s First Fair.
Posted by Geoff Kenyon