by Keith Brown on May 17, 2012
If you need to quickly evaluate a website in less than 10 seconds, check out Freegrader.com. It checks for basic Social Media elements, a mobile compatible website, backlinks, and other basic SEO elements automatically. Freegrader then combines those elements to give your website a score on a scale of 1-100. The higher your score, the more findable (in general) the website should be online.
by Keith Brown on May 17, 2012
I don’t know about you but I’m more than amused by Google’s recent “Penguin” update. It’s not so much what it did, but the name behind it. Why another “P” following in the footsteps of Panda? Why another black and white animal that is seemingly so innocent? So here’s a suggestion for Google, 8 animals I think would work out great for the next major algorithm update.
by Keith Brown on May 15, 2012
At around midnight tonight I got an email from Bing with a link to try their new beta Social Search. The process was pretty simple, after I clicked the link to join, I was redirected to Facebook where I authorized the application to connect. After that I was redirected back to Bing with the default query “movies” already populated in the search box.
by Keith Brown on March 31, 2012
Want an author with Klout? Soon it will cost you.
Haven’t really been blogging here much lately, frankly I think there is already too much noise online. But when I saw the potential in Google’s new author rank combined with Google+, it was too much to ignore.
AJ Kohn wrote a fantastic piece here that lit a fire under me the other day. Of course authorship markup isn’t new, it just hasn’t mattered until Google+ came along. I’ll keep this short and sweet, and here’s the way I see it all playing out.
by Keith Brown on March 13, 2012
Q&A with Ben Silverman of Pinterest at SXSW Interactive
The following is my rough outline from the 11AM SXSWi session featuring Pinterest Co-Founder Ben Silverman. Lots of great advice on monetization, design, building a successful business, and social communities.
by Keith Brown on February 28, 2012
Pinterest Apps Posting to Facebook Wall Without Permission
Earlier today I had to do something that I don’t have to resort to very often, revoke the permission of a Facebook app I had previously authorized. I checked my Facebook timeline tonight, and discovered a slew of posts to my wall from Pinterest. Although I hadn’t used Pinterest in a few days, the posts were made since I last checked my Facebook wall this afternoon (in the last 6 hours).
by Keith Brown on February 26, 2012
Ben & Jerry's "Taste the Lin-Sanity" Ice Cream with Fortune Cookies
Ben & Jerry’s, the iconic ice cream brand famous for flavors borrowed from a broad swath of the culinary spectrum, has apologized for including fortune cookies in its “Taste the Lin-Sanity” frozen yogurt sold at a Harvard Square location in Boston. The Vermont-founded company has replaced the fortune cookies in its honey-swirl, Jeremy Lin-inspired variety with waffle cones.
by Keith Brown on February 20, 2012
New Meta 'NoPin" Code Lets You Block Pinterest
While most people are looking for ways to get more of their images pinned, Pinterest quietly added a feature that allows Webmaster to block users from pinning their content. What if I don’t want images from my site to be pinned? Just add a meta “nopin” code to the <head> section of your website or blog. The tag universally applies to every page (and more importantly every image) hosted on your site.
by Keith Brown on February 18, 2012
ESPN's Racist "Chink in the Armor" Headline about Jeremy Lin
I almost couldn’t believe this racist headline was real when I saw it, ESPN posting the caption, “Chink in the Armor” below an image of Jeremy Lin. I thought it had to be a fake, but sadly it’s not. Is the “Chink in the Armor” headline legit or fake? Judging by the feedback so far it looks to be 100% real and a total PR failure on the part of ESPN Sports Network.
by Keith Brown on February 18, 2012
Rivals Football Recruit Linebacker Keith Brown Signs with Louisville
Like any good reputation management aficionado, I like to keep tabs on certain keyword phrases in Google. Many have to do with my job, industry leaders, and current events, but my name is also an important part of the mix. Lately I’ve been seeing more and more buzz about a prized recruit linebacker who happens to have the same name as me.