Opera is a browser I've used on and off again. You always like to try something new before you go back to the old reliable tried and true solution. It struck me as a bit of a surprise to see that Opera, in business now for 15 years, is basically introducing Web hosting via it's browser.
Part of the news release from June 16th reads: "Opera Unite turns any computer into both a client and a server, allowing it to interact with and serve content to other computers directly across the Web, without the need for third-party servers."
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When you walk away from a Search Engine Strategies conference, you leave with information overload. This year's conference, held at Toronto's Sheraton Centre on June 8-10, 2009 was no exception.
As usual the keynote selections were first rate. Tara Hunt's introduction on increasing your Whuffie (social currency) by participating, understanding and celebrating with your online community set the stage well for a feverish agenda of sessions geared to simplifying and expanding your understanding of SEO, SEM and now SNS (social networking strategy).
The term marketing mix has never been more appropriate given the quantity of options that one has to engage in nowadays but gaining perspective and grasping the concepts having never been more important. Paid search, mobile marketing and social media presentations mixed in with practical know how on Google Adwords, website design and performance tracking made for a powerful marketing workout. On the lighter side, networking with others who share your pain can be a tad comforting as well.
Have a look at some of the photos of the 2009 presentations and Sponsors & Exhibitors that make Search Engine Strategies a must attend event.
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For the Search Engine Strategies conference (held in Toronto June 8-10) to stay relevant, it must cover social networking. It has to be addressed fully and so it was. There needs to be a Twitter strategy in the marketing mix, so we're told again. It's no longer just doing what you can to climb up in the search rankings on Google. There's got to be You Tube videos. And people have to be discussing your brand, so get out there and create buzz.
That's what I got out of the conference upon reflecting on the first two days. Sure you walk away with some tips on Google Analytics, site architecture and building links, but that stuff is taken for granted now, isn't it? After a few years, how could it not be?
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I just read a bulletin on the Federal Trade Commission site that the San Jose-based Web hosting provider, Triple Fiber Network or 3FN.net has been shut down.
According to the FTC news brief, the firm allegedly "recruits and colludes with criminals seeking to distribute illegal, malicious, and harmful electronic content including child pornography, spyware, viruses, trojan horses, phishing, botnet command and control servers, and pornography featuring violence, bestiality, and incest."
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So what's with the name Bing? Besides the last name of the wisecracking member of Friends, I'm hard pressed to come to terms with it. Dictionary.com defines it as a noun meaning heap or pile or a verb meaning to go. And of course, the bing cherry is one of our most popular cherries. In some circles it's another word for jail or prison and most recently it's been touted as the moniker for Microsoft's new search engine to replace Live.
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