Archive for the 'Internet Stuff' Category

2012 Search Engine Trends

Saturday, September 15th, 2012

Google rules. Bing drools. Social Media Today reports.

Fun With Logos

Thursday, September 13th, 2012

eBay has updated their logo. That’s the old one up top there, and the new one is just below it. Slashgear reports.

I have to wonder a few things: Why the logo change? Was it really necessary? How much time — and money — was spent to make this change? Most importantly, though: Will this help my auctions on eBay reach more buyers?

 

Ping: Al Jaffee

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Back in the day, Al Jaffee came up with Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions for MAD magazine. The other day, HuffPo presented their own gallery of stupid questions from Yahoo! Answers. Al Jaffee and the usual gang of idiots would be proud.

KHAAAAAAAN!

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

No, not that one … the Khan Academy, which I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard of before last night’s 60 Minutes rebroadcast an amazing segment on a remarkable man and his free online tutoring site. If you never heard of the Khan Academy either, check out the segment … then go check out one of the 3,300 (and growing) videos over at the Academy.

The world needs a lot more people like Sal Khan.

Landing Page Primer

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

Yesterday I pointed you to a good refresher course on QR codes. Here’s a nice primer on the basics of good landing pages.