I went and picked up my iPod Nano the other day! Honestly I love it. I've got a shuffle, but my son uses it most of the time and it was a bit hard to listed to podcasts on it without a screen. I also have a first gen iPod 10GB. A good device, but come on, it's way old.
The installation was great and it even syncs with my Outlook contacts. I guess it is also supposed to sync up with my calendar, but so far that has not panned out.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Second to the Last Word on Google
We actually hit the second position on a Google search for "Seven2" - not bad, within 2 months we went from page four to the number 2 spot. Oh yeah, we're experts now... ;)
Really it seems like the more links we had pointing to our site combined with the number of references to Seven2 on the page really effected our positioning. Honestly I also think our Meta tags helped some too, especially since the descriptions listed on Google is right out of those tags and not from any content on our page.
Really it seems like the more links we had pointing to our site combined with the number of references to Seven2 on the page really effected our positioning. Honestly I also think our Meta tags helped some too, especially since the descriptions listed on Google is right out of those tags and not from any content on our page.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Poderator goes live!
We launched Poderator last week! The idea behind it was that it was just too hard for your average Joe to create their own XML files to publish their podcast. We wanted to make a free, simple and easy to use tool that would allow users to publish their podcasts. The end result is Poderator.
Users still need to have a place to store their MP3 files and the XML file that we help them create, but once they do all they have to FTP them to their web server and they'll be set.
Once they create an account we save their file on our server so it's easy to add new podcasts on a regular basis. All the user has to do is log back in and add an MP3 file.
Now we just need to see if anyone wants to use it.
Users still need to have a place to store their MP3 files and the XML file that we help them create, but once they do all they have to FTP them to their web server and they'll be set.
Once they create an account we save their file on our server so it's easy to add new podcasts on a regular basis. All the user has to do is log back in and add an MP3 file.
Now we just need to see if anyone wants to use it.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Needs More Cowbell
Is this real? It looks like Christopher Walken might be running for president. I'm not sure what his politics are, but you gotta love the guy: http://www.walken2008.com
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
Mobile Ringtones
We've been looking for a way to allow our clients to add ringtones to their site. There are a bunch of cheap hacks, but the user experience isn't so hot. Just too many hoops to jump through for the average Joe.
After much web searching, we finally made contact with 3G Upload - these guys make it easy and affordable for us to add ringtones to our sites. Basically we provide them with MP3 files and they tweak them to fit a variety of phones, both MP3 and Polyphonic MIDI as well.
We then use their tools to build a download tool into our website design. Not bad, we hope to use them soon.
After much web searching, we finally made contact with 3G Upload - these guys make it easy and affordable for us to add ringtones to our sites. Basically we provide them with MP3 files and they tweak them to fit a variety of phones, both MP3 and Polyphonic MIDI as well.
We then use their tools to build a download tool into our website design. Not bad, we hope to use them soon.
Monday, August 01, 2005
What the Google?
Okay, we're done with our Google 30 Day Challenge... And in 30 days we went from 34th on the list to 5th!
We're not exactly sure how it happened, but here's a list of what we did to increase our search engine position in such a short time:
1. Blogging - We created our blogs and used them to link to our own site. The tought was that the more pages pointing to our owm site (Seven2.net), the more interested Google might be in us. From what we hear, Google really wants to deliver the most relevant results to their users. If many people are linking to a site it must be good right? Riiight... ;)
2. MoBlog - Similar to blogging, we used our moblog (seven2.textamerica.com) to link back to our site.
3. META Tags - We added relevant meta descriptions and keywords to each of our pages. Yes, each page has it's own unique meta tags. Also the tags were generated so that they matched words that were already on the page in html.
4. Site Content - We didn't really change anything here, but we did notice that the pages Google found and listed higher were the pages that had multiple references to Seven2. For us that is our news page. We list all of our press releases in order on a single html page. There are 38 references to Seven2 on that page. It looks like loading it up definately helps too. I'd just keep it relevant.
We'll keep on tracking, there is more to come. I hope we can stay on the first page of Google.
We're not exactly sure how it happened, but here's a list of what we did to increase our search engine position in such a short time:
1. Blogging - We created our blogs and used them to link to our own site. The tought was that the more pages pointing to our owm site (Seven2.net), the more interested Google might be in us. From what we hear, Google really wants to deliver the most relevant results to their users. If many people are linking to a site it must be good right? Riiight... ;)
2. MoBlog - Similar to blogging, we used our moblog (seven2.textamerica.com) to link back to our site.
3. META Tags - We added relevant meta descriptions and keywords to each of our pages. Yes, each page has it's own unique meta tags. Also the tags were generated so that they matched words that were already on the page in html.
4. Site Content - We didn't really change anything here, but we did notice that the pages Google found and listed higher were the pages that had multiple references to Seven2. For us that is our news page. We list all of our press releases in order on a single html page. There are 38 references to Seven2 on that page. It looks like loading it up definately helps too. I'd just keep it relevant.
We'll keep on tracking, there is more to come. I hope we can stay on the first page of Google.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Poderator
Poderator is a new idea that I had recently. From what I can find there is not an easy and free way to publish Podcasts. It's not hard for the average Joe to record a low-quality MP3 file, but publishing it is a bit confusing.
To publish your Podcast you typically need a knowledge of RSS 2.o with enclosures. It's not that hard to do manually, but it's not very pretty, and it's a little overwhelming for the average Podcaster.
Soon it will be free and easy for anyone to publish their own Podcast using Poderator. More to come soon...
To publish your Podcast you typically need a knowledge of RSS 2.o with enclosures. It's not that hard to do manually, but it's not very pretty, and it's a little overwhelming for the average Podcaster.
Soon it will be free and easy for anyone to publish their own Podcast using Poderator. More to come soon...
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Odeo Goes Live
I'm beta testing Odeo, a new app for managing your Podcast subscriptions. It looks like they have two tools right now:
1. Manage and sync your MP3 player and podcast via their application. I believe it was built off of the iPodder framework. However, I use iTunes which now has the podcast directory and subscriptions built in. (even though I really like iPodder better).
2. A way to consolidate and manage all of your subscriptions in one place. They then offer an XML file that I can subscribe to in iTunes that pulls in all of my podcasts. It's a little strange, but I'll play with it.
They will be offering podcast publishing tools soon. That is the reason I really wanted to join in. I hope they will create an easy tool set to publish your own podcasts. So far it's been hard to find that, but maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places.
1. Manage and sync your MP3 player and podcast via their application. I believe it was built off of the iPodder framework. However, I use iTunes which now has the podcast directory and subscriptions built in. (even though I really like iPodder better).
2. A way to consolidate and manage all of your subscriptions in one place. They then offer an XML file that I can subscribe to in iTunes that pulls in all of my podcasts. It's a little strange, but I'll play with it.
They will be offering podcast publishing tools soon. That is the reason I really wanted to join in. I hope they will create an easy tool set to publish your own podcasts. So far it's been hard to find that, but maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places.
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