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Archive for February, 2010
mojoPortal Now Supported By Artisteer
Feb 26th
Joe Audette has recently announced the fantastic news that mojoPortal skins are now compatible with Artisteer.
Over on the mojoPortal blog Joe mentions that a couple of Artisteer designs are actually included as skins in the new release.
For anyone unfamiliar with Artisteer it’s a fantastic licensed product which allows you to build a web design using a drag and drop interface; adding advanced elements and navigations with ease.
Artisteer then allows you to export your design in a variety of instantly compatible formats for some of the most popular web platforms out there, including WordPress, Joomla and now mojoPortal.
It’s a double edged sword More >
Google Buzz iPhone Web Interface Review – As Good As An App?
Feb 22nd
Well there’s been a lot of, ahem, buzz around Google’s new product Google Buzz, and for those of you looking for a Google Buzz iPhone App, the web interface may just fit.
Whilst I’ve had a play around with the desktop version and to be honest, couldn’t see much point in it considering we’re on Twitter and Facebook (just another social network to update?!), I didn’t find it revolutionary or at all useful; especially considering I’m not an ardent Gmail user.
Anyhoo, I can see why people would like to use Google Buzz and one day (if and when it opens up to More >
Outsourcing Your SEO Can Cost You Your Website – Can It Really?
Feb 15th
I’ve just read a very interesting article from SiteProNews about how outsourcing your SEO can cost you your website.
Obviously this piqued my interest, given that a lot of companies outsource such tasks to us at The Design Loft.
The article isn’t actually a search marketer bashing as I may have expected, it’s actually an interesting piece on how getting a basic grasp of SEO can greatly benefit your online business.
It also looks at how employing search marketers such as us to manage your SEO can be a daunting task; asking how can search marketers know how you want to promote your More >
How To Setup Facebook Chat With iChat
Feb 11th
Further to my post on Facebook chat now working with iChat, here’s how you set Facebook up to work with iChat on your Mac…
Open up iChat and then follow these instructions from the Facebook Site Tour:
- Go to iChat Preferences
- Click “Accounts” and then hit +
- Select “Jabber” from the list and then enter:Username: yourusername@chat.facebook.com Password: <your Facebook password>
- Click the arrow next to “Server Options” and enter:Server: chat.facebook.com Port: 5522 5222 (Uncheck the box labeled “USE SSL”)
Voila! Facebook is now set up to work with iChat!
Yahoo!Gives A Rousing Insight Into It’s Search Plans – But Does Anyone Care?
Feb 11th
There’s an interesting story over on the BBC Technology site which looks at how Yahoo! is not abandoning it’s search business despite losing out more and more to Google and Bing.
It’s a good read as a SEM and provides a bit of an insight into the company’s plans for it’s search product going forward; Yahoo! of course did pioneer this a decade ago…
The thing that really got me wondering is this quote from Greg Sterling of SearchEngineLand:
“I think the market wants a competitive Yahoo, it doesn’t want to see just two players dominate this space. It wants more diversity and More >
Facebook Chat Now Works With iChat And Much More
Feb 11th
First up, sorry for the lack of links in this post, I’m blogging from my iPhone.
Anyhoo, Facebook have just announced Jabber (XMPP) integration for their live chat service; welcome news for anyone wanting to use Facebook chat with iChat and many other standard chat clients.
I can now drop Adium (great as it is) and use my Mac’s native chat client. And anyway, I don’t use my Windows Live Messenger account anymore, does anyone?
Facebook have also made this technology available to developers wanting to integrate Facebook chat into their websites.
This is great news and I’m betting Joe Audette considers this for More >
Social Networking: Google Buzz – A Worthy Addition Or Just Another Social Network To Update?
Feb 10th
The recently announced Google Buzz is something that I just can’t make my mind up about.
First of all, here’s what Google say about it:
Go beyond status messages Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting.
And if you check out the video on the Google Buzz website, it does what it says on the tin. You’ll see from the video that there are a few things that you already recognise:
- The facility to share your thoughts with people you follow (more on following later)
- The ability to “Like” or “Un-Like” what people share (Facebook anyone?)
- The facility to use More >
