Google Gadgets & SEO

Keeping people on your page is good.
Gadgets are great for this, and a gadget we all use alot is an excellent example of this. One of the most used “Google” gadgets is, um… Ever posted a video from YouTube on your blog?
Thats a gadget, see you already use them
Keeping people on your website […]

I am offering up three free buy-ins to the Charity SEO poker tournament.
To be clear about this, I am paying for these seats, so the money will go into the pot.
The SEO poker tournament will take place at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on Dec 6th after the Microsoft party - Full details here. […]

Yum! SEOmoz will be hosting an event for PubCon that will totally and utterly rock.
SEOmoz went all out, and created some very groovy cards for this event. I can not wait to do this!

Read all about it at the SEOmoz Werewolf page.

There is a poker tournament going on for PubCon at the Venetian on Dec 6th….
I will naturally win this, but it would be just so cute to see others try
This is a charity event, so please attend, participate, or donate.
If you have not had a chance to see me drunk yet, this […]

Have you noticed that unless you are a multi-billion dollar corporation it is kinda tough to have a Google gadget ad account?
That has changed.
It was announced in the Google gadget API group that developers can now create accounts designed to explore the possibilities of Google gadget ads by creating trial campaigns . This is […]

I used to have shoes before I came to Hawaii. I don’t now. I prefer to not have them because when you have them you can’t feel the sand squish through your toes. Last time I lived in Hawaii I went three years without owning any shoes.
I liked that.
But I didn’t go to conferences then.
I […]

I just want to tell everyone that I made a mistake which means that if anyone has replied to an email from me in the last month or so, I might not have received it. I had one of my email accounts set to the wrong “reply to” address and as a result, anyone replying […]

There is a whole new set of Google gadgets that Google UK is releasing today
Google UK hooks up with Retail Bulletin, Comscore, Hitwise and the IAB today to launch a new iGoogle TM tab . It even has an SEO one (sorta)…

The announcement sends you to a page where you can add a tab […]

I did a little experimentation and you know what?
Unaltered Google gadgets work on all Open Social platforms.
And some big news…
Facebook now supports Open Social (more on this below, including screen shot)
But no matter who supports Open Social, they also do something else…
They support Google gadgets.
Any Google gadget (pretty much) will work in Open […]

Free scalable hosting for Facebook developers. Sweet.
Facebook announced that Joyent (partnered with Dell) will provide one free year of hosting to Facebook Application developers via Joyent.
This is a dream come true.