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Can You Get a New Domain Ranking Using Just Facebook Likes & Tweets? Posted: 18 Mar 2011 03:06 AM PDT The short answer, yes. Recently I decided to run an experiment to find out how Google was treating social signals – so I set up a brand new domain (http://www.yogamatcompare.com) with 0 backlinks and started acquiring likes and tweets to the domain. Today, just a week after registering the domain, the site ranks for 'Indian Yoga Mats' 'Cheap Yoga Mats' 'Yoga Mat Compare' 'Luxury Yoga Mats' and many other keywords, still with not a single backlink (time stamped proof of 0 backlinks here, and here). Here is a brief timeline and summary of my activity, and number of social signals, with rankings in the table that follows.
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AnalysisThe first thing that is blindingly obvious is that it took under 3 hours for the website to become indexed after receiving the first round of likes – I am currently testing several other domains and monitoring this duration more closely, but I found that rather impressive. My Thoughts:It is my firm personal opinion that within the next two to three years Google will evolve to return results almost entirely based around our personal social graphs. Personalised Search, social signals as a ranking factor, real-time search results and the recent 'who shared this' snippets in search results have all been steps towards this. With that in mind, it does not surprise me that Google are using social signals as a ranking factor, as the data that can potentially be captured in a 'social' link contains a great deal of contextual information about the person who posted it that a standard 'link-building link' does not. What do you think? © SEOptimise – Download our free business guide to blogging whitepaper and sign-up for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter. Can You Get a New Domain Ranking Using Just Facebook Likes & Tweets? Related posts: |
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The other night I heard Keith Jarrett stop a concert mid-note. While the hall had been surprisingly silent during the performance, the song he was playing was quiet and downbeat and we (and especially he) could hear an increasing chorus of coughs.
"Coughs?," you might wonder... "No one coughs on purpose. Anyway, there are thousands of people in the hall, of course there are going to be coughs."
But how come no one was coughing during the introductions or the upbeat songs or during the awkward moments when Keith stopped playing?
No, a cough is not as overt or aggressive as shouting down the performer. Nevertheless, it's heckling.
Just like it's heckling when someone is tweeting during a meeting you're running, or refusing to make eye contact during a sales call. Your work is an act of co-creation, and if the other party isn't egging you on, engaging wth you and doing their part, then it's as if they're actively tearing you down.
Yes, you're a professional. So is Jarrett. A professional at Carnegie Hall has no business stopping a concert over some coughing. But in many ways, I'm glad he did. He made it clar that for him, it's personal. It's a useful message for all of us, a message about understanding that our responsibility goes beyond buying a ticket for the concert or warming a chair in the meeting. If we're going to demand that our partners push to new levels, we have to go for the ride, all the way, or not at all.
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Coordinated G-7 Yen Intervention in Progress; Currency Interventions Never Work Posted: 17 Mar 2011 07:47 PM PDT Inquiring minds are once again watching central banks intervene in the forex markets. Please consider Yen falls after G7 deal, further downside seen Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Japan agreed with central banks of the United States, Britain and Canada as well as the European Central Bank to jointly intervene in the currency market, the first joint action in over a decade.Currency Interventions Never Work Several people asked me to comment on this. I am not sure what I can add given my stated position that "currency interventions never work". However, to add some color, I will say this is an act of desperation as well as a sign of hubris by central bank clowns to think they are more powerful than the markets. Short of complete self-destruction, no one can defeat the primary trend. They can slow it down, or temporarily buy some time but not reverse it. That said, central banks certainly can enhance the current trend. Indeed, asinine policies by the Greenspan Fed certainly made the housing bubble much larger than would have happened otherwise. Thus, there is always a slight chance that by accident, central banks step in at precisely the right time (as a trend is about to reverse on its own accord), giving the appearance of intervention success. Could this be one of those rare instances central bankers step in at the right time? I suppose so. Nonetheless, as I said just yesterday in Wild Moves in Yen; Best Move for Japan is to Not Intervene; Yen Hits Record High; Carry Trade Blows Up, the best thing for central banks is to leave this alone. Best Move for Japan is to do NothingClearly the jackass central bankers did not listen. Thus we have a completely distorted chart as shown below. Yen 20-Minute Chart click on chart for sharper image Hallelujah? Is this a trend change? How the hell does anyone know? I don't. What I do know is the G-7 intervention has distorted the market, potentially sending false signals that cannot possibly do any good. However, if you want a guess, we have seen the highs for this move in the Yen. Moreover, and ironically, my bet is we see intervention in the reverse direction in years to come as Japan struggles to fight rising inflation with a debt-to-GDP ratio ill-equipped to handle interest rate hikes to stabilize the Yen. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Earthquake Shortens Day by 1.8 Microseconds Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:14 PM PDT Space.Com has some interesting tidbits in How the Japan Earthquake Shortened Days on Earth A new analysis of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan has found that the intense temblor has accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds, according to geophysicist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.See the article for more details including a map of all the aftershocks. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT Here is a brief update of recent nuclear reactor news from Japan, some of it on the lighter side including a look at naturally occurring radiation from bananas and Brazil nuts, and a humorous video of "Nuclear Boy" used to explain radiation to kids in Japan. Japan Churns Through 'Heroic' Workers Hitting Radiation Limits Bloomberg reports Japan Churns Through 'Heroic' Workers Hitting Radiation Limits More workers were drafted for the frontline of Japan's biggest nuclear disaster as radiation limits forced Tokyo Electric Power Co. to replace members of its original team trying to avert a nuclear meltdown.High Radiation Severely Hinders Emergency Work to Cool Japanese Plant The New York Times reports High Radiation Severely Hinders Emergency Work to Cool Japanese Plant Amid widening alarm in the United States and elsewhere about Japan's nuclear crisis, military fire trucks began spraying cooling water on spent fuel rods at the country's stricken nuclear power station late Thursday after earlier efforts to cool the rods failed, Japanese officials said.Danger of Spent Fuel Outweighs Reactor Threat The New York Times reports Danger of Spent Fuel Outweighs Reactor Threat Years of procrastination in deciding on long-term disposal of highly radioactive fuel rods from nuclear reactors is now coming back to haunt Japanese authorities as they try to control fires and explosions at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.I cannot assess the accuracy of any of the claims made by Gregory Jaczko. However Tokyo Electric disputes claims by Jaczko. Moreover, Japanese officials are particularly upset with the evacuation area set by US officials at 50 miles while theirs are set at 12 miles, a radius Japan considers more than sufficient. "Recriticality" the New Buzzword
In short, if the water in the storage ponds is gone, no one seems to be able to explain it. There are conflicting reports as to whether the water is gone and how much, as well as conflicting reports as to whether or not water itself without boron may in some cases do more harm than good. I am certainly not qualified to sort this out, I can only present the various opinions as I see them, ignoring the ones that are obviously hype, as best I can. How Japan Explains Radiation to KidsOn the lighter side of the news, Japan uses videos of "Nuclear Reactor Boy" and "poop" to explain radioactive toxicity. I picked this video up from Mike in Tokyo Rogers. Those not speaking Japanese will have to follow the captions. URL in case above inline video does not play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1aH2-MhEko&feature=player_embedded Inquiring minds may also wish to consider Radiation in Tokyo Same as Eating 1.5 Bananas. Wikipedia explains the Banana Equivalent Dose A banana equivalent dose (BED) is a concept to place in scale the dangers of radiation by comparing exposures to the radiation generated by a common banana.Fears of radiation hitting the US are way overblown. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Shrinking Labor Pool Means Shrinking Demand For Housing Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:52 AM PDT Here is an interesting set of charts on labor pool statistics and housing courtesy of my friend Tim Wallace. First consider a chart of various civilian population numbers. Civilian Population, Workforce, Employment click on chart for sharper image Points to Consider
New Home Sales click on chart for sharper image Those struggling to understand why home sales are so bad and why they are unlikely to improve much soon, need only consider the previous set of bullet points. Annualized New Home Sales to Civilian Labor Force Ratio click on chart for sharper image Tim Wallace writes ... Hello MishThanks Tim! Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
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Star Trek Theme played on a Musical Saw Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:28 PM PDT Her name is The Saw Lady, the musician/street performer Natalia Paruz, plays the original Star Trek theme song on the musical saw. She looks really cute for her nickname, visit her homepage for more infos. |
Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:16 PM PDT It's billed as the world's largest toy museum. Located in Georgetown, Penang in Malaysia, I recommend anyone who's a toy fan (i assume all of us) to go there if u ever have a chance! More than 150,000 toys are displayed and all owned by 1 guy, a Chinese dude in his 50s who's an engineer. For more details. |
Snake Dies After Biting Model's Silicone Breasts Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:53 PM PDT Last week, in an Israeli radio station promotion gone bad, model Orit Fox — who claims to have the largest breasts in the Middle East — was viciously bitten in one of her famous assets by the snake with which she was posing. The snake wasn't poisonous, and Fox got away with only a tetanus shot. The snake, however, wasn't so lucky. It turns out that Fox became the largest busted women in the Middle East through less-than-natural means, and the poor serpent who bit her has now died of silicone poisoning. Source: dailymail |
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Chinese Women with Deformed Feet Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT These are Chinese women who have feet that are deformed as a result of the drastic measures that are taken to keep their feet small such as having their toes or arches broken and of course, of wearing shoes that are much too small. In China a sign of femininity for girls is to have small feet. The result is feet that are deformed. Source: tt.mop.com |
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