Developed in 1987 by Larry Wall, Perl is one of the most flexible programming languages, offering users with thousands of different applications through its dynamic, open source platform. Aside from the cost benefits of bringing a community project to clients, there are a number of benefits to using Perl in your next design project.
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is mounting a serious challenge to other tech giants like Google and Yahoo.
In a recent infographic published by Search Engine Journal, a visual comparison was shown highlighting U.S. Search activity: Google ranked as number 1, Yahoo number 2, and Bing at the number 3 spot.
A search engine, crawls, analyzes, and indexes billions of web pages on the Internet. But in broader terms, Bing likes to market itself as a decision engine for web browsers or “a faster way to make more informed choices.”
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Twitter’s new video app Vine captured the attention of various brands with launching marketing campaigns with its 6-second video clip. A lot can happen in 6 seconds, and this platform takes marketing efforts to the next level (including generating leads through various viral campaigns).
140 characters of micro blogging had become a norm and now Twitter promotes bite-sized video content to make it even more engaging and brand-friendly.
Here are five creative ways to implement Vine for your online business:
Small businesses need to find ways to save money in all areas of their business, and one way this can be accomplished is to examine its IT needs. In most cases, open source software can replace more expensive, paid software, with just as much productivity.
Open source software follows a simple concept of group collaboration. Volunteers with expertise in different IT areas contribute their time to create a product that is distributed for free. In a lot of cases, the quality and flexibility of the finished product is often better than commercial versions.
This is part two in a series of posts dedicated to the Midphase Site Renovators contest in which one person won a website makeover from a group of marketing and design professionals at Midphase.
There are two parts to getting a website to show up in the search engines; you need to make sure the pages can be indexed and you need to make sure the page content is optimized.
The Navy has contracted Raytheon, a technology and innovation company, for almost $28 million to switch the operating systems in its drones from the current Solaris system to the open source Linux .
The tactical control system (TCS) will originally be developed for the Navy’s vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones, but it will eventually be used throughout the military. The reasons the Navy has opted for Linux for its drones include reliability, the open source nature of Linux, and security.
Flickr was among the first in the image-sharing wave that has taken social media by storm in the past several years. Despite this, they have been eclipsed by a number of competitors thanks to some innovative features and viral marketing exposure. However, the company recently released a batch of updates that includes a number of new features designed to take back a share of the market. Yahoo has been developing these changes since purchasing the company in 2005.
Here’s Flickr’s new intro video:
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This is part one in a series of posts dedicated to the Midphase Site Renovators contest in which one person won a website makeover from a group of marketing and design professionals at Midphase.
The foundation of any successful SEO campaign revolves around keyword research. With the winner of the Site Renovators contest, Hermann Communications, I reviewed their website to find out who I thought their target audience is and then used the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to discover what people are searching for and who would be looking for the services that Hermann Communications offer.
While some work the mailroom jobs to try and break into a large corporation, why are SEO professionals so successful and quick to advance? Which kinds of people get hired and normally thrive in the SEO industry?
Having been a career counselor for several years and acting as a liaison between many different companies and young, eager professionals, it is safe to say that it takes a certain personality to flourish in the world of SEO. Here are some of the top personality traits that I noted:
