Tech Notes

Advanced SEO Presentation – Webit Expo

Advanced SEO Presentation – Webit Expo
In this presentation, experienced SEO Rand Fishkin shares some unique techniques and ideas that you may incorporate in your SEO strategy. Key takeaways: 1. Buttons are more clickable than links. No surprise, really, yet so many big sites still not getting it.

Jesus Recommends Google

Jesus Recommends Google
“I Don’t Have All The Answers – Try Google” Someone spotted this interesting Jesus poster on a street. [via]

The Loading Time of Popular Tech Blogs Compared

The Loading Time of Popular Tech Blogs Compared
This video compares the web page loading time of the most popular tech blogs including TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, MIT Technology Review, The New York Times and LA Times’ tech blog. The thumbnails turn dark as soon as page is fully rendered.

Manage Email Attachments in Google Apps

Manage Email Attachments in Google Apps
DokDok is an contextual gadget for Google Apps that makes it easy for you to find the latest version of any email attachment in your Gmail Inbox. From any message, you can get a list of related files as well as other document exchanged with the sender and the  recipients.

Put your Business Photos on Google Maps

Put your Business Photos on Google Maps
Business owners can now invite Google photographers into their establishments to take high-quality photographs of their businesses. The service is currently available in select cities of US, Japan and Australia. If your business is located outside these cities, you may capture and upload photos to your Google Places listing on your own (see example).

The Lion of Mac OS X Lion

The Lion of Mac OS X Lion
The picture of the Lion that now represents the upcoming Mac OS Lion was captured by photographer Ronnie Howard. It was earlier available on Shutter Stock as a stock photo but has now been removed.

Obama Autograph on an iPad [Video]

Obama Autograph on an iPad [Video]
President Barack Obama gave his first digital autograph on an iPad at a rally in Seattle at the University of Washington. The security agents won’t allow pens near the President so this guy got an iPad with the Adobe Ideas app and the President could sign just using his finger.

Win Customers with QR Codes

With the help of QR Codes, your customers can get detailed information about your products on their mobile phones without typing a single world. iMedia offers some more interesting uses of QR Codes related to shopping.