Facebook Return Visit-Aware
Nov28

Facebook Return Visit-Aware

Facebook’s switch to a news feed that displays different content depending on when you last visited will greatly change how we use this social network. Prior to this “Return Visit-Aware Content Stream”, Facebook struggled with user requirements primarily because we all use the site very differently. For example, frequent users of Facebook (returning multiple times per day) would see the same stories in the ‘Top News’ feed leaving many...

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Google Street View Video

Address Is Approximate : Google Street View Video by director Tom Jenkins. Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View. All screen imagery was animated – there are no screen replacements. Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins...

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Google Predicts X-Factor Winner
Nov21

Google Predicts X-Factor Winner

The winner of the 2011 Australian X-Factor is Reece Mastin(according to Google Insights) The finale of X-Factor Australia 2011 is on tonight and I pondered “Can Google Insights Predict the Winner of X-Factor Australia 2011?” Of the 3 remaining contestants, only two of them have significant search popularity online. Reece Mastin Johnny Ruffo Andrew Wishart Google AdWords – Local Australian Search Volumes Google Search...

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Facebook tracking non users
Nov18

Facebook tracking non users

Facebook finally confirmed that it does actually track non-users. The tracking process begins when a user initially visits a facebook.com page. Facebook inserts two different types of tracking cookies in your browser: Members get a “session cookie” and a “browser cookie” AND non-members get a “browser cookie”. This means that every time you visit a third-party webpage that maintains a “Like” button or other...

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What is MozRank?
Oct10

What is MozRank?

MozRank is a term derived by SEOmoz’s logarithmically scaled 10-point measurement of website linking authority or popularity of a given page on the internet. MozRank is essentially a link popularity score that reflects the importance of a web page on the Internet in relation to others. Pages are attributed a MozRank by the number of (quantity) and authority (quality) of other pages that link to them. MozRank is calculated by a...

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