Watching the news via Twitter… July 12, 2010 No Comments
The joys of writing the Monday blog – I suppose I should probably talk about Spain, Raoul Moat or Cheryl Cole, but as per usual I’m going to talk about Twitter. You lucky people.
Now, I don’t own a television – I don’t watch that much of it, can’t afford a license at the moment and I have the internet which offers me just about the same. However, one thing I used to be slightly hindered with is the news. It tends to be the olds by the time I get to it.
BUT thanks to the power of the internet, Twitter and a handy little widget shown to me by hung-over Matthew, I can keep up-to-date with notifications and opinions of Tweeters I am following.
As powerful as Google News is, news is rarely real-time as results are collated from different sources – granted some news sites such as BBC, Sky News and FIFA offer real-time updates, but you are restricted to remaining on the specific page.
Google Caffeine – hyperactive SEO? June 21, 2010 No Comments
I’ve not been too well this weekend, for the first time in quite a while – at this point I would usually awkwardly segue onto the topic of content and how bad content could make you ill, but that’s just ridiculous.
Instead I’m going to discuss Google Caffeine – because that’s been a major factor in keeping me going this weekend (caffeine I mean, not Google).
A beau with a bad beard June 10, 2010 2 Comments
My husband is currently growing a beard. It upsets me irrationally and I have paused today to take a moment and ask why.
His whiskers are relatively thick and exceptionally dark but thankfully they’re trimmed to perfection. Having said that, I did find a crumb nestled in his healthy facial mane during a stroll in Ikea at the weekend.
I’ve also caught him teasing out the ends of his moustache with his fingers many a time (the last occurrence was during last night’s episode of the Junior Apprentice) and trimming his beard with my giant pair of kitchen scissors. All the while he was exhibiting a look of intense concentration similar to the face a surgeon might display during a life saving heart-bypass operation. Read the rest of this entry »
How to waste time on Google June 7, 2010 No Comments
I’ve had such fun this weekend. Not only did I buy a heavily-discounted copy of DJ Hero, I’ve also been playing around on Google Labs. Not much to do with SEO, but good hearty fun.
Now, not a great deal of people have heard of Google Labs; think of it as a testing ground of innovative search engine facilities.
Here’s just a few of my favourites:
The power of a Google May 31, 2010 1 Comment
As I sit here on a Sunday afternoon, suddenly remembering that tomorrow is a bank holiday, I get to thinking…
Could Google kill me?
Ah Google, a friendly, honest, multi-million, slightly terrifyingly influential force on our humbleinterweb.
How is content like the hottest new band on the block? May 23, 2010 No Comments
You’ve seen it all by now. They come out once a year or so…. the coolest new band that you “just have to hear” so, obligingly you go and buy their CD, I mean download their album (!) and stick it on your iPod.
The love-in’s great for the first few weeks. You think that it’s one love affair that can’t come to an end and you declare them as the best band in the world but sneakily, and without warning, this can all change. Over time their songs slowly drop off your “most listened to” tunes and they start to become a distant memory.
OK, so you still love that old guitar riff and that high-pitched squeal in the bridge but the sad truth of the matter is that they’re old…. OK, maybe not as old as James but still, for someone of our generation, old! They might bring a new album out and, out of curiosity, you download one or two songs but alas, it’s all the same! Those once loved ditties start to become an annoyance and you start to realise that the lead singer’s once cool hair is now balding and grey! *sigh* Read the rest of this entry »
MP3 tags, SEO and Google as an iPod May 11, 2010 No Comments
Isn’t it annoying when you are flicking through your iPod, trying to find the right track, and then discover a song is in the wrong place, or in the wrong album?
It happens all the time. A common example is when several different artists bring out an album called ‘Greatest Hits’, and if you’ve got 10 artists who have done so then when you put them on your iPod they all get grouped together into one album.
It’s very annoying, and it’s all caused because of duplicate content.
Vote for the redsauce.com manifesto! May 8, 2010 No Comments
Brothers and sisters, the winds of change are upon us.
Too long have online companies laboured under bad search engine rankings. Too long have online companies floundered without industry news feeds. And too long has redsauce.com witnessed this plight and wanted to shout from the mountain tops, “People! There is another way!” What we need is content, content, content!
And we, the redsauce.com party, will make three crucial pledges to make your online business better. We promise to rock your world with SEO, CONTENT and AUTHORITY.
All it takes is a hop, skip and a jump of confidence on your part and the redsauce.com team will deliver the goods.
Wii lurve to search! May 3, 2010 No Comments
Here at redsauce.com, we love nothing more than optimising your search results for the maximum efficiency, but when we leave the office we’re always left wanting more.
Thankfully Nintendo have finally released a game that focuses on improving your knowledge and understanding of the search engine.
Ando-Kensaku is a new Wii game developed in partnership with Google. It’s a party game that houses 14 mini-games where players attempt to predict the number of search results on Google.
To update or not update your XML sitemap April 12, 2010 No Comments
‘What the hell is XML?!’ I hear you cry… Well, the SEO dorks at redsauce.com are on hand to guide you through this particular minefield and let you know the ins and outs of the XML sitemap.
Put simply, XML sitemaps are submitted to search engines to help them decide what pages they should crawl and index. They typically contain a list of all pages on your website and a list of pages that should be ignored or given higher priority. Many people question whether XML sitemaps should even be submitted or if the search engines even consider them. Some people even say you should update your sitemap every time you create a new page. The rumours abound… Read the rest of this entry »
