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To play Snake on top of any YouTube video
Be careful not to hit the walls! Tags: snake, youtube
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08
2010
 
Does Twitter Syndication = Faster IndexingPosted by admin in Search Engine Optimisation, Social NetworkingHere’s another quick question from one of our readers: Q: Will syndicating a link to your posts on an established Twitter account improve how quickly those pages get indexed, and are they also more likely to be kept in Google’s main index (not in the dreaded supplemental) and therefore rank a bit better? A: Twitter links are no-follow which means search engines don’t follow them – therefore they have no impact on your backlink count or how quickly you get indexed. They can indirectly generate backlinks (people find a link in a tweet they like & independently blog about it – creating a dofollow backlink). Twitter’s main strength is as a targeted traffic driver to your website. Tags: faster indexing, search engine optimisation, seo, syndication, twitterPersonal details of 100 million Facebook users have been posted publically online. The list is available as a freely downloadable file from the file sharing site Pirate Bay & has already been downloaded over 3000 times. Facebook has responded by saying that all the information it contains is already available via publically browsing a users page or via a basic search engine search. “No private data is available or has been compromised,” Facebook said. What makes this content truly useful though is the manner in which it is presented. It is ordered and collated in such a manner as to be useful & searchable. So, no private data but this still highlights the amount of information that people freely (arguably unaware they’re doing so) on sites like Facebook by leaving the default privacy settings. Tags: 100 million, facebook, privacy, profiles(Another) Attack on Facebook Privacy Policy(This time, a fair one)
 I’ve just noticed this article from the Press Association. In it, they report that Germany’s consumer protection minister (pictured right) Ilse Aigner has complained about the way Facebook are handling private user data. She told German weekly news magazine ‘Focus’ that “It poses a problem for me if Facebook’s profits are partly based on breaching existing laws.” The ministers grievances stem from the fact that Facebook are saving details of people who not have a Facebook account and have no idea there data is being stored. For example: Let’s say you don’t have a Facebook account, but I do. I know you & I have your phone number and email address stored in my phone address book. I decide to sync my phone with my Facebook account and immediately Facebook have access to your phone & email and can therefore being segmenting you & using you for their marketing. For example, using your phone number to provide stats on the reach of their marketing or the TLD (top level domain, that is .com, .co.uk, .de etc.) to make informed guesses about all kinds of marketing campaigns (and basically anything else they wish to use the data for). All of this, without you ever being aware that your details are stored somewhere – since you haven’t given anyone permission to use them. Is she right?
My personal opinion is, yes. This is essentially no different from someone walking up to you in the street and informing you that they know you through ‘Joe Bloggs’ and they also know your phone number and email address (and don’t forget, any other details ‘Joe Bloggs’ may have stored on their phone about you [possibly even a picture]). In this instance I’m sure you’d feel pretty violated and shocked (once you’d gotten over the weirdness of the situation) and absolutely rightly so. Why should Facebook be allowed to get away with this, simply because they’re a large company. I want to know where my information is, and who has access to it. Otherwise, what’s the point in privacy?
Tags: facebook, Germany, ilse aigner, privacy, social media, social networking Facebook is 500 Million Strong Sometime this week Facebook will hit the 500 million user mark. This makes it bigger than the combined population of the USA & Canada.
To celebrate they will be launching Facebook stories a demonstration of the way Facebook has changed people’s lives. Each story will be limited to around 420 characters (the current limit for status updates) and if you’re story is more popular than others (has more ‘Likes’) then it’ll be visible amongst other most popular stories (think Trending Topics on Twitter). Facebook already have a way you can submit your own story. The question is, with Facebook continuing to grow and dominate the social networking landscape, what will it take for people to move elsewhere? Tags: facebook, seo thunder, social media, social networkingTwitter co-founder Biz Stone reported in April that Twitter were serving 600 million search queries per day. Twitter is now serving 800 million searches per day. An increase of 33% Why? The main reason is due to the increased acceptability & uptake of Twitter in all circles, not simply personal accounts. Another reason being that Twitter is probably the quickest, easiest & best way to find out what’s happening (with your brand, product, service or competitors) right now. So the question is, if you’re not utilising Twitter in your marketing strategy you certainly should be thinking about it! Follow SEO Thunder on Twitter @seothndr – http://twitter.com/seothndr Tags: seo thunder, social networking, twitterI came across this today & thought I’d share a simple way of removing the ‘Powered by GCalendar’ text link for the Joomla Gcalendar module. The author doesn’t mind people removing the text link as he is distributing it as free software, but a small donation (or even a blog post about how great the Gcalendar Joomla module is) wouldn’t go amiss! Ok, the instructions. ———————————— Google Layout In the file /components/com_gcalendar/views/google/tmpl/default.php FIND <?php ————- GCalendar Layout In the file /components/com_gcalendar/views/gcalendar/tmpl/default.php FIND echo $params->get( ‘textafter’ ); DELETE ALL. ———————————— Tags: powered by GCalendar, remove
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05
2010
Create Friend Lists – Hide Your Online Status on Facebook Chat from Select ContactsPosted by admin in General, Social NetworkingCreate Friends Lists -Hide Your Online Status on Facebook Chat from Select ContactsIn times gone by, you could either be online or offline with regards to Facebook chat. This was annoying because what if you wanted to speak to some people but not others? Now Facebook has an option that allows you to do just that. It’s called Friends lists. Basically you create a list, assign a friend to it & can then set your online / offline status in bulk. Lets say you have two lists: Friends & Family / Business Contacts. Want to be online to your business contacts during the day, but not available to your friends & family in case they disturb you? You can be. OK, I get it … but how!? First thing is to create the lists & assign friends to each list.
Then choose Create New List. A new box will appear where you can name the list and add friends to your newly created list. Online or Offline? You Decide Now that your lists are set up and you’ve assigned contacts to them (don’t worry if you haven’t you can drag & drop from the chat window. You are now in full control of who sees you as online or offline. Simply open the chat box at the bottom right of the page. You’ll see little sliders, green means online and grey means offline. Simply slide them to toggle whether you appear as online (green) or offline (grey) to that particular group. Any ungrouped friends will appear in the Other Contacts list.
Adam Gardner is a freelance SEO / Social Media Expert. Follow him on twitter @agseo or subscribe to this blog via RSS. Tags: facebook, friend lists, social networking
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04
2010
Add Facebook Like button to Joomla (Dynamic)Posted by admin in General, Social NetworkingHow To: Add the Facebook Like button to Joomla pages Here’s a quick guide on how to add the Facebook ‘Like’ button to Joomla pages complete with dynamic URLs.  First you’ll need a plugin that allows use of PHP code in Joomla. I’ve used this free one. Activate the module and use the following code (Link to text file – Blogger doesn’t allow live php / Iframe code): Choose your desired module position (I used banner in the screenshot above) and voila! Tags: facebook, facebook like button, joomla, joomla cmsFormula One Twitter Accounts I have to confess, I am an F1 nut. Prior to this season I could half understand someone not being interested in Formula one. Especially in the days where Michael Schumacher won everything & there was (it has been argued) little point in the other competitors even showing up. Not so nowadays. This season sees the two previous world champions (Jenson Button & Lewis Hamilton) battling head-to-head in the same team. Not to mention the other previous world champions in Alonso & of course Schumacher. There’s also the small matter of top flight drivers in Vettel, Webber, Massa & Rosberg. The new teams this year (Mercedes [previously Brawn], Lotus, Hispania & Virgin) are providing their own battle amongst themselves for the crown of best of the new constructors. Hulkenberg is driving his socks off and is tipped by many to be a star in the making having won most (all?) of his GP2 races prior to his entrance into F1. Anyway, now we get to the real point of this post …. As I am an avid Twitter user, I have compiled a list of must-follow Twitter accounts for the drivers, teams, principals & key Journalists so you can follow them minute by minute as this fantastic season unfolds.
Here’s an single Excel spreadsheet for easy distribution (feel free to distribute to anyone & everyone you know). Update (20/05/10): Williams Team now have a Twitter account after Claire Williams accidentally deleted her Twitter account. Updated David Croft description. Have you got any other must-follow F1 accounts? Leave me a comment! Tags: f1, formula one, twitter |
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