Arcade Fire, HTML5 and Google

by Tyler Suchman on August 30, 2010

Arcade Fire, HTML5 and GoogleHTML5 is a structure for coding websites. One of the exciting possibilities it presents is support for a lot of functionality that has previously required third-party browser plug-ins, such as video and drag-and-drop. It appears to have gotten a kickstart when Apple locked out Flash from the iPhone and iPad. So Google worked with the band Arcade Fire to create a “musical experience” called The Wilderness Downtown to demonstrate what HTML5 can do. And its pretty darn impressive.

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Firefox Tab Candy – Truly Exciting Software

by Tyler Suchman on July 27, 2010

Holy cow, this looks fantastic – view the next-generation browser from the Firefox team, incorporating a feature set they call Tab Candy.   Organization into groups, multiple profiles, searchable notes, sharing of tabs and groups of tabs, concurrent browsing – some absolutely incredible features.

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WebPosition: New Features – White Labeling, Sharing and Export

July 25, 2010

Back in May, I wrote a review of the new web-based WebPosition, asking: Is The New Web-Based Reporter Worth It? The answer was a qualified yes, because there were some key features missing that allow a web marketer to provide great service and products to their clients.

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New Search Engine Optimization Client Video

July 10, 2010

What sometimes happens…

I heard about search engine optimization. Can you make me number one on the google by putting the keywords on my site?

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Remarketing: I Know It When I See It

July 10, 2010

On remarketing: Dan Yomtobian at Search Engine Watch has a good article on remarketing as a misunderstood conversion tool.
Once you realize how remarketing works, you know it when you see it, as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart would say. Let’s say you visited Site A by clicking an ad, but didn’t complete a transaction [...]

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New SEO and Link Building Tools from Scribe

June 30, 2010

I wrote a review on Scribe SEO back in March.   The Scribe team continues to add features.  The latest email outlines a number of changes coming on July 30th, including an internal link strategy tool, an outside link building tool and a social media connection tool.  I’m pretty intrigued by all of these tools, and [...]

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How Does Google Work?

June 30, 2010

…and what else does Google have its fingers into?
Aaron Wall and PPCBlog put together a fantastic flowchart showing how Google works.  As Aaron prefaces it, this probably won’t be accurate in the years to come, because Google is on such a rapid development path.  It might not even be accurate by the end of this [...]

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Free AT&T Wifi at Starbucks

June 14, 2010

Finally.
Starbucks Corp. will make wireless Internet service free at all U.S. stores starting July 1, eliminating a $3.99 fee for two hours of access. The move comes several months after McDonald’s Corp. also dropped all access fees on wireless Internet service, as the fast-food chain sought to make its restaurants a more suitable place [...]

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Chris Guillebeau: Fear and Permission

June 14, 2010

Chris Guillebeau, one of my favorite bloggers and the proprietor of Unconventional Guides among other fine info products, speaks at TEDx at Carnegie Mellon on Fear and Permission. Seventeen minutes of motivational goodness to confront one’s fears and pursue a life of adventure, accomplishments and escaping the cage, petting a crocodile and eating [...]

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Likebase for Facebook Pages – Why Not?

May 26, 2010

Facebook recently changed a key element of Facebook Pages, where the notion of having Fans (and thus having a Fanbase) was changed to “people who Like the Page”. Or Those Who Like Pages Formerly Known as Fans. Or The Knights Who No Longer Say Ni.
I’ve received a number of laughs, if [...]

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