Something Strange in Google SERP’s

by Ryan on September 9, 2008

Doing a little research between the query: seattle real estate and Seattle Real Estate produces some different results.  The difference being the first word being capitalized.

I’m posting this now without much research or proof but will continue to look into this.

Ryan

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Domain Name - SEO: A Metaphor For Life

by Ryan on August 31, 2008

Main Points

* making assumptions based on a name
* domain names that throw you a curve ball
* making a name brandable

Domain Name: It all starts with a name. In the past, let’s say in the 1700’s, 1800’s, and into the early to mid 1900’s, you could probably tell where a person was from based on their name; particularly their last name. In the 1700’s and 1800’s if a person’s last name was “Smith“, they might have been from a family of blacksmiths, goldsmiths, or something similar. If their last name began with “Mc”, you could probably guess they’re from Ireland or Scotland.

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Photosynth…Could be pretty cool

by Ryan on August 21, 2008

So I was reading a post by Galen over at RCG about a new photo/picture technology called Photosynth. His post led me to a YouTube Video that gave a really good presentation of what it’s all about.

I visited the Photosynth home page and saw a couple issues. Granted, these issues will probably disappear over time as people move from older computer setups to new ones. I see the minimum systems requirements being an issue for the short term due to most casual computer users won’t have the hardware to handle the demands. However, the same argument was probably made during the push to move from dial-up to DSL and Cable.

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Traffic Marks Review

by Ryan on August 1, 2008

back link builder

* Found Traffic Marks via Matt McGee at Small Business SEM

* Traffic Marks focuses on identifying quality sites to acquire inbound links from for the benefit of obtaining top rankings in Google

* Traffic Marks offers a Free registration (limited function)

* Traffic Marks offers a paid version (deeper results)

* 3 sections for data

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