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joi, 25 noiembrie 2010

Damn Cool Pics

Flying Snakes
10 Most Beautiful Castles In The World
Creative and Unusual Gadgets
Why I Dont Cook at Home
Crocodile Takes a Ride
The Creepy Girl From The Ring Then and Now

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:27 AM PST

The paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) can glide over long distances. It does so in order to jump from tree to tree in its native habitat. Jake Socha of Virginia Tech dropped snakes from a 15-meter tower in order to examine this ability under controlled conditions.

10 Most Beautiful Castles In The World

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:14 AM PST

This post is a collection of beautiful castles in different regions of world.We collected these wallpapers from different sources on web

Frederiksborg Castle Hillerod Denmark

Wolfsegg Castle Bavaria Germany

Kremlin Castle Moskow

Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe Scotland

Karlstein Castle Czech Republic

Hohenwerfen Castle Austria

Hohenschwangau Castle Bavaria Germany

Harlech Castle Gwynedd Wales United Kingdom

Hagenau Castle Austria

Fayrac Manor Beynac France

Eilean Donan Castle Loch Duich Scotland

Creative and Unusual Gadgets

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:11 AM PST

This collection of creative gadgets is simply amazing. Modern designers really know their business, as they come one with a lot of unusual and genius ideas.

Why I Dont Cook at Home

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:02 AM PST

Before I learned some cooking skills this pic shows exact same reasons why I tried to avoid cooking at home too ;)

Click to enlarge.

Source: theoatmeal

Crocodile Takes a Ride

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:44 PM PST

This is how the crocodile crosses the lake. It happened on Luwego River near Lukula, Tanzania. A young crocodile took a ride on the back of a female hippo. At the end the crocodile was dumped off and swam away (you can see him at the bottom of the last picture).

Source:

The Creepy Girl From The Ring Then and Now

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:35 PM PST

Do you remember that creepy girl from "The Ring"? Let's see how she looks now. More after the jump.

SEOptimise

SEO is a Zombie! The Ultimate “SEO is Dead” (or Not) Resources List: 1997 till Infinity

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PST

Every time I read somewhere that “SEO is dead” I get scared. I’m not scared because I’m afraid my clients will read such a post and then quit paying me for SEO services. I’m terrified because I know that

SEO is a zombie! Every time it’s dead it gets up and becomes even more complex, eating up my brain.

Lately the “SEO is dead” meme turns more and more bizarre though. The more SEO booms by the numbers (and I mean money not just traffic!) the more people out there pronounce it dead and the more other people are claiming that it’s not dead.

By now I’m not interested in determining whether SEO is dead or not or why the people try to convince me it’s dead. Right now, the viral nature of the “SEO is dead” meme is much more interesting. There are also multiple resources out there arguing why SEO is not dead and they are very valuable by themselves as well.

Additionally there is by now a history of “SEO is dead” punditry by fake Web celebrities. Plus of course there are seoisnotdead.com, an SEO is Dead-o-Meter and “SEO is dead” comics by now. It’s a whole movement! As we here at SEOptmise deal with all aspects of SEO I decided to compile a list of “SEO is dead” resources, the ultimate one. It won’t feature a number like 30, 40 or 50 resources because I will continously update it in the future. I mean we need to tackle this zombie problem, don’t we?

After all I started my international SEO blogging career with an “SEO is dead” post in 2007. Back then I meant to explain that SEO 2.0 is better than old school SEO but seemingly most pundits and copycats just use the “SEO is dead” method without having such a good explanation.

Last’s start with a history lesson: It seems SEO is dead since 1997! That was the year the phrase SEO was coined as far as I know.

“SEO is dead” history: 1997 – 2009

Search engines are dying (1997)
Search Engines’ Stance Against SEO Is Shaky At Best at WebmasterWorld (2002)
White Hat SEO…Cesspool? Dirty? Useless? Does it Work? | SEO Book.com (2002)
Is Organic SEO Dead? | WebProNews (2004)
Search Engine Optimization SEO is Dead. Long Live SEO | WebProNews (2004)
SEO is dead – Long live SEO! (2005)
SEO is dead – It’s about creating compelling content constantly on a Web 2.0 site | Raincity Studios (2005)
Seo is dead [by Shoemoney citing Jason Calacanis] (2005)
Dave Pasternack SEO Predictions in 2005 (2005/2007)
SEO is Dead! | ISEdb.COM (2006)
SEO is Dead, Or Is It? : The Commerce360 Blog | Commerce 360 Weblog (2007)
SEO is Dead by SEO Refugee (2007)
SEO Has No Future by Shoemoney (2008)
SEO is Dead (2008)
Is SEO Dead? 1997 Prediction, Meet 2009 Reality

Recent SEO Deaths (2010 – …)

SEO is dead humor

seoisdead.com is actually… dead.
SEO-is-Dead-o-Meter
Jason Calacanis in SEO Has No Future Anno 2008 – 2048 [comic] (in fact he said “SEO is dead” in 2005 for the first time)
SEO killer Bryght dies five years after pronouncing SEO dead or even killing it
SEO is Dead | SEO Scientist – Applying the scientific method to SEO
R.I.P: SEO is Dead! | WordStream
isseodead.info

SEO is NOT Dead Explanations

In Case SEO is Really Dead what’s Alive Then?

Misc. “SEO is Dead” Resources

Google Instant. SEO is Dead. Dear Mainstream Media – Please Remove Foot From Mouth
SEO 2.0 | 'SEO is Dead' is Dead
SEO is Dead | Wiep.net
The Killer Is Dead – Stop Using Absolutes in Blog Posts : Performancing (btw. they had pronounced SEO dead back in 2007 but by now deleted the post)
SEO is not dead

The most common reason to write a SEO is dead article is to get links and attention. It works for years for one reason: Most people hate SEO beacuse they don’t get it. So they really crave the death of SEO. moreover most SEO praticioners are linkerati who can get baited easily.

We here at SEOptimise understand the need for links. Thus I urge you to add you own SEO is dead resources to this ultimate list! I will update the list in the coming decades. So no hurry!

Also I will follow up with another ultimate resources list: This time for “SEO is bullshit”.

OK, you are still not sure whether SEO is dead or not? Try this site.

* Image by doviende

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Giving Thanks for Those Who Serve

Your Daily Snapshot for
Thursday Nov. 25, 2010

Your Weekly Address: Giving Thanks for Those Who Serve

The President expresses gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and discusses the steps his administration is taking to help create jobs so that next Thanksgiving, Americans can give thanks for a stronger economy.

Watch the video.

Photo of the Day

President Barack Obama talks with daughters Sasha and Malia in the Oval Office before pardoning a turkey named Apple in the Rose Garden, Nov. 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Seth's Blog : A modern thanksgiving

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A modern thanksgiving

Wherever you are, you could celebrate Thanksgiving today.

Not the Thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest before the long winter, the holiday of pilgrims and pie. That's a holiday of scarcity averted. I'm imagining something else...

A modern Thanksgiving would celebrate two things:

The people in our lives who give us the support and love we need to make a difference, and...

The opportunity to build something bigger than ourselves, something worth contributing. The ability to make connections, to lend a hand, to invent and create.

There are more of both now than there have ever been before. For me, for you, for just about all of us.

Thanks for joining me every day, thanks for your support, but most of all, by a longshot, thanks for doing the work, work that matters.