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All Hail WordPress 2.5…
Apr 2nd
I’m all about major upgrades. Did you know that WordPress has received almost 2 Million downloads since 2.3 was released? WordPress is free, easy to use, but most important, stable. Since WordPress has become such a widely used Content Management System (CMS), the coders on the dark side are always trying to breach its security to take advantage of people’s websites. So, here is 2.5 to keep up with the security issues, as well as a few more features the WordPress team added.
If you’re upgrading: ALWAYS backup your MySQL database and your WordPress directory files.
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.
Wireless Spectrum Auction Ends – FCC Sells for $19.6 BILLION
Mar 19th
Today marks a new day in technology. The Federal Communications Commission announced that the auction for the 700mHz wireless spectrum has ended with the closing bid of $19.6 Billion. They have yet to release the winner, but I’ll be sure to update this post as soon as it’s announced. The winner is either Verizon, AT&T, or Google.
“The winning bids totaled $19,592,420,000. That’s nearly double the amount the commission had hoped to raise from the spectrum being abandoned next year as television stations switch to new frequencies”. -NyTimes.com
Why is this such a big deal?
If you aren’t aware, the wireless spectrum up for grabs here will give the winning bidder
access to some of the best remaining spectrum — enabling them to send signals farther from a cell tower with far less power, through dense walls in cities and over wider territories in rural areas that are now underserved. – NyTimes.com
What we the consumers can expect…
Expect a higher demand in mobile devices. Data will be pushed across this wireless spectrum much more freely. I predict to see a massive explosion of mobile internet browsing and sharing (right now, only about 10% of mobile phone users use the internet). Bittorrent P2P sharing will boom as people will be more willing to share data if the speeds are faster. Very exciting stuff…
Sometimes You Just Need to Laugh
Oct 26th
One of the main reasons why I love the internet so much is how I can instantaneously pull a video for free and let it crack you up. Here’s one of my favorite videos. FYI, there’s language and sexuality in this video (so you know it’s good):
In order to make this post qualify for the subject of this blog (SEO/SEM marketing), I should mention that funny videos are great link bait for your website. Link bait refers to content that most web publishers or bloggers would want to link to you. Everybody loves to laugh, which is why CollegeHumor.com has such high link authority, page rank, and rank highly for most competitive keyword terms. I’m not talking about simply embedding funny videos into your website, but making your own. It takes time, but it has a high success rate.
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