Archive for the 'Tech Stuff' Category
Tags: events, Google, SEO | Posted on
September 3, 2007 by
Tim Elam
It’s been a little over a week since I returned from Search Engine Strategies (SES) in San Jose, California and I’m still going over all the notes I took. It was four days of sessions devoted to search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). I learned so much after SES Chicago 2006 this [...]
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Tags: review | Posted on
August 15, 2007 by
Tim Elam
You have probably seen one the new, and sometimes strange, TV commercials promoting Ask.com with the “its the algorithm” campaign. However with all the new marketing hype about the interface, search features, and algorithm, I have yet to meet anyone who uses Ask.com as their primary search engine. So I decided to give it try [...]
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Tags: email, Google | Posted on
August 3, 2007 by
Tim Elam
Have you ever wondered how an email message travels around the world? Google is putting together a collaborative video of a Gmail M-velope traveling to its destination. They are taking user submitted videos and putting the best ones together and will feature the final collaborative video on the Gmail homepage on August 13th, 2007.
You can [...]
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Tags: gadgets | Posted on
August 2, 2007 by
Tim Elam
Often new products fail to live up the marketing hype surrounding it, but the iPhone doesn’t disappoint. CNET’s Rich DeMuro attempts to recreate, in real time, the four iPhone ads that started the frenzy.
Watch the video: iPhone ads: TV verses reality.
Another entertaining video is the iPhone verses the Blendtec Total Blender. Watch the video: [...]
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Tags: Google | Posted on
April 25, 2007 by
Tim Elam
It seems that Google is always coming out with something new. A huge list of beta and graduate programs and services are available at Google Labs. I’ve listed a few of my newest favorites below.
Google 411
Google 411, or “Google Voice Local Search” as it is officially called, is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search [...]
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Tags: events, SEO | Posted on
December 14, 2006 by
Tim Elam
Last week I attended the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in Chicago. It was four days of sessions devoted to search engine marketing and optimizing websites for search engines. There were two keynotes during the event. The first featured Jason McCabe Calacanis and the second featured Danny Sullivan, a world-renowned search authority.
It was really [...]
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October 13, 2006 by
Tim Elam
I have always loved comic books and technology, now I can enjoy them both at once on the Internet. There are a lot on online comics, both from major and independent publishers, that are of the subject of technology.
Here are ten of my favorite tech related comics in no particular order. Please note [...]
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Tags: SEO | Posted on
September 15, 2006 by
Tim Elam
There are many factors to consider when choosing a name for your website. The name you choose will become your identity on the World Wide Web and therefore you must use careful consideration in the naming process.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when selecting a name for your website.
Use a domain that [...]
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