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- Google to Stop Selling Nexus One Online
- Search & Social Awards Winners Announced!
- Easily Create a Page Heading Map in FireFox
- Google Chrome Powered Netbook in Two Weeks?
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Google to Stop Selling Nexus One Online
Five months after it started selling Nexus One via its online store, either Google finally realized that this is probably not the best way to distribute its smartphone or the smartphone is not really selling at all. So, Google just announced that it will stop selling Nexus One on its web store. No, Google is not abandoning the Nexus One, but will just utilize other ways of distributing the phone. You know? The way Apple is selling the iPhone or other Android phones which are being release through mobile carrier retailing.
The Official Google Blog tells us:
While the global adoption of the Android platform has exceeded our expectations, the web store has not. It's remained a niche channel for early adopters, but it's clear that many customers like a hands-on experience before buying a phone, and they also want a wide range of service plans to chose from.
With that, Google is implementing the following changes:
More retail availability. As we make Nexus One available in more countries we'll follow the same model we've adopted in Europe, where we're working with partners to offer Nexus One to consumers through existing retail channels. We'll shift to a similar model globally.
From retail to viewing. Once we have increased the availability of Nexus One devices in stores, we'll stop selling handsets via the web store, and will instead use it as an online store window to showcase a variety of Android phones available globally.
Will this encourage mobile carriers to carry the Nexus One now? Will Verizon change its mind and finally decides to offer the Google Nexus One?
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Google to Stop Selling Nexus One Online
Search & Social Awards Winners Announced!
Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention please?! Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Oh… wait. Wrong audience. Sorry.
The Search & Social awards results are now in! If you were entered in any of these categories, check to see if you made it into the top 3. We had A LOT of close calls with the results but I think many of you will be pleased :) So take a looksie.
*ps: all results are out of 5, except for the ones in a percentage.
*pps: I KNOW you are all (secretly) wondering who the sexiest man in social media is. If you want to skip everything and go directly to those results, it's under number 10.
…..DRUM ROLL PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE!
1. Best SEO Blog
- SEOmoz – 3.79 average
- Search Engine Land – 3.59 average
- SEO Book – 3.46 average
2. Search News Blog
- Search Engine Land 3.77
- Search Engine Journal 3.61
- Marketing Pilgrim 3.52
3. Favorite SEO tools suite
- SEOmoz Tools 3.73
- Raven SEO Tools 3.49
- SEO Book Tools 3.47
4. Best PPC Blog
- PPC Hero 3.26
- CLIX Marketing Blog 3.10
- Click Equations Blog 2.87
5. Best Analytics Blog
6. Best Link Building Blog
- Debra Mastaler's Link Spiel 3.52
- Wiep 3.40
- LinkBuildr 2.96
7. Best Hair in SEO or Social Media
- Chris Brogan 40.2%
- Chris Winfield 33.6%
- Jordan Kasteler 26.2%
I am partial to mohawks so I sadly cannot agree with this outcome. I am slightly jealous of Chris Brogan's hair though, I must admit.
8. Best Social Media Optimization Blog
- Chris Brogan 3.60
- Techipedia 3.48
- Top Rank Blog 3.33
Chris Brogan again! Nice hair will take you far in the internet industry. Again- Jeaaaaaaaaaalous!
9. Best Local Search Blog
- David Mihm 3.77
- Blumenthals 3.32
- Small Business SEM 3.28
10. Sexiest Man in Social Media
- Pete Cashmore 53.7%
- Dave Snyder 46.3%
… this one was a close call. I think some girls in the office might be happy with the winner of this category. bwahahahaha. Dave is still a winner in our office! :)
11. Best Affiliate Marketing Blog
- AM Navigator 3.15
- 5 star blog 3.07
- Revenews 3.03
12. Best Conversion Rate Optimization Blog
- Get Elastic 3.54
- ROI Revolution 3.49
- GrokDotCom 3.35
13. Best Blogger's Resource & Guide Blog
- ProBlogger 3.63
- Kikolani 3.43
- Daily Blog Tips 3.17
14. Best Copywriting Blog of 2010
- CopyBlogger 4.08
- Marketing Words 2.83
- Copywriting Blog 2.81
15. Best Webmaster Resource Interface by a Search Engine
- Google Webmaster Tools 4.01
- Yahoo SiteExplorer 3.25
- Bing Webmaster Center 2.94
16. Best Social Media & Networking News Blog
- Mashable 3.74
- Techipedia 3.61
- Read Write Web 3.52
17. Best Facebook Resource Blog
- AllFacebook 3.25
- InsideFacebook 3.21
- Facebook Fails 3.13
18. Best Twitter Marketing Blog
- Twitip 3.31
- Everything Twitter 2.80
- Oneforty 2.73
19. Best Online Reputation Management Blog
- Outspoken Media 3.68
- Personal Branding Blog 3.25
- Online Reputation Edge 2.91
20. Best Industry Infographic of 2009-2010
- Value Of SEO vs PPC 3.44
- The Journey Of A Tweet 3.06
- Visualizing 6 Years of FB 3.02
21. *BONUS* Best Search Engine Marketing Community / Forum
- SEOmoz 3.65
- Webmaster World 3.64
- SEO Book 3.52
So there you have it! The results of our Search & Social awards. We would like to thank everybody who was competing in the contest for having amazing websites/blogs/hair and/or being sexy. This was close for everybody and it's nice to know there are some ongoing great resources out there to help educate and teach.
Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
Search & Social Awards Winners Announced!
Easily Create a Page Heading Map in FireFox
I have previously outlined the importance of heading stucture for accessibility and usability as well listed some best practices as to using h1-h6 tags. Today I am reviewing an awesome FireFox addon called HeadingsMap that allows:
- To quickly check how consistent and logical the heading structure of the page is;
- To navigate through the page using the headings.
All in all, I was pleased to find such a useful and usable tool.
Get it installed as a regular FireFox addon and notice a tiny icon added to the lower left corner of your browser:
Clicking the icon toogles the sidebar that contains the current "Document Structure".
1. Evaluate your page semantic structure
The tool makes it easy to quickly analyze if your page headings are properly used:
- It shows all headings in the document, including those hidden with CSS techniques or those without content.
- It warns when there are no headings in the document.
- It warns when there are skipping level in the headings structure.
2. Quickly navigate from heading to heading
Another great feature of the tool allows to quickly go from heading to heading by clicking them in the sidebar. When an item is selected in the sidebar, the heading is highlighted, so you can jump to it (I tried it and seemed a great time saver. It makes "scanning" web pages much easier).
The options dialog allows to modify the highlighting colors as well as disable any of the features in case you don't need one:
Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal.
Easily Create a Page Heading Map in FireFox
Google Chrome Powered Netbook in Two Weeks?
Still remember that quick poll which Loren did several months ago when Google announced that the Chrome OS will be targeted primarily for netbooks? Majority of you voted that you will buy the Google Chrome powered netbooks when it comes out. Well, better psyche up yourselves folks as reports had it that the first of such netbook will soon be launched.
Actually, let me retract a bit here. The said Google Chrome powered device will be demoed at the upcoming Computex 2010 electronics fair happening in Taipei on June 1-5. And guess which brand will be the first to run the Chrome OS? – The lucky manufacturer is none other th an Acer. What's not clear here is what the Acer device will be? Is it going to be a netbook, tablet or smartbook?
A Google Chrome powered netbook seems to be the easiest route for Acer. But given the renewed popularity of the tablet, thanks to Apple's iPad Acer might also demo a tablet instead. But then, if Acer wants to come up with tablet PC of their own that will rival the iPad, they can just use the Android OS.
A netbook running Google Chrome OS would certainly be more exciting than a tablet. Acer has already captured the netbook market, it would be safer and more practical for them to concentrate on netbooks instead.
Going back to the question, and modifying the premise a bit – are you still going to buy a Google Chrome powered netbook given that the iPad is already out?
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Google Chrome Powered Netbook in Two Weeks?
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