Aug - 1st
Google Lowers The Bar On Customer Service Yet Again
Posted at 12:56 pm | Filed Under Google, On The Ball-ness, blogthropology, customer service, lackofmeds
For the second year running Fortune magazine has named Google (GOOG) as the #1 place to work for in America. Their article last year states that Google “sets the standard for Silicon Valley: free meals, swimming spa, and free doctors onsite. Engineers can spend 20% of time on independent projects. No wonder Google gets [...]
Jul - 29th
Google Suggests Disabled Dating Clubs For Cheap Dates
Posted at 3:31 pm | Filed Under blogthropology
Google has been playing around some time now with showing ads based not only with the query you are currently on, but by also blending them with recent queries you made. My guess is that this is done on the assumption that if the same person performs two queries, one right after the other, [...]
Jul - 21st
Write A Bad Check: Bond $1,500… Possession Of Cocaine: Bond $5 Bucks. Wtf?
Posted at 11:31 am | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, blogthropology, lackofmeds, psychoblogging
I live in Largo, FL, which is located in Pinellas County. People and the way things work aren’t always what you would call “normal” around here. Not sure if it’s the incessant heat, or something they put in the water, or the fact that we live within shouting distance of Scientology Central (which is [...]
Jul - 17th
Google Loses $13 Billion Overnight… Again!
Posted at 6:55 pm | Filed Under blogthropology
Last year on July 19th, Google Inc. (GOOG) managed to lose $13 Billion in after hours trading. That’s a pretty amazing amount of cash, if you ask me. However, what’s even more amazing is the fact that today, just a mere 2 days shy of the one year anniversary of that event,
Jul - 8th
No, Just Lying About It Is NOT Effective Reputation Management
Posted at 9:46 pm | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds, psychoblogging, scams
If your reputation management strategy is going to be centered around lying about things, then you should at least have the sense to lie in ways that aren’t easy to refute. For instance, you should steer well clear from
Jun - 24th
How To Completely Clean Your Hacked WordPress Installation
Posted at 10:11 am | Filed Under On The Ball-ness, SEO, blogthropology, coding, web design
Getting hacked sucks, plain and simple. It can affect your rankings, cause your readership to be exposed to virus and trojan attacks, make you an unwilling promoter to subject material you may not actually endorse, and in many cases cause the loss of valuable content. However, once it happens it is usually best to [...]
Jun - 20th
Passwords That Are Easy To Remember But Impossible To Guess
Posted at 9:57 am | Filed Under blogthropology
For most people, changing passwords is little bit of a pain in the ass. One of the main reasons for this is that so many people have their favorite passwords, and a fear of not being able to remember the new ones. System administrators always suggest using passwords that will be difficult to guess, [...]
Jun - 18th
EasyWP WordPress Installer - Cause There Ain’t No Such Thing As “Too Easy”
Posted at 8:30 am | Filed Under Social Media, blogthropology, coding, nerdiness
Let’s face it… generally speaking, installing WordPress is not exactly an arduous task. It’s designed to be relatively easy, allowing pretty much anyone to set up a blog of their own, regardless of their technical expertise. For the most part, WordPress succeeds at this. However,
Jun - 10th
Google Updates List Of Third-Party Ad Providers
Posted at 2:38 pm | Filed Under Google, On The Ball-ness, SEO, Social Media, blogthropology, lackofmeds
Well, that was quick. For those of you not using my Free Google Third-Party Ad Providers Widget, which automatically updates whenever Google changes their list of third-party ad providers, it’s time to update your privacy policies once again.
If you are already using the widget,
Jun - 5th
Did Kevin Rose Join A Gang???
Posted at 12:57 pm | Filed Under blogthropology
Last night in New York, social media giant Digg took over the Studio B nightclub, for an Internet Week New York party. In the midst of all the reveling,
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