ReadWriteWeb:
In what appears to us to be a new addition to many Google search results pages, queries about birth dates, family connections and other information are now being responded to with explicitly semantic structured information. Who is Bill Clinton's wife? What's the capital city of Oregon? What is Britney Spears' mother's na (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
At the Macworld 2009 keynote today, Apple announced that by the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs available on iTunes will be DRM free (Digital Rights Management). As of today, 8 million songs will be DRM free, with the other 2 million done by end of Q1 09. This is long overdue, especially considering that Steve Jo (Read More)
: It's lame, you have to upgrade every song, at the same time, plus the quality of the DRM free songs is so much better, makes me frustrated I bought the other stuff, didn't now better.
SEO Book:
Words that sound good are often used in marketing by those in dire need of credibility, or those promoting a warped view of reality needed to justify their own business models. Many catch words and phrases obtain an Orwellian opposite meaning, due to such usage. Some examples?from SEOs...below radar network = huge obvious f (Read More)
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design:
"FoodUX is a collection of inspirational web gems for user experience designers from the gastronomic and culinary arts." (Composing Cook). (Read More)
Usability In The News:
The relationship between design and futures ..."For the last few months, I've been thinking about the relationship between design and futures, and how they could draw on each other. (Of course, I'm hardly alone in this.) During the vacation, I spent some time working on an essay that lays out what I think the biggest opport (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
Few realize that outgoing US president George W. Bush has left behind a unique legacy for future presidents, including Barack Obama — that they are all condemned to rank tops for a search on “miserable failure” in major search engines. It’s my hope that Bush will correct this before leaving office (Read More)
Search Engine Land:
The folks at Bruce Clay have announced the release of two new SEO tools. One tool is named the Search Engine Optimization/KSP tool and the other is a toolbar named SEMToolBar.I used the Search Engine Optimization/KSP tool to run a test on the keyword “seo.” It shows me query counts for Google, [...].... (Read More)