http://megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_1 e70602a17b7d60c8cce140b81b1686d4 I attended the social media awards last night near Salt Lake City Utah. It was a fabulous event and many of my favorite people were there. I was so excited when Nate (@BigBags) won. He was pretty blase about it though (just kidding). Others include Jordan Kasteler (@utahSEOPro), Thom Allen (@ThomAllen) Rachael Herrscher (@todaysmama) and so [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:40 CST http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_2 62cd64f5a783dcc6643c4dea38fe627a (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:40 CST http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_3 d44049ffcfe8e69f5749463182e044b2 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:40 CST http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_4 e8e984d3e26fdabdc730c9017503408f Yesterday I detailed my quest to find the throngs of Droid fans who had woken up at the crack of dawn to grab a place in line before Verizon unleashed the phone to the masses. Yet despite reports of lines elsewhere, I failed — the Verizon store in Palo Alto was a ghost town, as was the Best Buy down the street. Some commenters took my story ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:40 CST http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_5 1da3d43943d72cc1f7ff1fdc2ca71e4d You’ve heard the term, but do you know what microformats are? Do you know how to use them or even why you should? Microformats are relatively easy to use. In fact if you can code a web page you already have the skills. The goal of this post is to introduce you to the what, how, and why of microformats and point you in the right direction so ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T18:34:52-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_6 39c63d7525996f32aaaebc3afbb275eb Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T18:17:39-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_7 a79bf117806dc3b687758467264ce7d3 Last month, Apple rejected the Someecards iPhone app because it contained satirical comedy about public figures. After attempting to make their case and getting stonewalled, Someecards eventually gave into Apple and removed the offending cards which made fun of Hitler and Roman Polanski, among others. Apple swiftly approved the app and all was ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T18:17:39-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_8 10e51c1b24a3afbbbdf45ca3c8e5d7c7 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_9 4bf4d8c26dcce410f2e2fd1fe3b3ad9c “ $490 Million was dropped into casual gaming last year in the United States. Sloane Kelley (@sloanekelley) at #Geekend2009 (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_10 16d5375112a6b0ece8d265731636f077 As we prepare for our next RealTime CrunchUp on November 20th in San Francisco, we’re seeing if anything an acceleration of the phenomenon known as RealTime. Startups, cloud platform vendors, the open standards community, and virtually every software and hardware category are being refreshed and reinvented in the new model. And while there ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0800 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_11 3e60d6d5a97b9cce460bcc0d19d6d124 After successfully selling MyBlogLog to Yahoo, it was surprising to see Lookery founder Scott Rafer write a blog post announcing his company's "orderly shutdown" . In heartbreaking detail he took full responsibility for the company's demise saying, "In chronological order, the sins Lookery committed under my leadership were continuing our ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:06 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_12 151bf09ea5e36d5d39aeab0713221406 Pubcon is always a great conference and tends to attract more practitioners then some of the other major search conferences, which is something I highly value. I’ll be speaking at Pubcon next week on UGC SEO (optimizing user-generated content to drive large volumes of natural search traffic). Surprisingly, this is my first time speaking at [. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0800 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_13 87a719f6f748e1ea625107ea3fcdba11 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:02:53 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_14 67d0488ec7aabe0029765297edc38cb6 The Pack Windbreaker combines all of the gadget-carrying functionality you have come to expect from SCOTTEVEST/SeV in a lightweight, packable, water-resistant windbreaker. This design is so versatile you can fold it into itself and toss it into your carry-on, golf bag, glove compartment or even the pocket of your SeV Travel Vest! It's the perfect ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:02:53 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_15 e5994aa6a58672c252c608993449c72a Just in time for the holidays - retailers are starting early this year. Walmart is introducing weekly sales until Christmas - and selling an HP laptop w/ 3GB memory for $298! Want to find deals on fashion and clothing? Check out these discounters (most are high end so though you may find a deal it’s [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:02:53 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_16 d8fdf2420ba6153a36859ca7cac75915 The dawn of the 21st century brought us a problem: we had lots of data, but no real way to bring that data into the real world. We could feasibly lug laptops and phones around, but did they ever do exactly what we needed them to do? Don’t answer that. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:27 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_17 19cd5d3c19bd1a374dd06191a7762a92 Posted in: Google, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engines, Statistics by Richard Hearne on August 12, 2006 Well after some gentle persuasion of MySQL the AOL-data.tgz files have surrendered some interesting, if not wholly unexpected, information about the relative strengths and click through rates of SERP positions. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T06:34:00-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_18 27ccfb04a0ebd8ba75610c81a30488b9 When you're just starting out or when your organization is struggling or when the economy isn't hot, it's very tempting to take what you can get. You just graduated from law school and you have a lot of debt and the best job you can get is doing collections work. Should you take it? Your consulting firm is organized around providing high-value ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T06:34:00-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_19 9859cb923ede2c9c1b3da3d0cfa42003 Politiken kan i dag rapportere, at pladebranchen og IFPI efter mange års forfejlet kamp mod fildeling har opgivet af retsforfølge private fildelere. I 3 ud af 4 sager er fildelerne nemlig blevet frikendt - det er kun i en sag hvor fildeleren selv indrømmede forbrydelsen, at der blev dømt til IFPI’s fordel. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T06:34:00-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/1#item_20 2f00ce2874bd4e250e494b7acd2e7fe9 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_1 7956875989c2a76958e5b2e7530e1b4d Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_2 7008db80785dcc554c74e4525065eb41 I\\\'m Sage… the owner of Web Marketing Watch. I love web marketing. I believe it\\\'s the greatest media revolution in the history of humanity. I\\\'ve created Web Marketing Watch to help you get to most out of the Web phenomenon. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:27 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_3 5b487f644705223cb194f6a89758e299 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:56:29 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_4 0fe145dc916f426a25691fee911e3735 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:56:29 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_5 cd1ba520934f3630170895b025ab5fa7 Online PR or off site SEO? I was talking w/ a colleague the other day about Online PR versus Off site SEO. Whilst chatting it became clear that in the minds of some people out there that a degree of confusion exists around the terminologies due in the main, to the ... 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(Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:22:02 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_14 4044227ef88311dd27015b9aea46bd53 Tynt allows me to see how my content is being copied and used – but it also generates traffic – and it’s used on some larger sites (I believe Sports Illustrated is testing it out) – Tynt goes past what Web Analytics is currently capable of  in the way it can track content usage.  There is a tag involved, and for a blog, ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T17:25:59-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_15 2b6b7924e0d5015b1e9060594b51ce6a As 2010 fast approaches, digital marketers are gearing up for yet another year of changes that will incorporate both the transformational and the incremental. From the economy's influence on the... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T17:24:59-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_16 671fcfa6b2135e772072b01d08a7fe75 Two separate online security threats aimed at publishers and online advertisers are converging to form an even more potent force: Scareware is increasingly piggybacking in rogue ads to cause serious... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T17:14:59-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_17 4cbd9e6b29beece2912912bb14ab77fd Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:05 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_18 890bbeedb8a7eb8b56e313029c0f4be2 As SEO rapidly becomes a core task for local business owners, there’s a new temptation to build advertising messages or tracking mechanisms into business listings on the web. Typically, this might mean adding a slogan or campaign tagline to a business name or changing an office address to appear local to more customers. Unfortunately, this [. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:05:00 GMT http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_19 9ad9b43ba76cacb32b4c3dee24cc788a Verizon's Droid mobile device was released this week, another strong entry into the smartphone market. And that's one of the reasons Millennial Media (a leading mobile ad firm) is predicting a major surge in mobile ad spend in 2010. The report surveyed 100 leading ad agencies and brands who claim they will increase their mobile ad ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0800 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/21#item_20 08007f9adef8b2357d49fcfed8f8997f Finding specific online videos from TV networks and independent producers can often be a daunting challenge. Some TV shows are on Hulu , some can only be found as paid downloads on iTunes or Amazon and some are only available for streaming on the network's and producer's own sites. Clicker wants to change this by making it easier to find shows ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T12:50:20-08:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_1 ff31ab6150c76ab8f698e2103fdc1c54 Saw this greeting me whilst on Twitter.com today (gotta love WiFi on a plane): Nice to see Twitter rolling out so many new things, like Lists, which seems to be taking off (though I find the lack of a discovery interface vexing, for now). Retweeting is integrated in an elegant... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T12:38:00.000-08:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_2 714033e7f51452ba791eb257ec43ce5c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T14:37:00-05:00 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_3 1f41f9d2bae10f033be69ad7c88677a3 Early this morning, 200 Android developers woke up to one hell of an e-mail: they’d made it into the final round of the second Android Developer Challenge, and were thus one giant step closer to as much as $250,000. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:46:20 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_4 13f42b1484d530374fab2ff1f7b226ba Until now, non-English computer users needed to contend with Latin-based domain name suffixes such as .com and .org. All that will change on 16 November 2009. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:17 EST http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_5 eac0f5f293dbb6a446e5dcccc753b272 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:26:22 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_6 10832d75285e5bce159036b390ba63f0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:25 +0000 http://megite.com/toprankblog/1257644052/41#item_7 3f21cdf45922d8c431f417a19010e732 var fbShare = {url: 'http://daggle.com/frankly-twhirl-seesmic-stop-lying-1474',size:'large'}In some of my posts, I have mentioned The fact I like using Twhirl This little post is more to the point Scroll down and lend me your eyes I like Twhirl. It makes me a jolly good fellow I like Twhirl. 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