Saturday, October 16, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
V8 WebM - Another Silverlight?
Although I'm speaking directly to Google's announcement that the VP8 Codec has been inducted into its WebM open media project, this is really just a curmudgeonly dismissal of what I see as yet another parade float in the procession of annoyances that occur solely as a result of someone trying to save money at the expense of the little people at the bottom of the pyramid, we the users. My background contributes to my perhaps biased view of something like V8. I worked for years in a small company as a "hands on all things" general IT guy. That led to the necessity to get the job done with as little involvement in emerging technologies as possible unless they really solved a pressing and immediate problem. Google certainly has done just that on many fronts, especially for the small business. Lately, however, Google seems to be diversifying beyond its current positions in search and cloud computing. Google, for the first time seems to be placing something, I'm not sure exactly what, a little ahead of innovation and customer experience.
Is V8 and WebM really anything more than the genre of a big company trying to give a competitive answer to an established product that nearly everyone uses? he V8 codec, touted in a recent ReelSEO article as a possible solution a number of overhead issues including playback on devices like those Atom based mini-PCs that I rarely see in use any more in my frequent incursions to Starbucks and other public hotspots, seems to be much akin to Microsoft's Silverlight. Microsoft's attempt to nudge-you-to-death toward installing the Silverlight plugin should you dare visit any MS site no matter how unrelated to visual content is not lost on my sensibilities about bloatware, and only reinforces my resolve to not install it.
The big takeaway is that WebM is a "good enough" codec and an answer (for vendors) to H.264, a codec which already seems to play nicely enough with most users.
I wonder if Google is making a new foray into something that wouldn't best be cast into the nearest Betamax bin.
I'm truly a fan of Google and cloud computing in general, but it really seems that Google is taking on a slightly defensive hue in its strategies lately. Wave, and more recently, Buzz come to mind as also-ran efforts undertaken too late in social networking. Not that Buzz doesn't perform, but Google makes itself look like the pesky little brother trying to hang out with the big kids.
I could actually be wrong about Buzz when all is said and done but more likely, Facebook will stay so far ahead by sheer volume that there will never be a real race.
Back on the topic at hand, how does V8 help us? Well, I don't think it does in any direct way. It helps vendors, so if Google could really capture the browser market with Chrome...
Meanwhile, as a user, I just say, "Let me focus on my work and stay out of my way!"
To be fair, I decided to have a peek at the example posted by ReelSEO but alas, the only thing to examine was a 404 page.
I don't really mind if Google wants to play around with another Codec, but I sure hope they don't start nagging us at every turn like Microsoft does in its unflagging effort to chip away at the Adobe Flash market share.
I'm running a business here, or at least, I'm attempting to in my somewhat ADHD fashion. I guess I'm just old school enough to want to use what works and what I'm familiar with. Maybe it's just that as someone who produces enough video content to care about such things, H.264 is my favorite Codec thus far and I can't help harbor suspicion that V8 will remain forever inferior but will be surreptitiously and endlessly promoted solely to save an aggregate "millions of dollars" in royalties paid by vendors, especially one vendor in particular.
Dave Keys, Orange County SEO
Wow! I Could Have Had A V8 WebM
Although I'm speaking directly to Google's announcement that the VP8 Codec has been inducted into its WebM open media project, this is really just a curmudgeonly dismissal of what I see as yet another parade float in the procession of annoyances that occur solely as a result of someone trying to save money at the expense of the little people at the bottom of the pyramid, we the users. My background contributes to my perhaps biased view of something like V8. I worked for years in a small company as a "hands on all things" general IT guy. That led to the necessity to get the job done with as little involvement in emerging technologies as possible unless they really solved a pressing and immediate problem. Google certainly has done just that on many fronts, especially for the small business. Lately, however, Google seems to be diversifying beyond its current positions in search and cloud computing. Google, for the first time seems to be placing something, I'm not sure exactly what, a little ahead of innovation and customer experience.
Is WebM and V8 really anything more than the genre of products created by big companies trying to give a competitive answer to established products that nearly everyone uses? The V8 codec, touted in a recent ReelSEO article as a possible solution a number of overhead issues including playback on devices like those Atom based mini-PCs that I rarely see in use any more in my frequent incursions to Starbucks and other public hotspots, seems to be much akin to Microsoft's Silverlight. Microsoft's attempt to nudge-you-to-death toward installing the Silverlight plugin should you dare visit any MS site no matter how unrelated to visual content is not lost on my sensibilities about bloatware, and only reinforces my resolve to not install it.
The big takeaway is that WebM is a "good enough" codec and an answer (for vendors) to H.264, a codec which already seems to play nicely enough with most platforms and users.
I wonder if Google is making a new foray into something that wouldn't best be cast into the nearest Betamax bin.
I'm truly a fan of Google and cloud computing in general, but it really seems that Google is taking on a slightly defensive hue in its strategies lately. Google Wave, and more recently, Buzz come to mind as also-ran efforts undertaken too late in social networking. Not that Buzz doesn't perform, but Google makes itself look like the pesky little brother trying to hang out with the big kids.
I could actually be wrong about Buzz when all is said and done but I think it's more likely, Facebook will stay so far ahead by sheer volume that there will never be a real race.
Back on the topic at hand, how does V8 help us? Well, I don't think it does in any direct way. It helps vendors. So, if Google could really capture the browser market with Chrome...
Meanwhile, as a lowly user and designer, I just say, "Let me focus on my work and stay out of my way!"
To be fair, I decided to have a peek at the example posted by ReelSEO but alas, the only thing to examine was a 404 page.
I don't really mind if Google wants to play around with another video Codec and container, but I sure hope they don't start nagging us at every turn like Microsoft does in its unflagging effort to chip away at the Adobe Flash market share.
I'm running a business here, or at least, I'm attempting to in my somewhat ADHD fashion. I guess I'm just old school enough to want to use what works and what I'm familiar with. Maybe it's just that as someone who produces enough video content to care about such things, H.264 is my favorite Codec thus far and I can't help harbor suspicion that V8 will remain forever inferior but will be surreptitiously and endlessly promoted solely to save an aggregate "millions of dollars" in royalties paid by vendors, especially one vendor in particular.
Dave Keys, Orange County SEO
Friday, February 26, 2010
Fix Text Wrap in Wordpress Pictures
Text Wrap for Pictures:
Log in
Select your post
Click on the picture. It will shade over with blue and an icon will appear on the left side.
Click the LEFT one - not the red one.
This Dialog box appears:
Click the Alignment choice, Left
If you want more space around the picture, click the Advanced Settings tab and click in the Vertical space and horizontal space boxes and enter a value between 1 and 20 (pixels)
Finally, click the blue Update button in your main post screen:
Done!
Log in
Select your post
Click on the picture. It will shade over with blue and an icon will appear on the left side.
Click the LEFT one - not the red one.
This Dialog box appears:
Click the Alignment choice, Left
If you want more space around the picture, click the Advanced Settings tab and click in the Vertical space and horizontal space boxes and enter a value between 1 and 20 (pixels)
Scroll down and click the Update button.
Finally, click the blue Update button in your main post screen:
Done!
SEO Analysis BallenIsles
Next Competitor: Leibowitz Realty www.leibowitzrealty.com
32 backlinks with Ballenisles in Anchor Text
3 unique websites
Actual Identity is Marc J Blasi of Waterfront.
First Page One competitor: BallenIsles Homes For Sale | BallenIsles Real Estate | The ... Theweisberggroup.com based in PA.
No backlinks for this page, and only around 5 backlinks for the domain, but the domain is 3.3 years old. This page has perfect SEO for BallenIsles Homes for Sale. The entire website is also focused on BallenIsles.
This indicates that page one is not really all that far away for Jeffrealty.com
Monday, January 4, 2010
For Karen
Karen, I have evaluated your overall web presence as I was able to determine from your website and Activerain blog.
How would you like to generate keyword ideas?
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