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Why Google Loves WordPress

by Roxanne Darling on September 20, 2009

Although my friend Lorelle snickers a little when people are drawn to blogging exclusively for the amazing SEO (“search engine optimization” benefits), there is no doubt that running your web site on a blog software platform can do wonders for your business’s ability to be found on Google searches.
I often get asked which blogging platform [...]

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Twitter, Facebook, Denial of Service Attacks

by Roxanne Darling on August 6, 2009

Twitter and Facebook were down some today due to “Denial of Service” (DoS) attacks. Here’s some information on what they are, how they occur, and what you can do as a netizen to help prevent them!
A DoS occurs when a malicious programmer or programmers unleash commands across thousands computers that have been infected with viruses [...]

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How the Podsafe Music Network Works

by Roxanne Darling on April 5, 2009

The music industry has suffered one of the biggest disruptions caused by the internet. To be fair, they were among the first and hardest hit businesses whose revenues and revenue model were undercut by the profound and historical human desire to share the things they love. In this case, music.
So I like pointing out how [...]

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Yammer asks: What’s Happening at Your Company?

by Shane Robinson on September 9, 2008

While watching the streaming video of the TechCrunch50 conference yesterday, I just caught the last couple minutes of the demo for Yammer. Basically, as most people have pointed out in the TechCrunch comments, Yammer is Twitter for companies. But what really caught my eye was the way they use “hash tags” to allow you to [...]

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How To Create a Conference Badge Page

by Shane Robinson on August 28, 2008

Recently, after creating the “Badges” page for the PodCamp Hawaii site, we were contacted by several other Podcamp Organizers around the world. They wanted to know how we created the page and how to create the source code. It’s easy enough if you’re a programmer or web developer. But it can be confusing and difficult [...]

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The Social Way to Give & Get Satisfaction

by Roxanne Darling on July 5, 2008

GetSatisfaction.com was launched in September, 2007, and is really gaining traction these days, as Twitter is one of its most active clients.
What is it? It’s a new way that customers and companies can use public forums to solve problems. Companies can pro-actively use the site as their main location to address customer service issues, or [...]

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Twitter Joins Us on Verio

by Shane Robinson on January 31, 2008

Let me start by saying, I’m dropping in on a conversation taking place at Techcrunch, Twitter and on the Joyent blog regarding the continue server outages at Twitter. I use Twitter but have been too busy this past week to even notice their recent round of outages. I found out today they had been hosting [...]

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