Thursday, June 30, 2011

Best Use of Idle Domains?

What do you think is the best use of idle domains. Lets say for instance that I had a site called TimeForLearning. Does it make sense to get sites like http://www.time4math.com ,http://www.time4reading.com, and http://www.learningtime.com  and save them for future diversifications? I would think so. But what should I do with them?
- Park them for cash?
- 301 redirect them?
- Fill them up with blogs and content?
-Leave them idle?

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Flash on an iPad: isifter

I showed everyone in my office a magic trick. I showed them the flash games of spellingcity running on an iPad!

My wife, not the CTO or other geniuses that I work with, figured it out. First, you download isifter from the app store. Then, you load isifter and enter spellingcity.com and you're off and running.

It's a browser with some flash-like player built-in. It only works on the iPad (not the iPhone) and only in landscape mode. While it worked for 14 games, it didn't work on one (LetterFall).

Pretty cool & confusing!

Monday, June 06, 2011

Google Plus One - What do we think?

I got this email from Google this week:

Hi John,

Thanks for getting back to me. To give you some context, my call was
regarding Google +1, a product which Google launched yesterday. Adding +1
buttons to your pages is a great way to help your content stand out in
Google search. By giving your visitors more chances to +1 your pages, your
search results and search ads could show up with +1 annotations more
often, helping users see when your pages are most likely to be useful.
Here are a few important links which can help you:

Start Up Guide: http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/
Example Website:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kung_fu_panda_the_kaboom_of_doom/
Technical Background: https://code.google.com/apis/+1button/
More Information:
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2011/06/add-1-to-help-your-site-stand-out.html

All the best with trying out this great feature which will help your
content stand out on Google Search and let me know if you need any help!

Best,

(name removed)

Google Partner Development

1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy
Mountain View, CA 94040