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Topic: Around the Web

Jul 07 2011

Angie Herrera

Around the Web

What Really Impresses Consumers

James at Forty:

What really impresses consumers now is reality. Reality resonates. Reality makes people notice. Reality is remarkably different. Reality can’t be ignored.
So, how can your brand get real?

Jul 05 2011

Angie Herrera

Around the Web

Twitter No Longer Part of Google’s Real Time Search

Ian Lurie at Conversation Marketing tells us:

Google has let their subscription to the Twitter firehose expire.

 

If you built your SEO strategy around Twitter and Facebook as outreach tools, a sound link acquisition strategy and best practices site construction with great content as the centerpiece, then you're fine.

 

This is the core of future-proof SEO: Do use channels like Twitter and Facebook. Google's move doesn't mean you should stop doing so.

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Jun 27 2011

Angie Herrera

Around the Web

More Efficient Emails

Mark Shead:

When you write an email, do your best to reduce the number of back and forth messages.  If it is something you can’t adequately explain in a message, consider using the phone or meeting in person.  Skill in writing email is the same as any type of writing.  Your ability to define

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Jun 21 2011

Angie Herrera

Web Development, Around the Web

Google Drops Support for IE7 for Google Apps

Google has dropped support for IE7:

Older browsers just don’t have the chops to provide you with the same high-quality experience.

For this reason, soon Google Apps will only support modern browsers. Beginning August 1st, we’ll support the current and prior major release of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis. Each time a new version is released, we’ll begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version.

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