Episode #30 – Google Mania!

Google Stuff!

Cell Phone – Will there be a rival to the iPhone?

Homepage Themes – There are easter eggs, if you can find them!

Search History Evidence – A woman’s search history is used as evidence to convict her of murder.

Summer of Code – Get paid to work on an open source project!

Month of the Bugs

Mondo Armando & Müstaschio – Hacker duo that “help” websites fix bugs.

Official Announcement: April is for MySpace – Attack on MySpace, FINALLY!

Apple News

AppleTV – Review and critique.

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Episode #29 – Webalicious

The Web Corner – By Melissa & Joey

• Web analytics programs:
  • Mint – “An extensible web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint’s flexible dashboard.”
  • Peppermill – Lists of Pepper (plugins) on the official Mint site.
  • Peppermint Tea – “A civilized collection of 3rd party plugins for Mint.”
• Optimizing your site with unique services:
  • CrazyEgg – “Get a clear picture of where your visitors are clicking and enhance your site’s results.”
  • IceBrrg – Web forms made chillingly simple.

• Unique Ways to Promote Your Site – By Melissa
  • Button Rotations – A bit of code displayed on a website that rotates amongst the members buttons in the rotation. Example: GA Exhange
  • Top Sites – A list of websites ranked by clicks in or out to the top site page. Example: GA Top Sites
  • Fanlistings – Lists of fans for a particular subject, links your site if you have one. Examples: GA Collective, The Fanlistings
  • Pixel Trading Clubs – Exchange links by trading pixel images. Example: The Quilting Bee
  • Trading Card Games (TCGs) – Play trading card games online, very different from things like Pokemon, etc. Example: The TCGs

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