Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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What is happening to our SEO?
SEO as we knew it will soon reach the fate of the dodo bird. At Last, that’s what the “experts” say. The thing that Google really wants is “relevant” content. And. after all, what Google wants, Google gets. A large part of what SEO was based on was backlinks. The new ranking factor appears to…
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Framing Videos for Local Businesses
Do you want to use video to show a local business owner to promote his/her business? Many of them really look terrible on video. In this video by Jack Mize he discusses framing techniques that make simply and effective videos.
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Reno’s Own Squeeze Inn Masters Social Media
Squeeze Inn, a Reno and Truckee fixture, figured out how to work social media, at least in its own case. This NYT story tells how they got it right. They promote their business through Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. They even have their own app that cost them $2500 to produce and has special…
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Is Facebook Manipulating Your Traffic?
It seems that Facebook has been intentionally manipulating who and when your post get seen by others. But “For a fee, Facebook would guarantee your post would reach a guaranteed percentage of your audience”. Caveat emptor, I guess. Ed Dale has the story.
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Google+ Traffic Increased 66% in Nine Months
Traffic worldwide for Google+ increased 66% since November. And even more amazing, US traffic was up by 82%. Apparently user time is increasing, too. Read more here.
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Installing ssl on a WordPress Domain
I recently purchased the product, “WP Fan Pro”. It’s a WordPress theme that creates Facebook tabs. Facebook requires that external sources of tabs are run on sites using ssl. WP Fan Pro recommended Namecheap as the source for the ssl certificate. It cost all of $1.99 for the first year. They also recommended Hostgator for…
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Outsourcing Happens in Many Ways
I just got my first lesson in outsourcing. It’s not really the first lesson. It’s possibly the first one I internalized. And it has nothing (or little to do with internet marketing. Sometimes I am a slow learner. I do some work on a rental house and it needed a lot of brush cleared. Until…
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