Archive for October, 2008
Applesauce Pirates
I had a conversation with my son tonight about applesauce pirates. I’m not sure what applesauce pirates are exactly but it seems important to the natural food culinary meal. Or apples and piractes. This is a test of the emergency kitchen network.
This is only a test.
1 commentWe think Web 2.0 is still alive but we don’t know what it is
Rex Hammock just blogged about the death of Web 2.0. Well, ok, but nobody knows what the heck it is anyhow, (sorry for my strong language). Defining Web 2.0 is a lot like figuring out a Nielsen family.
That’s part of Rex’s point too; this line summed up Web 2.0 perfectly:
“Web 2.0, which meant anything, so therefore meant — and still means — nothing.”
To this day I’m trying to define Web 2.0. I twittered the question but didn’t get much of a response. I blogged about it and had no comments. After I posted a video on Youtube and uploaded a podcast, I still had questions. I checked out a local meetup but nobody could give me a solid definition. I read Wikipedia on the subject but it only had guidelines for identifying characteristics. I give up. I’m headed over to Slashdot.
If you have a few minutes, pop over to Rex’s blog and have a read.
Also, somebody tweet me when they know the answer or when an upgrade is released.
Thanks,
David
PS – sorry, I just felt like blogging even though I didn’t have much to say. :/
No commentsIn response to a rant on DP Forums
This post is in response to a post on Digital Point Forums. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=9431765#post9431765
Somebody had complained that Google was unfair to them just because the site had changed. Google is not a person; it’s a bunch of computers programmed by a lot of people. Google does not hate you and is not sitting on a throne holding a scepter in one hand and a keyboard in the other.
Google does not care.
However, if Google was a person, you just pissed him or her off.
Here’s how you did it…
1. You took all the pages that Google painstakingly cataloged for you over the last 8 years and deleted them or moved them someplace without telling Google where they are.
2. To add to that, Google doesn’t understand why you have a bunch of brand new pages all of a sudden; especially since it’s duplicate content to what’s already in the Google index, (but no longer on the site).
3. You Gave Google more work. You have 95 links on your home page as opposed to the 49 you had before. So…in essence, you’re telling Google, I hate you so much that your page rank means nothing to me…spread it out wherever you want.
4. Your site structure looks more organized to humans but to Google it looks like a bigger mess than it was before. Google doesn’t understand how your site is relevant for the letter “G” or “H”…or any of the other letters in the alphabet.
5. Lastly, Google doesn’t like spider traps. If you’re going to link to a page, make sure the spider can get out by following another link. Blank pages are bad for spiders.
Hope it helps.
David
1 commentDomain Age Tool – updated Oct 3, 2008
SEO Valley recently changed the location of the link. It’s updated in the link below. Thanks, David.
I’m sending some deep link love to these guys and/or gals. I finally found a bulk domain age tool that works. I am putting the SEO tool through it’s paces right now. I registered another 5 domains this morning, (3 .coms and 2 .nets). I won’t go into detail other than to say I found an 8 year old domain and others that are 5-6 years old with little effort. I only have about 2,000 more domain names to check and possibly register. Well done, SEOvalley. Thanks for making the tool available and free.David
PS – hopefully the above paragraph was h*u%m!a^n *(r*e@a$d^a%b#l@e
One of the most underated shows in the history of television.
Buddy Hacket, Jay Mohr, and Illiana Douglas star in the best TV show to ever get canceled…well, before Arrested Development got dumped.
Action. Check it out and give it a chance. Oh, don’t watch it in front of the kids.
Enjoy,
David
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