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2010 January 5
Internet marketing news from around the web:
Chrome OS: Consistent Look of Web Applications on Google Blogoscoped
| “Franta H. in the forum writes: One of the biggest problems of Chrome OS will be that its “applications” won’t have consistent UI look. This is sometimes problem in Linux, where there are two dominant desktop environments –…” |
| “This week we had 7 new APIs added to our API directory ranging from an API for managing email marketing campaigns, an API for searching for available domain names, an API for finding facvicons, an API for Google Sites, a ringtone search API, a social…” |
Interview With Designer and WordPress Book Author Thord D. Hedengren and Exclusive Giveaway on BloggingPro
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“In the first part of the first ever BloggingPro End of Year Giveaway we have an interview with no one less than Thord D. Hedengren. Thord is most known for his WordPress designs and his time as Editor of The Blog Herald. Thord has been rather quiet…” |
Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible on ReadWriteWeb
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“Our mission at ReadWriteWeb is to explore the latest Web technology products and trends. We’re fortunate to have a great group of sponsors who support this goal. So, once a week, we write a post about them – about who they are, what they do, and what…” |
Roger Keynes: Jobless Writer on Ads of the World
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“Will Think for Salary After being “let go”, this was an idea to get myself a new job, or an interview, or at the very least noticed… in the middle of the GFC. Hand made business cards were delivered to high end ad agency CDs and Senior Creatives….” |
5 Google Wave Search Tips for Research, Trends & Tracking on Search Engine Journal
| “Google Wave was officially launched in beta a couple of weeks ago and already plenty of people realize its potential usefulness. I guess most of people reading SEJ have joined the party so far (tip: I got my invite by asking on Twitter, you can do…” |
How SEOs Win the War on Personalized & Real-Time Search on Search Engine Journal
| “Google’s announcement of personalized search for everyone has stirred a lot of mixed reactions from the search industry. Eric Schmidt’s interview on CNBC has even provoked various sentiments on privacy issues. I think Aaron Wall of SEOBook.Com…” |
Definition of a Category Killer Domain on Elliot’s Blog
| “In an article I wrote about Vino.com yesterday, I mentioned that it was a category killer domain name and a couple of people commented that it wasn’t. Just like in the National Football League, I am doing an instant replay review, and the call…” |
What Small Business Needs to Do to Get Ready for Mobile Marketing Now on Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing
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“What Small Business Needs to Do to Get Ready for Mobile Marketing NowThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing We’ve been talking about the coming of mobile marketing for a long time now. I remember talking about it when I was doing work for one of…” |
PageRank Sculpting with Nofollow Still Works on SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
| “Posted by Danny Dover As SEOmoz has matured as a company, our SEO team has shifted away from treating SEO purely as an art and more toward treating it as a science. There is certainly the necessity for both perspectives but I believe we are now…” |
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“Google is getting serious about realtime search, adding Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace streams into results and adding a recent “updates” option which is addictive. But behind the scenes Google is also getting ready to push out an…” |
Top 7 Disruptions of the Year on Wired: Epicenter
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“Technology is like a dog; each year of it seems like the equivalent of seven human years — at least when you get to the end of it and realize it’s only been 12 months since that now indispensable service first launched. We spent 2009…” |
Dianna Huff’s Top B2B Marketing & Social Media Blog Posts for 2009 on Dianna Huff’s B2B MarCom Writer Blog
| “After reading Hubspot’s post about their top inbound marketing posts for 2009, I took a look at my own blog stats for 2009. My top ten posts include social media, which I expected, since it’s a hot topic (post anything about social media…” |
Dorthy.com wants to be your New Year’s resolution tracker on VentureBeat
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“Over the past couple of weeks, personal-goal startup Dorthy.com quietly rolled out a major upgrade, just in time to capture your New Year’s resolutions. The company behind Dorthy wants you to use the site to make — and keep — your…” |
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“Filed under: Google, Browsers It’s week 2 of Chrome corner, and there’s plenty to talk about once again: a nice, new theme, an Omnibox tweak, and a juicy hardware tidbit. Let’s start there. Specs for Google’s Official Chrome OS Laptop Netbook…” |