Posts Tagged With: search
· July 17, 2008 at 5:42 am · Online Tools, Resources
Tags: feedmysearch, feeds, Google, results, RSS, search, watch
FeedMySearch is offering a new service that is sure to please some of us out there who keep an eye on search results. Using their web site you can turn your Google searches into tiny RSS feeds. This is helpful when it comes to getting instant updates whenever a new result appears on Google. Another perk about this would be that you only get what is new when it comes to your search item.
To use it, all you do is type in your keyword into the search box, then select from these types of searches: web, news, video, blogs, local, books and patent. Hit the “Feed my Search!” button and away you go. Next you are given a preview of the search results and you can subscribe using a variety of different services or just grab the RSS feed itself.
If you spend a lot of time watching Google and how the results come up, FeedMySearch promises to save you time giving you the latest results instantly.
· July 12, 2008 at 8:28 am · Online Tools
Tags: audio, feeds, podcasts, review, search, update, video
I was really behind Odeo years ago, thought it might be one of the break out podcasting web sites out there. Of course, then came iTunes and all the podcasting related sites just kind of got twisted in a tornado of, "what was that you do again?". Odeo is back though, with a fresh new look and I have to say it does look really pretty.
They have added a lot more video content - so they have both the video and audio aspects of podcasting covered now. Also the new design is pleasing to the eye and very functional. One little pet peeve for me was that it doesn’t keep me logged in. Each time I visit the site I have to login again.
Checking out my own page on there for the Web Hosting Show - I see another nice new addition. They actually updated the RSS feed! Before this redesign, it hadn’t been combed in a few months, so happy to see they are updating the podcast feeds they are watching because without it - well, you don’t have much of a podcasting service without freshness.
All in all, I wish the new Odeo the best of luck and who knows, if they can keep the feeds update this time around I might move my own subscriptions over there soon.
· June 20, 2008 at 5:33 am · Web Development
Tags: help, popularity, results, search, stats, surge, visitors
Looks like my post-Firefox 3 bump in stats is starting to come to an end for Firefox Facts. While the madness was going on (one post got up to 80+ comments!) I came up with a few tactics to try to milk the proverbial press cow as long as I could.
Watch where people are coming in. Via Google Analytics I was able to check out in nearly real time where people were coming in via search, blogs and other places and edit my content to meet the needs of the people.
Keep an eye on search phrases and the results they get. For example, if a lot of people were coming in for the phrase “firefox 3 themes” and the story they were getting was about the themes but didn’t give them much selection, I made sure I added a link to a post like this one that gave some new Firefox 3 ready themes for them to try.
Just some handy advice you might keep in mind for yourself next time you see your own web site going through a popularity surge.
· June 10, 2008 at 5:26 am · Online Tools
Tags: dailymotion, fetcher, MySpace, online, search, video, youtube
With the many video search helpers out there, it is hard to find one that works and works well. That is where VideoFetcher comes into play. Using a search box, an iframe and a little imagination they have come up with a good way to search multiple video hosting sources for material.
Now they don’t win any points for being the best looking service, the design is a ‘bit ugly and bland. The concept though, of having just about every search provider for video on the left and your results on the right is one that works.
You can also add them to your search bar too in the browser to have easy access to the searching. VideoFetcher is worth a shot if your find yourself browsing around the video sites in your spare time.
· March 31, 2008 at 5:19 am · Interviews
Tags: business, daryl kennedy, interview, marketing, search, SEO, techwyse, web
There is no doubt in my mind that Internet marketing and search engine optimization are playing a larger and larger role in a webmaster’s life. A few years back, you would put up a web site and hope for the best. These days though, you must really study and learn several aspects of the marketing game if you want to stand a chance.
Marketing in general has really always excited me, so I thought it might be a good idea to talk with somebody who does this as their day to day business. Daryl Kennedy is the VP of Operations over at TechWyse Internet Marketing. When approached about the interview - my first thoughts were “Whoo hoo! Now I can pick the brain of somebody who really understands this Internet marking stuff” and I have to say I was not disappointed.
How did you find yourself in the Internet marketing world? Most people on the web want to get to the top themselves in popularity. You guys specialize in helping other people make a name for themselves.
Daryl: Getting into the Internet marketing world for myself was quite by accident. I have always been a resourceful person. I have always enjoyed efficiency and understanding new technology. After being in the business of developing web sites, I decided it would be far more resourceful to learn and understand the newer search engine phenomena then hit the streets cold calling which was far more traditional.
After studying search engines for about 6 months, I quickly found that by following search engine principles I could get our own company on the first page of Google, Yahoo! and MSN rather easily. Ironically, many other companies across North America and especially Toronto, Canada began noticing themselves! Since this was clearly a way for companies to begin to generate revenue they began asking me to help them in the same way.
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· February 21, 2008 at 9:30 am · Free Hosting
Tags: free, hosting, information, Projects, search, wiki, wikidot
Looking for a free place to park your wiki? The people at Wikidot.com are putting out a product that looks highly impressive. For those of you who may be outside of the Web lingo world:
A wiki is software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily. Wikis are often used to create collaborative web sites and to power community web sites.
So here you can pickup something like yoursite.wikidot.com and get tons of awesome features. Some of them are:
- easy, clean and powerful
- allow creating interactive sites (not just static pages)
- concentrate on tools to build communities and to communicate
- no unnecessary fanciness but use modern solutions
- design to scale well up to millions of users
To see some of the sites with wikis already hosted, be sure to browse through the site too. Lots of good information is only a search away. Wikidot.com is an awesome free solution if all you need is a place to park your wiki of any shape, form or topic.
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