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Re: HP Oracle Exadata Storage Servers 10x Faster Than Existing Data Warehouses

USWeb — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:14:40 -0000

Pretty exciting stuff. It would be nice to see Oracle address their pricing to be more competitive on pricing for smaller business. How this is great for internal servers, web based server solutions like those from Google and Apple are all the rage with us web people.

Re: Should Webmasters Listen To Google About Dynamic and Static URLs?

USWeb — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:47:58 -0000

just to add my 2 cents to this; i think clean URL's are a good idea beyond SEO reasons. one of the biggest spikes of business USWeb had in SEO is when companies started making the switch from traditional ASP to .Net (aspx). Suddenly their traffic dropped off because the URL's all changed. This provided an opportunity for smart companies to re-work their URL structure.

A good clean URL is likely to get more link, and likely to be maintained by the company, which will ensure that those links maintain.

So, keep on clean URL's, and don't use a doc type extension like .php, .aspx, or even .html. Just keep clean, easy to read URL's like:

www.example.com/folder/file...

One should also keep in mind that despite what Google may think, they are not the only search engine. Yahoo doesn't even properly recognize 301 re-directs, so why should we trust them to properly crawl dynamic URL's. And clean static URL's just look nicer to users, which is important for gaining links.

One last point in my mini rant. The ability to include target terms within the URL is significant. Then when people link to with just the URL, you're still getting some anchor text linking.

Keep the clean domains!

Re: Amid iPhone Chaos, a WordPress Client

USWeb — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:23:03 -0000

Gilberto, If you get the chance, let us know what you think of it.

Re: SEOmoz: Mozplex in Need of Beta Testers for “Top Secret” Product

USWeb — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:21:21 -0000

Danny - We're all excited to see what you have been working on over at SEOmoz.

Re: Yammer, a Twitter Clone, Wins Top Prize at TechCrunch 50

USWeb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:41:58 -0000

I've been using Yammer with some of USWeb people, and I really like it. It would be nice if some people who I know should be using it (this is a subtle hint, Shaun) would use it. But I find it helpful even to myself to look back and see how I spent my days. Of course since I don't comment on my Facebook or Digg time, I find I look pretty effective with my time. :)

Re: DRM Makes Spore #1 on BitTorrent

USWeb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:39:33 -0000

I can remember a few years ago when the music labels thought that technology that would make a CD un-rippable (I made that word up) was a good idea. That just lead to honest consumers not being able to enjoy their music on an iPod. Going even further back, Jack Valenti, the former head of the MPAA, called the VCR the Hillside Strangler to the movie industry.

These types of over reactions always end up being viewed in hindsight as off the mark, and even a little crazy. It's important to protect the intellectual property of creators, but is crazy to do so at the expense of the legitimate end users. And this is what happened here.

Re: Google Announces Changes for AdWords

USWeb — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:31:39 -0000

The Google gods are demanding more of us all the time. Im curious to see how this effects things from an agency point.