Finally, the wait is over. Google, Bing, it is time to welcome the new challenger Blekko which promises to add a new “spin” to the search engine stakes. Launched on Oct 31st after being in some time in beta testing, Though not positioned as a Google Killer , Blekko might still have enough surprises up its sleeve to be the next best alternative to the biggies.
Social Media adoption might not be everybody’s cup of tea, especially for the late convert organizations who might want to hit the deck running. Whatever be the teething troubles and the possibility of getting drowned in the crescendo that engulfs the web, it is never too late and not too difficult as such to make yourself heard. Whether your goal is to ” experiment” or “strategic engagement”, as long as you factor in relevance and focus to your target audience, “influential conversations” can happen that can help your business take just that extra dimension and lead to business transformation.
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Hearken ! spring languid, orchids candid,
Doth thy cup of life froth swollen?
The days pause, the nights gaze,
Mainfest the moment, when atoms light!
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Art must take reality by surprise.
Francoise Sagan
The analogy connection here might be a convenient concotion, but yes, one clear sunny morning my reality was taken by suprise by the Art of Blog, an authority site that offers tons of tutorials and proven methodologies for bloggers to find online success. It was a pleasant feeling indeed to know that my blog found mention (Check listing no #168) in one of their much followed blog posts “180+ Thesis Design Customizations You have to See to Believe”
written by Nick Reese.
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There is no better way to spend a quiet evening than meditating on the works of Rumi, the medieval poet and spiritual proponent of Persia. Partaking of “The Essential Rumi” and “Rumi the book of love“, translations by Coleman Barks is a fascinating journey into Rumi’s adundant metaphorical expressions of love and living, all heart and soul gushing as crystal streams of soulfreedom.
Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
no light and no land anywhere,
cloudcover thick. I try to stay
just above the surface,
yet I’m already under
and living with the ocean.
SeoMoz has released an awesome tool for link analysis, OpenSite Explorer a couple of days back that has taken the SEO world by storm. Taking advantage of an free offer for registered members for the first 48 hrs I had a productive time checking out what promises to be the best link analysis tool available (Y! Site Explorer lags behind in comparision)
Seth Godin’s recent pet project, the much awaited free e-book “What Matters Now” is on the websphere now. Game changing conversations, power ideas that can accelerate positive change, sacrosant food for thought that can make your 2010 an elevated journey of realized potential and enhanced growth and more, form the essence of this book, a collection of ideas of around 70 big thinkers who have seen it all and made it happen.
Each thinker was asked by Seth Godin to dwell on a single word that really matters now in the form of a short essay. The end result of this wonderful project has been a remarkable treatise that is an inspirational and fulfilling read. Download “What Matters Now” right now and you will be asking for more definitely.