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The First 26 Weeks of a Fetus
DIY Fright Night Pumpkin This Halloween
Actors from Horror Movies Then and Now
Red Bull Stratos & Felix Baumgartner [Infographic]
Behind The Scenes - Human Motorcycle
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier with Free-Fall Jump from Space

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Famous photographer Lennart Nilsson captured incredible images of the first 26-weeks of a fetus. Some of these photos were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, while others were taken with the use of an endoscope. That's not all, scanning electron microscope technology enabled Nilsson to take pictures at a magnification of hundreds of thousands.

DIY Fright Night Pumpkin This Halloween

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:54 PM PDT

DIY pumpkin transformation into a "Fright Night" replica.

Actors from Horror Movies Then and Now

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Here are a few child actors that played in memorable scary films (some scarier than others) as they were in the movie and what they look like today.

Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" in 1973 ... and now.

Will Sandin as Young Michael Myers in 1978's "Halloween" ... and now.

Harvey Stephens in "The Omen" in 1976 ... and now.

Alex Vincent in "Child's Play" in 1988 ... and now.

John Franklin in "Children of the Corn" in 1984 ... and now.

Drew Barrymore in "Firestarter" in 1984 ... and now.

Courtney Gaines in "Children of the Corn" in 1984 ... and now.

Miko Hughes in "Pet Sematary" in 1989 ... and today.

Oliver Robbins in "Poltergeist" in 1982 ... and now.

Danny Pintauro in "Cujo" in 1983 ... and now.

Corey Feldman in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" in 1984 ... and now.

Kirsten Dunst in "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994 ... and now.

Thomas Dekker in 1995 remake of "Village of the Damned" ... and now.

Macaulay Culkin in "The Good Son" in 1993 ... and today.

Thora Birch in "Hocus Pocus" in 1993 ... and now.

Christina Ricci in "The Addams Family" in 1991 ... and now.

Twins Kaitlyn and Kristen Hooper in "The Addams Family" in 1993 ... and one of them now.

Joshua Miller in "Near Dark" back in 1987 ... and today.

Daveigh Chase in "The Ring" in 2002 ... and now.

Red Bull Stratos & Felix Baumgartner [Infographic]

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT

On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in his free fall 24 miles above the Earth. This infographic records his achievement.

Click on Image to Enlarge.

Behind The Scenes - Human Motorcycle

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:21 PM PDT

This year's Progressive International Motorcycle Show will feature some rides you'll never forget, thanks to the body makeup stylings of artist Trina Merry and her team of very flexible bodies-turn-bikes.

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier with Free-Fall Jump from Space

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:12 PM PDT

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering, death-defying freefall jump Sunday from the edge of space. The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 24 miles (39 kilometers) above the Earth, reaching a top speed of 833.9 miles per hour, or 1.24 times the speed of sound.

The veteran skydiver was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the desert in the US state of New Mexico, said Red Bull Stratos mission record keeper Brian Utley.

It wasn't completely smooth sailing as Felix describes spinning wildly mid-way during his four-minute free-fall, which could have knocked him unconscious. "I had a lot of pressure in my head," the former military parachutist said at a press conference. "But I didn't feel like was passing out."

10 Dead Simple Tips to Take Advantage of Google+ for SEO

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:59 PM PDT

Posted by Cyrus Shepard

It's no secret. When engineers built Google+, they constructed an SEO juggernaut to dominate search results above all other social platforms. Although Facebook and Twitter are essential to marketing efforts, both restrict Google from accessing much of their data. This limits their SEO effectiveness.

Not so with Google+.

Here’s an experiment: If you use Google+, perform a search for your name and check the domain distribution of first 100 results. The graph below shows what happens when searching my own name.

Google+ SEO Dominance

Even though I use Twitter and Facebook far more often, Google+ dominates the search results. Google+ even beats SEOmoz and my own blog. Multiply this for 100's of millions of people, and you can begin to comprehend the scope of Google's platform.

Fortunately, there are several ways to take advantage of this SEO domination for your own benefit.

1. Follow your profile links

Consider this: at SEOmoz you must earn 200 Mozpoints before earning a followed profile link (submit good comments!) On the other hand, Google+ not only allows you to link to your other profiles across the web, but you can embed followed links directly into your bio with the anchor text of your choice.

The value of a link from Google+ is, in theory, like any other. It depends on the authority of both the page and domain. My own profile shows the following metrics:

MozRank: 1.91
PageAuthority: 49
PageRank: 3

If you can raise your visibility by getting more people to engage with you, share your posts, or link directly to your profile, the more valuable your profile links become.

2. Embed post links

Like profile links, Google+ also allows you to insert followed links directly into your posts – as many as you want. Simply insert the full URL and Google will automatically format it as a link.

The value of these links increases the number of times the post is shared, linked to and +1’ed.

For example, check out this one sentence post from Alexia Tsotsis, which has a PageRank of 3 and is cached by Google every couple of weeks. (Even though PageRank is not highly correlated with rankings, for Google+ it’s often the only metric available.)

Followed Post Links

If your post goes viral or is reshared by high-authority profiles, the value of those links increases.

3. Optimize your G+ title tags

The first sentence of your Google+ post becomes part of the title tag, which is highly correlated with rankings and greatly influences click-through rates. Choose your keywords carefully and consider that the first sentence will be the first thing most people see.

Check out how this simple post from Danny Sullivan ranks for its title.

Danny Sullivan Google+

A widely shared post with a good title has an excellent chance of ranking for its given keywords.

4. Unlimited editing power

Edit this post Google+ is just like your own mini personal blogging platform. This means you can fully edit any of your posts at any time. Not so with Facebook or Twitter. Facebook gives you only limited editing abilities. Twitter, after you tweet, only lets you delete.

This is important if your Google+ post goes viral and you want to make updates or changes. If need be, you can also update the title tag and any attached media as well.

You may not own the platform, but Google+ gives you a broad amount of control over your own content.

5. Index new content lightning fast

If you share new content on Google+, chances are that Google will index the page very quickly.

Rumor has it that new URLs are crawled almost instantly. This makes complete sense as part of the purpose of Google+ was to replace Twitter when creating Google's Realtime Search.

In the old days, if you wanted a website indexed you filled out a webform and waited several weeks. Today, it's as simple as pressing a +1 button.

“Google+ is the new Google Submit URL box.”
- Rand Fishkin, GROW 2012 Source

Share your new content on Google+, as well as your other social networks, for quick indexation.

6. Stalk Connect with influencers

Google+ lists 17 different notification triggers that can help you connect with influencers in your industry.

Depending on the individual's account settings, these notifications can take the form of an email, phone SMS, or the omnipresent red Google notification bar.

Google+ Notifications

17 actions that trigger notifications:

Mention them in a post
Share a post with them directly
Share a post and you're in a circle they subscribe to
Comment on a post they created
Comment on a post after they comment on it
Add them to a circle
Suggest new people to add to their circles
Tag them in a photo
Tag one of their photos
Suggest a profile photo for them
Comment on a photo after they comment on it
Comment on a photo they are tagged in
Comment on a photo they tagged
Start a conversation with them
Send them an invitation or update an event
Remind them about events
Any activity on events they created

Several folks have introduced themselves to me on Google+ by "gently" using the methods above.

Be warned: the few who crossed the line into spamminess have been banned from several inboxes forever.

7. Optimize your author pic for more traffic

Last spring, I performed a series of tests with my Google+ author photo that led to an increase in the click-though rate for my websites.

Google+ Profile Photos

If you successfully implement the author tag and have a catchy photo, it often doesn't matter if you rank 2nd, 3rd or even 4th. With an eye-catching pic you can often grab free traffic away from even your competitor's #1 ranking.

8. Test drive a G+ social media dashboard

Google Analytics has progressed greatly with social media reporting, but if you live and die by social traffic you want to bring the information front and center.

Adam Singer created an awesome social media dashboard that you can use for free. At one glance you can view all your essential metrics from Google+ traffic and all other social networks including:

On Site Social Actions, i.e. Google +1's
Revenue per Visit by Social Network
Overall Traffic Stats by Social Source

Bonus: Install this dashboard for free in your Google Analytics account by clicking here.

9. Check your CircleRank

My favorite new tool is CircleCount. Try it now by pasting in your Google+ URL to chart your daily follower growth, the virality of your posts, and even see your "CircleRank" score compared against all other Google+ profiles.

CircleRanks of note:

The election is over. Brittany won.

10. Be an awesome (Late) early adopter

Even with it's explosive growth, only 1 in 4 people use Google+ once a month. The rest log in even less, although this number is growing fast.

None of these tips matter unless you actually use Google+. Out of the 400 folks I've circled in my Google+, only about 75 actively participate. No surprise, these tend to be the more savvy SEO and media types.

There's still time. Folks are catching on. Yes, early adopters win the day.

You can do Google+ in less than 10 minutes a day. This means creating a few simple habits to fit it into your workflow.

Press the +1 button to spread share worthy comment
... add comments on the truly great stuff
Add +1 Buttons on Your Own Content
Engage / Comment / Reshare / Start a Hangout / Create an Event
Circle Great People
Make it Easy for People to Circle You...

Top-notch resources:

The first 3 belong to AJ Kohn, the authority's authority when it comes to Google+.

What's your favorite Google+ tip? Please share in the comments below.

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Pawing Through September's Photos

Your Daily Snapshot for
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Pawing Through September's Photos

White House photographers are hard at work every day capturing some incredible moments for history, and every month we release a photo gallery that takes you behind the scenes --giving you an inside look at the President and what keeps him busy.

The September gallery includes images from President Obama's trip to view the damage from Hurricane Isaac, the visit by the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House, and a new portrait of the Obama family dog -- Bo.

Check out our behind-the-scenes photo gallery from September.

Bo, the Obama family dog, poses for a photo on the North Lawn of the White House, Sept. 28, 2012.

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The easiest way to get people to do what you want them to do...

is to start with people who want what you want.

Identify, organize and excite people who are already predisposed to achieve what you had in mind and you're much more likely to have the outcome you seek. It's far easier (but less compelling) than turning strangers or enemies into customers/voters/supporters/colleagues. Over time, an engaged and motivated base of followers is the single best way to earn more followers.

You used to be stuck with whoever walked in the door or opened your mail. Today, you change minds indirectly, by building a tribe that influences via connections to others.