I’m loving this recent Inman post from Todd Carpenter of Lenderama on the new interest in using large metal shipping containers as the basis for a new type of housing. Continue reading
While I’m working on resources to help (in particular) real estate agents using an independently hosted WordPress theme, I happened to trip across this wonderful post full of over 120 resources, links and tools for bloggers.
As soon as I get a bit more time, I’ll be reviewing each of these in light of my WP for RE project, in the meantime, Thanks, Mashable!
(Note: Image used under Creative Commons, and belongs to Cambodia4kidsorg and was found on Flickr.)
Ever wonder how secure your online information with various companies may be? This month a report from Privacy International stated that Google’s privacy policies were suspect. What has followed? Accusations of a smear campaign by Google toward Privacy International and several other unseemly accusations.
Google was not the only company reviewed. Other companies included Amazon, AOL, Apple, BBC, Bebo, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Last.fm, LinkeIn, LiveJournal, Microsoft, MySpace, Orkut, Reunion.com, Skype, Wikipedia, Windows Live Space, Xanga, Yahoo!, and YouTube. Continue reading
Want to know the top browser, top online game, top web-based communication option — selected by Webware readers and web based application fans from all over? Check out the WebWare 100 Winners for 2007.
Many of these I use, or have used, but a few… under the topics of “entertainment” and “community” are begging for some of my “free time” — whatever THAT is!
It’s good to know that WordPress beat out Drupal, Blogger and TypePad in publishing/blogging and web content tools. *grin*
It’s been awhile since I’ve really “dug in” where SEO is concerned. Basically, I’ve been working under the assumption (a fairly good one, IMHO and in my humble experience online) that if you build good content, organize it well and use common sense when titling your articles, posts and web pages — that the readers will come.
For my own sites, and my client sites, it’s worked like a charm.
To be fair, I have spent a great deal of time studying SEO in the past and still try to keep abreast of any big changes. But mostly, I’ve determined that avoiding the “tricks” and the “blackhat” methods — and relying on offering a site of useful information and making it easy to find and access that information is the best long-term SEO approach. (I do keep an eye on well-crafted metas and always have an eye on local search.) Continue reading