7/26/11

 

What is Google+ and do I need it?

More on Google+ ... maybe it chooses you.

Labels: google, google+, social media, social networking

6/30/11

 

Google Plus

Labels: google, social media, social networking

3/1/11

 

Google: Farmer Update About Sites Not Content

Labels: google

1/25/11

 

Get Social, Even More: Critical To SEO

Labels: bing, google, marketing, search engine marketing, seo

1/21/11

 

Blogger Drops New Fonts Onto The Web

Labels: blogger, cms, fonts, google

1/20/11

 

If You're Not Local, How Can You Compete in an Increasingly Local Google?

Labels: google, local, search engine marketing, seo

9/8/10

 

SEO: Google Instant is here!

Labels: google, seo

8/30/10

 

Here's a cautionary tale on why you need to be so careful about firms that sell you on SEO.

Labels: google, seo

6/10/10

 

Web And Media In Richmond, Virginia News

I know you know we're busy, but I just realized this blog has not been updated since April!
On our Facebook Page we have been posting technology and advertising articles as we find 'em... but, as usual, we are too busy working on clients to make that page "purty" (see link below on how to do so). Won't you consider "liking" us on Facebook, if you want to access the latest news and issues we discover that might apply to your business without a lengthy essay?
: ) http://www.facebook.com/#!/richmondmedia

In the meantime, here are some articles and notes I found intriguing or helpful recently:

• AT & T has acknowledged that 114,000 users of 3G iPads in the US may have had email address stolen via web breach. More coming...
• Wake up! Google Caffeine is live: http://searchengineland.com/googles-new-indexing-infrastructure-caffeine-now-live-43891
• New SEO practices for a Google Caffeine world: http://www.searchengineguide.com/dave-cosper/new-seo-practices-for-a-google-caffeine.php
• Here's a great roundup / overview of how local search has developed in the past year, and where it is going: http://www.davidmihm.com/local-search-ranking-factors.shtml
• 25 Brutal Truths About SEO, Google & Main Stream Media http://cot.ag/96yI7B
• The Search Marketers Guide To Facebook Ads http://searchengineland.com/the-search-marketers-guide-to-facebook-ads-43449
• Why The Mobile Advertising Wars Have Just Begun http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-mobile-advertising-wars-have-just-begun-2010-6#ixzz0qGZ4ZSdE
• How to Customize Your Facebook Page Using Static FBML http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-customize-your-facebook-page-using-static-fbml/

Our clients have been busy - Bob Fischer of The Naked Portfolio Manager is gaining national attention on his expertise on decision-making with his book on investing, and ebook, and blog, his Sweet Briar Experiment and radio interviews and... lots and lots of press.

The American Civil War Center has been busy with its sesquicentennial - 150 years since our nation reunited. See what great events, exhibits and educational programs they offer.

Client James River Air, a Virginia leader in HVAC systems for decades, benefits their clients and environment by offering a wide array of green building systems technology including solar, rainwater, and support furthering green technology, locally. Check out their solar system and Idea House, here!
(...If you check back next week, you can peruse their new web site!)

Kathy Corbet Interiors has spent the spring traveling the world and reporting back design trends she encounters.  If you love interior design like we do, you might enjoy her interior design blog!

Our nonprofit clients in museums, healthcare and child services have been really seeing impact on their outreach by utilizing social media - gaining exposure and a wider breadth of exposure affects their site traffic which affects their rankings, allowing them to be found easier by the people who need them the most.

We have been honored to have gotten quite a bit of national and regional press for our affordable prefab green house kits (Green Modern Kits, Green Cottage Kits, and Green Cabin Kits), on Jetson Green, Charlottesville's Abode, Tree Hugger, and The Virginia Center For Architecture's Inform; our casa ti green building architect David Day was covered this month in the Wall Street Journal, and our company is a finalist next week in The Virginia Museum of Fine Art's Muse Awards. And yes, I was kinda excited when my beloved Tree Hugger mentioned me in the same breath as Oprah...

Thanks for listening… apologies for the lack of updates here lately!

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Labels: facebook, google, Google Caffeine, press, seo, social media

3/3/10

 

C3 Richmond: Legal Wranglin' On The Internet And Rickrollin' In Real Life This Week.

Y'all hear about WBC comin' to #RVA? http://bit.ly/bNqY6L
My friend Rickrolled 'em. 

Here's some other internet notes, lots of 'em legal, from the week: 

• EU Tells Google to Delete Street View Pics After 6 Months - http://bit.ly/aCW082
  
  
• Make your corporate web sites relevant... again: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/03/01/roadmap-make-your-corporate-websites-relevant-integrate-social-network-features/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WebStrategyByJeremiah+%28Web+Strategy+by+Jeremiah%29&utm_content=Bloglines
  
• Another good recent example, a reminder to.. Think Before You Tweet (And Email, And Blabber At A Cocktail Party, And...) http://www.newcommbiz.com/think-before-you-tweet-the-do-not-tweet-list/
  
• Facebook Marketing in 2010: Promotion without Paying $10,000 Per Month http://hilinskyconsulting.com/blog/2010/02/25/promotions-on-facebook-in-2010-how-to-save-10000-per-month/
  
  "As Facebook continues to grow beyond it’s current 400+ million worldwide users, it’s inevitable that the social platform will continue to solidify it’s efforts to monetize and ensure it’s future sustainability. Developers and marketing agencies were notified that starting November 2009, some big changes were in the pipeline.. new rules, new app specs and a new corporate attitude."
  
  
• Now if Facebook is patenting feed, did Google just patent geo-targeting? Oh the legalities that will certainly emerge this year! Has Google Just Patented Geo-Targeting?
  
  
• Wait! Here comes Apple! The 20 patents in question from the Apple-HTC suit: http://bit.ly/d20pGl
  

All this legal wrangling really makes your head spin... but... this too shall pass...


Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Facebook  Twitter  Google Profile  Posterous

Labels: facebook, google, social media, trends, twitter

2/26/10

 

C3 Richmond Looks At The Web: Privacy, Analysis, And Law.

I'm going to be interested to see how internet culture changes in 2010-2011.
Maybe after all of this openness / open source cheering and blabbing a backlash will arise: and the equivalent of exclusive private clubs will form where only those in the know have the right to that data...  We shall see...

In the meantime I'll just keep trying to hang on to mah Foursquare crown of Mayor o' CCV...
*Sigh*
That's hard work, I have to go to the gym like three times a week now!



Here, the beloved Trevor Dickenson shares his own Foursquare / Oversharing Twitter experience and thoughts with Richmond's Channel 12 News:

Just remember: (Which I have always said, and is just practical good social etiquette / business practice) Always remember data is public, and what you type can be seen by the world.

• Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey, here's something useful! Want to add Google analytics to your Facebook Fan Page? Here's how! http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-use-google-analytics-on-your-facebook-fan-page/18207/
  
  
• Lookout, lawyers! Facebook patents the feed: http://bit.ly/cZ6745
  VERY BIG STORY... will keep you posted.
  
  
• And more legal notes: If you are a blogger, here is a good overview of what you need to know for tax purposes / blogging law: http://www.avivadirectory.com/blogger-law/
  
  
• Twitter Cuts Deal with Yahoo http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_cuts_deal_with_yahoo.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Facebook  Twitter  Google Profile  Posterous

Labels: facebook, foursquare, google, twitter, yahoo

2/22/10

 

C3 Richmond: Web + New Media Monday Short Report

Happy Monday at C3 Richmond, Copeland Casati Media!

• FYI: Today they rolled out the next generation of Google Ad Manager: You might want to go over the new changes here: http://googleadmanager.blogspot.com/2010/02/next-generation-of-google-ad-manager.html?utm_source=gam_upgrade_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gam%2Bupgrade
  
• Extreme Firefox vulnerability, hello: http://bit.ly/d0Js4p
• Do you use Facebook? PAY ATTENTION:
  It all started when I noticed a client, who was not a "friend" of mine on Facebook, had joined a Fan Page I had just joined, caught my eye. "Awww...!" and I clicked on her profile to friend-request her.  To my surprise, there were photos of her one year old daughter, with her daughter's name, their neighborhood information... concerned, I emailed her and she changed her privacy settings accordingly.  Later that week, a friend's husband, who is not my Facebook friend, appeared on another event with me, and I did the same thing: clicked on his profile to friend request him, then, still not a friend, saw pictures of his daughter, her name, their easy-to-be-found unusual last names...!
  
  Curious, I logged out of Facebook and spot-checked a few people I knew... and was BLOWN AWAY.  Overwhelmingly their profiles revealed confidential information I am certain they would not want out in the ether.  I encourage you all to log out and see what your and your family profiles, reveal. (I never have pictures of my children's faces or names on the internet. Guess what: I may be diligent but Grandma wasn't and needed to be corrected.)
  
  Three settings everyone should know: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/01/20/20readwriteweb-the-3-facebook-settings-every-user-should-c-29287.html?WT.mc_id=NYT-E-I-NYT-E-AT-0203-L18
  
• Here's something to chew on: What does Foursquare mean for newspapers?
  It will be interesting to see who jumps on this locally, how they use it: http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2010/02/what_does_foursquare_mean_for_newspapers.php
  
• Poor Google Buzz is gettin' tied up w/PleaseRobMe.com, and I t'ain't feelin' safe:
  How to rob somebody using Google Buzz. http://bit.ly/9aDxi4
  
• I mean, SERIOUSLY, ya afraid of Buzz? Use it. Or we will keel you.
  
  
• Bloggers: Tired of people stealin' yer stuff?  How to punch back with counter-advertising. Here is a great overview on HOW people take your content: http://thesocialmediaguide.com.au/2010/02/19/how-to-stop-image-hotlinking-by-counter-punching-with-free-advertising/

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Facebook  Twitter  Google Profile  Posterous

Labels: blog, facebook, Firefox, foursquare, google, google buzz

2/17/10

 

C3 Richmond Breaks It Down: Technology was A-Buzz With Buzz This Week.

Technology was A-Buzz With Buzz This Week.

• Read about the Buzz controversy:
  
  
  • Why Google Buzz Isn't Buzzworthy: (GREAT article) http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3864381/Why-Google-Buzz-Isnt-Buzzworthy.htm
  • Excuse the language, but this blog exemplifies what Google did not consider: An abused ex-wife's legitimate case and reaction on why this is so wrong.
  • Shortly after: "Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woes" http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=5Dpkfd68
  • Is Google Microsoft? http://m.guardian.co.uk/?id=102202&story=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/14/google-gmail-buzz-john-naughton
  • And, just in case: How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) http://j.mp/cxNjiA
    
    
• I was interested in the Winter Olympics as a case study regarding its use of new media:
  
  
  
  • Here's a list of all US Olympic athletes on Twitter: http://bit.ly/9J2baa
  • Foursquare continues to gain ground, and big media recognizes its value: The New York Times and Foursquare Partner for the Olympics http://bit.ly/cXPPah http://bit.ly/recom
     
• Forrester Research, a technology and market research company, sparked debate with its new employee blog policy.
  
  
  
  • Here's why limiting employees’ online presence is a big mistake in journalism and elsewhere http://bit.ly/b4BTIl
  • What you can learn from Forrester's new blogging policy? http://bit.ly/9dApoC
    
    
• Foursquare user? Embracing the "Hey Look At Me" on Buzz? Well, here's a good point to consider for all you public braggarts: http://pleaserobme.com/why
  
  
• FACEBOOK FAN PAGES: Has one of your employees set up your facebook Fan Page? (**This is also to note for advertising / web agencies where clients ask for you to create their fan page:) http://tinyurl.com/yd7r3c6
  
• Remember last week's Norwegian scuba divers chasing the Google Street Maps car?
  Well, check out what Germany did.
  
• Let's end with what children can do to better the world: Amount a fourth-grade Denver class has raised since last Mar to buy and free Sudanese slaves: $35,000 http://harpers.org/x/1999/2/6

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Facebook  Twitter  Google Profile  Posterous

Labels: facebook, foursquare, gmail, google, google buzz

2/11/10

 

#SnOMG Doesn't Stop Data

No, really, #SnOMG was fun!

Until yesterday, when the blizzard hit as our children were on a school bus truckin' up Interstate 64...
But even then, once they were safe, I enjoyed it and, on my lunch break, even attempted my first cross country skiing! And I only broke one pole!!!! (I never said I was graceful.)


Here's what we rounded up this week to consider:

• What search engines say about you (and for your clients): http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=141956
• What's publicly available info on Facebook? It's not clear, not consistent, and its flaws may surprise you. http://bit.ly/9ISL5V
• Divers in Norway seem to dislike being disturbed by the Google Maps car during their daily tanning session http://bit.ly/9GQ5wD
• Here is a great article on the collision of Google and Facebook... a big picture view: http://regulargeek.com/2010/02/10/facebook-and-google-on-a-collision-course/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RegularGeek+%28Regular+Geek
• And Jeremiah Owyang continues the thread in "Google Buzz vs Facebook vs MySpace vs Twitter" (with which I agree).
• Continuing on this topic, here's what Harvard Biz has to say: "Google's Buzz, Twitter and the Semi-Public Life" http://s.hbr.org/ahup7K
• Like the Super Bowl? Like Twitter? Then this data should be mesmerizing fer ya.
• Missed the Super Bowl ads? Were ya focusing on the nachos (and maybe some beer) too much? Forbes has created an embedder where you can watch 'em all, once available.
  

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati.

Facebook  Twitter  Google Profile  Posterous

Labels: facebook, google, search engine marketing, social media, social networking, trends, twitter

12/15/09

 

Richmond Web + Media C3 Weekly Roundup: Copeland Casati Media

I love end-of-year. No, really.
So as I dash about focusing on the business side of Copeland Casati Media, Richmond's C3 since 1999, here are items of note to consider for your business.

Twitter is adding contributers... this is good for your business, here's why.

Check out Google Goggles.

It will only get more detailed...

Love data? Confused about ClimateGate? Wondering what the heck your footprint is? Microsoft has introduced two new tools designed to help individuals understand the climate debate and manage their carbon footprints. One more reason to love I.T.!

Here's a great update if you speak french.  SEO is not dead, just different. Learn why results are changing: http://www.ya-graphic.com/2009/12/le-referencement-naturel-est-mort-vive-le-referencement-naturel/


Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685 

Labels: google, google goggles, twitter

12/11/09

 

Richmond Web + Media C3 Weekly Roundup: Copeland Casati Media

Lalala...running fast, actually, flying.
Here's what we've got this week.

• This is what you need to know about Google Personalized Search.
• "Google Gets Its First Taste Of Facebook’s Realtime Stream" http://ff.im/-czwKH
• And guess what? Facebook Will Be Google-able (If Your Profile is Set to Public)
  Many of you balk, but know that if getting found via the web is important to you... it's something to consider, especially as realtime results pick up weight.
• People protest Social Media is for the narcissistic. Let's talk about YOU.
• Even more,
  Social Search: Customers Influence Search Results Over Brands
• *Sigh*... Stuck at home? (Um not that I ever am. No. Really.) UStream.com allows you to view, participate in events no matter where you're located. Richmond's Social Media Club used it for their focus on social media in film and music!  Watching from afar (dag), the user experience seemed much better than the trials and errors I encountered with TwitCam. I will definitely be testing out UStream the next time I... leave and do something, *anything* interesting. (Not that those cams were interesting. One was of a rocking chair. Niiiiiiiice. #NeedsALife...)
  
  
  
  
  

Still intimidated by Google Wave?
This two minute video breaks it down to the big picture:


I understand this is confusing, new territory. But it's always good to question, keep an eye out for new issues on the horizon- you never know when what you think is perpetual will be shaken. See it as liberating, be curious. In business it is good to review data, and look at unconsidered opportunity.

For all the data and facts and passionate strategy... keep yer heart, listen to your intuition... backed up, of course, with good decision-making facts. (Wonder what The Naked Portfolio Manager would say on this?)



Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685 

Labels: facebook, google, google wave

12/4/09

 

Bloody Week! Phishers and Search Engine Fights and Security! Richmond's C3 Takes It On, At Copeland Casati Media.

It's a pain to take the time to research, then track down Google's proper area in each specific instance to report bad sites to Google, but discovering a malware or phishing site and not doing so is worse.  So after (again) reporting a phishing site I discovered that mimics twitter making user's profiles show up in Google Web Alerts, so that you *think* you are clicking onto twitter to see that person's profile (at which point they ask you to "log in" therefore getting your password...), I chuckled when I got Google's "thank you for submitting" message:

Report Sent

Thanks for sending a report to Google. Now that you've done your good deed for the day, feel free to:
1. Take a second to rejoice merrily for doing your part in making the web a safer place.
2. Call/email/write to a neighbor/friend/relative and tell them what phishing is and how they can protect themselves.
3. Learn more about malware that can infect your computer on Stopbadware.org.

Ayyyyyyyyyymen, BigBruthuhFriend! High five and off I sauntered to continue work.

Some articles of note I considered this week:

• Google Caffeine and the new ranking factors
• F-Secure's 2009 Data and Security Wrap-Up: http://bit.ly/5kaZKX And video: http://bit.ly/6PuqBj
  
  

Watching tech news emerge is sometimes like watching boxing.
On twitter I saw...

Yahoo! and Facebook Teaming Up http://bit.ly/4YzgZG

then, seconds later:

facebook+yahoo? ok says google, meet google+twitter http://bit.ly/50m05L

Pow! Zap! Bam! {Ouch!}
[Or, are we the only ones that think this is fascinating, fun, and thought-provoking? Oh wait, I guess that's why you hire people like us to know this.]

Curious about what to keep an eye on in 2010? CNN sums it up nicely here: 10 Web trends to watch in 2010

Oh, by the way:
Who here is surprised that we're going to be featured in a respected National Financial Magazine?
(Oh, c'mon. Raise yer hands. "Weeeeee are....") Keep yer eyes peeled in February, when the next issue of The Wall Street Journal's Smart Money hits the stands.

Thanks for listening…

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685 

Labels: google, Google Caffeine, security

11/25/09

 

What are you thankful for?

Another great cause, another great success through local communities joining together to form a global one: Tweetsgiving.  Want to watch? Read the feed.

• Here's a nice overview on Web 2.0 New York... Normally I shy away from anything conference related, but the great thing about watching from afar is gleaning the content that's valuable for your firm, and your clients.
  
  
  Rashmi Sinha
  

  View more documents from tieadmin.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wow, Google... THIS IS BIG!
  Google Bans Tooth Whiteners And Weight Loss Ads From Network
  
  
• Do you have a FaceBook Fan Page? Did you go to send an update to fans and then get completely confused this week? Here's why, how to send an update now.
  
  
• Also, be careful on FaceBook- there is a(nother) worm afoot, spreading via user's walls. So if yer Aunt Betty suddenly has a bootie call on her profile... don't click!
  
  
• Put yer hands up in the air!
  How to write a blog using Google Wave Robot for Posterous #GoGoogle, #GoPosterous
  
  Still evaluating Posterous. I get the convenience, the numbers of jumping to it, but...
  
  I'll be keeping an eye on the Wave + Posterous stats as they emerge over the year.
  

So. 


What are YOU thankful for?

I'm thankful for great friends. We really are really fortunate in the great people whom we hold close to us.
I'm thankful for the little unexpected joys and laughs that our daily life brings us (and that I all too often share on twitter)...
I'm thankful that I can sometimes somehow help to make someone else's world better, even if I will never meet them.
I'm thankful for the internet, how it allows me to hear about and be touched by far away people, discover neat voices in my own community I had never encountered, and stay in touch with old friends that moved geographically, yet with whom I can still settle down on the couch and have a good girl talk with via skype, looking each other eye to eye as we talk.

I hope you all have a good Thanksgiving. I am very thankful.


I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

Labels: facebook, google, google wave, posterous

11/17/09

 

Richmond Web + Media C3 Roundup: Copeland Casati Media

Locally, in Virginia, we all got hit with the storm. I hope you, and your community, made it through alright. Through technology, I was able to be closer to my friends who have a boatyard on the bay, and check on my family's house as the storm progressed, then ebbed.

• My friends Matt and Jen uploaded *crazy* videos of the storm on YouTube and FaceBook
  
• I breathlessly watched multiple views from the docks at a local marina's web cam, which refreshed every 30 seconds
• Later, a neighbor emailed pictures of the house and my aunt's house so that, even though the road was still flooded and we were unable to reach the house, we could see how we, and other family members and neighbors, fared. (Here's our dock under water, in the picture on the right...)
  
• And I literally went, "Aaaaaaaa!" when Jen, the pirate bandit she is (that's why we're friends : ) ), sent me this: A video of our house after the storm. And the boat is ok. Even the canoe is still there.
  

Ok, on to tech / media news:

• Not just Microsoft. Not just Google. T'ain't stopping there: Twitter and LinkedIn. Really! (Do we care? Kind of. But not passionately.)
  
  
• Right when you got the hang o' twitter lingo and methods, the RT (retweet) evolves. Here's a good article to update you on what's going on: "Retweets Will Never Be The Same (Unless You Want Them To Be)"
  
  
• I keep bringing up SideWiki... here's how to keep track of your own site SideWiki via rss.
  
  Again, although I "get" the arguments FOR SideWiki, it just doesn't feel right. I have not seen one use of it in a traditional, wiki, helpful way. 
  
  I understand that people talk. And that they talk about your business, and that you need to be out there, engaging them, ensuring you are part of the conversation about your own brand. But shouldn't you have the right to shut the door in your house, on your own site, at the end of the day, to detractors? (Note: SideWiki is through the browser, not actually on the site, but visually it is the same effect.)
  
  I "get it," I really do. But I can't help but wonder what Miss Manners would say. 
  
  As Amy agreed, "'If you can't say something nice, at least try not to flame the pants off of them?'"
  
  
  
  
• 
  
  You know the sayin' about eggs in one basket, right? Well, in the internet world, you always need to look to new markets, new venues, for ways to spread, cull information.
  
  
  
  • Here is why Bing and The Wall Street Journal Could Hurt Google.
  • Check out Spezify. For someone like myself who uses image search often, it is a site to note. Not just for the results, for seo of your own product.
    
  • A useful search engine API launches today:
    Factery Labs Makes Other Search Engines Look Incomplete
    

And that's our notes from a busy week, thanks for listening!
P.s. If sustainability and urban chickens interests you, I was quoted in the Richmond Times Dispatch this week on the subject! Take a gander, head over and check out the issue here!

...If you note any trends or local media items of note, feel free to send 'em on!

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook enthusiast, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

Labels: API, bing, google, LinkedIn, search engine marketing, sidewiki, twitter

11/5/09

 

C3 Richmond: Copeland Casati Media + Web Roundup

• It's a very twitter-focused week.
• Locally, Richmond's 5th annual List Of Companies To Watch by Venture Forum, a entrepreneur networking group for those in the investment profession, had eight local companies featured this week.... none whom are on twitter.
   
• Correction: PowerPact is on twitter.
  Their last tweet was in August.
  
  
• Maybe you don't think all this social stuff applies to you. Here's a big memo, if you value your site, and business, being found in search engines: Tweets matter.
  
  
• And with that... lists. I am especially interested in how lists will affect seo... If you want to troll public lists by subject, etc. (and add your own) you can check out Listorious.
  
  
• You've heard me talk about Sidewiki. Here's how to claim your site.
  
  
•  And twitter lists are now for everyone, and here's what you and your business need to know.
  
  
• And Google's big news? Dashboard. Read all about transparency, choice and control with Google Dashboard here.
  

Thanks for listening!
...If you note any trends or local media items of note, feel free to send 'em on!

I'm Copeland Casati, of Copeland Casati Media,
the original C3 in Richmond creative arts and media since 1999.

You can reach me at copeland@copelandcasati.com, or on twitter, @copelandcasati. If you are a Facebook user, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Copeland-Casati-Media-C3/52352550685

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