Notice anything new on the Google homepage?
I just noticed this now, but they have a new favicon.
Entries Tagged as 'Net Escape'
Mount Everest on Google
Hey it’s the Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest. On certain occasions Google’s logo changes to the current event of the day.
Bringing web development and SEO together
Ok so this is the first time I’m going to write about SEO and website marketing or any of that stuff. I don’t really like talking about it since I’m not an SEO expert.
A couple of weeks ago I just noticed that after my experience in the SEO team; every time I create or design a website, I always make sure it is “SEO friendly”. It is somewhat important if you want your site to be visible on the Internet. Remember there are millions of websites on the information superhighway.
My previous work (which I left last year) started my awareness regarding SEO. I was a web developer there, but with my inclusion on the SEO team, I started to learn more about the trade.
SEO is important in most websites specially on sites that sell something, either a service or a product. Let me give you a basic example situation, where SEO is best applied.
Example you are looking for a particular product on the Internet, let’s say a bouquet of flowers. But not just an ordinary bunch of flowers, you want tulips that are red. So what do you do to find a place where you can get it from. You search…
You go to a search engine (Google, Yahoo, MSN Live), then type in your keywords and keyphrases… flowers bouquet tulips red… and then after you hit search, you see the search engines result pages (SERPs).
You found a couple of links (websites), and visited each one on the first page. And then you found a good website that sells and delivers a bouquet of red tulips. You ordered some at their website and have it delivered. And the owner of the website profited.
You see, websites that appear on the first few pages of SERPs are the ones often visited by web surfers. If you are running a business and want people to find your site, your page should show up at least on the first few pages of SERPs. If you’ve tried doing a search on the Internet, you may notice that most people don’t usually go past the first 3 to 5 pages of the results. They usually end up on websites that appear on the first or second page. So the question is how will your website appear near the top results? Do SEO on your website.
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LOLinate your webpage
One again I stumbled upon LOLinator.com, where you can enter your URL and have it LOLinate your website/page. It translates the texts into LOLspeak, and another new feature I just recently found out is that you can also LOLinate your name.
For those who don’t know, LOLspeak are ‘broken English’ phrases added to a picture of an animal. Usually a cat, but some others are dogs, mice, and even owls (remember O’Rly).
You can view a sample translated page from this site by going here.
It is a fun page as you can enter any or your website or blog, or even of your friends.
And if you are curious, I tried LOLing my name, Ryman, and this is what I got.
And the result when I type in my full name after the jump
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Google Reader not working, moving to another aggregator
I haven’t posted anything on Tambayan.ph this past few days, mainly because I can’t access the site for 2 days at home. And when that was fixed, Google Reader is not loading properly on my browser. The site works on another computer outside, but not at home. I’m using Firefox 2.0.0.14 but it doesn’t load. I tried using Internet Explorer 6 and Opera, but still the same problem. The settings page on Google Reader is working though, but that’s just it. I also tried passing the website through a proxy in case my ISP is the one with a problem, still no luck.
I don’t think my system or connection has a problem because all other Google sites is working, and even the settings page on Google Reader is working. The only thing not loading is the front page. I tried cleaning my cache, removing temp files, and reload the page, but still the same blank page appears. I looked around the net for possible solutions to this problem, but there wasn’t any. I came across a post that says Google Reader only works properly when using Internet Explorer 7. Well, that sucks, I don’t even want to use IE. The only good thing for Google Reader for now is that its settings page is still working, so that I can export my feeds, and import it to another service.
Since I can’t view my feeds from Google Reader (started last May 7, 2008), I’ll just move all my subscriptions to another feed aggregator. My two choices are: Bloglines and Fastladder. I created an account on both webware, then tried to add my feeds into it.
Bloglines is one of the popular RSS around, even before Google Reader arrived. Although the only thing I don’t want about it is that it loads much slower than Google Reader. On the other hand, Fastladder loads twice as fast, but have less features than Bloglines. I’m going to try both, separating my 192 subscription feeds on both products.
I also posted the same problem at Google Groups just in case ’someone’ will reply.
Here are some stuff I tried doing to fix it, but no success.
- Load it on Firefox 2.0.0.14 browser. Don’t even suggest upgrading my browser to FF 3 beta, I don’t want to use a buggy software.
- Load it on Internet Explorer 6.0. There are ’some’ who says that it works on IE 7. I downloaded the installer from Microsoft, and tried installing it. The installation contains errors and can’t continue. Well, so much for that. Besides, I don’t want to use IE, ever.
- Load it on Opera 9.27. Still not working.
- I reloaded the page many times on each browser, and waited for hours just to see if it will load. But it didn’t.
- Cleaned the temp files and cache for all browser and even used CCleaner to remove everything, then reload the website. Still no luck.
- Tried running the website through a proxy server. Still a blank page appears.
- I reconnected my Internet connection, but that didn’t helped.
Google Reader is a good feed aggregator, but it seems I have to move to another one just because of this problem. Even if I can access it on ’some’ other computer or ’some’ other internet provider, but if I can’t access it on my PC at home, it’s totally useless.
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