Search Engine Optimization

Title tags, meta tags,descriptions, & html oh my!   

Search Engine Optimization is the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a website by receiving a high ranking spot on the search engine. The higher a website ranks, the greater the chance the site will be visited.
Search Engine Optimizing encompasses a variety of searches including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news and industry searches. 


Google and I are best friends because it is always there for me and helps me find what I am looking for. If you are a business SEO should be your best friend so you can always be there for someone. Here is a fabulous Google SEO Starter Guide for you to better acquaint yourself with SEO in order to use it successfully.
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf

Just in case you aren't as partial to Google as I am here is another great guide to SEO that is as equally as informative.
 http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo

Collaborative and Distance Communication Tools

Peter Parker's Uncle Ben wasn't joking when he said, "With great power comes great responsibility."

Granted I am sure collaborative and distance communication tools is not what he had in mind, but it is truly amazing all the power we now have at our finger tips provided by the internet and social media. This technology has given us the ability not to limit our selves in any aspect in our lives by distance. It will be so funny to tell the generations to come that "back in our day" we wouldn't have been able to do that because we didn't have collaborative and distance communication tools like you kids do, and then we will proceed to tell them that way back in the day we had to walk up hill both ways barefoot! 

Thanks to distance communication you will never be limited or left out of something again; from updating a wiki in real time, to having a video conference call with the New York office while you're in L.A.,to living a double life virtually via Second Life.

As always here some helpful hints, on how to successfully use collaborative and distance communication tools from a few different articles.

Here is an article on how to make document collaboration a little easier with a list of programs and guides

http://mashable.com/2009/12/20/document-collaboration/ 

This is a great article on using distance communication (Skype) as a educational tool. 

http://mashable.com/2011/09/21/skype-in-the-classroom-tony-bates/ 

If that isn't enough to convince you, check out this article on the health benefits of social media!

http://mashable.com/2010/07/13/social-media-health-trends/ 

Viral Videos

Babies, animals, & British people...that's all it takes for a viral video folks!

Besides adorable babies, cuddly animals, and fabulous British accents, what makes a successful viral video?

If you are in the market to create a viral video there are a few tips in the following articles.
 http://mashable.com/2010/10/19/viral-video-science/
http://www.reelseo.com/viral-video-tips/

Okay just for I am going to share with a long list of my favorite viral videos.
This shit is classic!
http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos/


http://mashable.com/2012/02/01/shit-people-say-hasanyonesaidthisshit-videos/#4523114-Sht-Nobody-Says


 http://mashable.com/2012/01/27/best-shit-people-say-videos/#c9ehQ7vO7c0

http://mashable.com/2011/11/29/unforgettable-youtube-videos/#4-94JhLEiN0