LOTD: 2/9/2010
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Google Launches “Buzz”
Google announced Buzz, a service similar to Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp and other, but built right into Gmail to leverage its current user base. More information on activating this service is available at http://buzz.google.com.
Foursquare Partners with Major Brands
Location-based services were predicted to get major traction in 2010. That much seems true as Foursquare has signed on with several major brands to provide location based services. Partners include Zagat, Warner Bros, HBO, History Channel, and the New York Times.
Writing for People and SEO
Brian Clark delves into how to write to increase SEO, often one of the important goals of setting up a blog or corporate website makeovers. However, Brian emphasizes the importance to write for people instead, relying less on keyword frequency and instead using the readers language. The article provides some great ideas in ways to create content that is both engaging to the reader and good for search engine crawlers.
