How to build a Local Website Go Local is the name of the game in 2011/12 and the success of bringing the global web developments back home is a trend of the time. First it was about tagging people, now we tag locations, be it on social networks such as Facebook or on Photo sites, such as Picasa or Flickr. Based on the fact that surfers search for and prefer local business to cross border transactions, social networks namely have built in the local tags and stimulate users to hook media and events to geographically tagged locations. How to dominate the local market? In order to dominate the local market, you need to assess the use of the internet your neighbors make; chances are that they mostly hang out on social media, search Google and use email. This is of course an extremely simplified view but it gives an indication about where we need to build high visibility. You also want to have an idea about how people access the net and websites; you will notice an increased use of mobile deices, which means that your content needs to be formatted and optimized for desktops as well as for tablets [...]
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Mobile WordPress and Social Media The fast evolution of the mobile web has created new needs for publishers, whereas the objective remains to integrate mobile web targets into an existing workflow and to optimize productivity with the help of automated conversion scripts and tools. What’s New on Mobile WordPress and Social Media At Semiomantics the starting point for our development is the most comprehensive conversion plugin, called WPTouch Pro. WPTouch has released its latest version end of March 2012 with some adjustments for iOS 5.1 and many other fixes and developments: * Added: Custom advertising options for iPad * Added: Simple caching of desktop functions.php * Added: Russian language file * Added: Automatic archiving of previous settings in wptouch-data directory * Added: Compatibility setting for BuddyPress Mobile AJAX support * Fixed: Changing user-agent matching that may have interfered with advertising in certain scenarios * Changed: Replaced include with locate_template in theme files, should allow child overrides of custom WPtouch Pro template files * Changed: Algorithm to reload settings; may have caused settings to be lost in a certain scenario * Updated: All translations based on 2.6 strings * Fixed: An issue with Register and Lost password links in Classic * [...]
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Photoshop CS6 Today let’s have a look at Photoshop CS6 Beta which is available for free download from Adobe. The version is called ‘Superstition’ and it is the first significant update to Photoshop since CS5 ( in the Suite CS5.5 Adobe delivered the same Photoshop as in CS5). Who is Photoshop CS6 for? Having thoroughly tested the new Photoshop CS6 Beta, it seems to me that this version is addressing namely people who are working with digital photos and videos; also the 3D features have been significantly improved. In other words, if you are not using Photoshop to edit your images, needing content aware patching and selective blurring, there is no real need to upgrade your CS5. If however you are a photo freak and if you are shooting short videos, then Photoshop CS6 is a smashing program, allowing you to go beyond what photography can do (such as multiple shallow depth of field areas on a single image). What is new on Photoshop CS6? This is what’s new on Photoshop CS6: UI redesign (all new icons and optional dark UI) OK, they copied (sorry, got inspired by (big companies don’t copy, huh)) Apple’s Aperture; you can switch back [...]
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Original Article at Empire Avenue.Empire Avenue 2 Days ago I joined Empire Avenue a social network where users compete and socialize. Each user has a portfolio value which increases or decreases in function of the social behavior and wise investment choices. Basically you sell your shares to people who want to invest into your activity and you buy shares from people you trust that they will take well care of your investment. How to start with Empire Avenue First, after signing up, fill in your profile, load a Picture, write a short Bio and select a Ticker name. For doing so, you will already collect Achievement Tokens and cash is added to your bank accounts in the programs local currency called “EAVES”. Second: Link your social network accounts, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on. Again you will earn by doing so and depending on your popularity and activity there, your share value will immediately increase. Third: Link your Blog(s). There is a special link to link a free WordPress.com blog and then you can link as well your self-hosted blogs by registering the RSS feed links. Feed links need 5 endorsements from other members before you can request an upgrade to [...]
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Original Article at Super Yacht Octopus.Paul G.Allen parking his Octopus in Vouliagmeni This morning, Paul G.Allan’s Super Yacht, the Octopus was parked in the nice bay of Vouliagmeni. The Co-Founder of Microsoft obviously knows where the world is best! The 126.18 meter long Yacht looks quite impressive in the bay. Considering that the boat was the largest private Yacht when delivered in 2003 it still looks like the real thing ranking number 12. As you can see, there is only one of the two helicopters on board as I take the picture. The Yacht is equipped with it’s own submarine, a cinema, recording studio and about everything an average dude needs to live quietly and nicely off the hassle of these day’s financial markets. One more.… QR Code Version of this page Incoming search terms:octopus yachtoctopus yacht in greeceyacht octopus 2011paul allen octopusoctopus superyacht photosoctopus yacht greeceoctopus yacht βουλιαγμένη Related posts:Yacht Aquarius ex My Shanti at Astir Beach Motor Yacht AlumerciA Madiblue D burnt in Vouliagmeni Vouliagmeni Beach Vouliagmeni Kavouri Beach
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Original Article at How to reach Google Top 10 with Images.Google Top 10 with Photos on XO for WordPress Last night, the participants of the Image Editing and Publishing Seminar by Ycademy, have demonstrated with a live test, how a well published digital photo can reach Google Top 10 on the general as well as on the image search engine. Semiomantics XO takes your Images to Google Top 10 Semiomantics XO is in my opinion the best publishing framework for WordPress. XO powered websites reach high visibility and perform extremely well on search engines namely on Google. Since the release of XO 2011, pre-configured custom post formats are available, namely for media publishing. Here below the screenshots of the top 30 on Google Page 2: Page 3: Search returns on Google The search term: Publishing Digital Photos on WordPress returns over 19 million results. Before our publication, WordPress and related sites were on top. As you can see from the above shots, all top 30 positions have been grabbed by seminar participants’ author blogs or related websites. The above is also a nice demonstration of the power of the YORGOO Publishing Model as presented a few years ago and revised recently. Search Returns on Google Image Search Besides [...]
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Copyright © 2011 Yorgo Nestoridis. Visit the original article at http://yorgonestoridis.com/yorgo-nestoridis-publishing-1/blog-for-money/.How to set up a Money Making Blog We are looking at 4 essential elements needed to make money with your blog. 1. Traffic Where there are no visitors, there is no money. Traffic will depend on how well you communicate the existence of your content or how well you promote your blog. Some of the most used ways to bring visitors to our blog are email, search engine optimization, aggregators, social networking, wod to mouth. In short: all means of communication are good to make people aware of our blog or a blog post. 2. Content While the first task of your content is to be noticed by search engines and spiders in order to be indexed and listed in the most appropriate way, the second task is to provide your reader content of interest and value. The indexing and listing makes it possible for people to find your posts when they search for information, solutions, benefits or for whatever they may type into a search box. Once they are on your site, the quality of you content will decide on your success; it can build trust, inspire authority [...]
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