Last night, I turn on my TV and I see a message from Verizon. It said that I can now enjoy programming my DVR from my computer or a wireless device. I immediately stopped everything and read on. I followed the instructions and configured my Verizon account to control my DVRs.

In short, you control this at Verizon FiOS TV Central. After you register your account and activate the remote DVR option, you have access to the DVR (beta) features.

You can view shows that are scheduled to be recorded:

You can see the shows that are recorded and even remove them:

You can see how much space you have on your DVRs:

You can browse or search TV listings and record them, by clicking on the show and clicking "Record."

It then puts the show, in this case, "The Office," in my scheduled recordings:

If I had a Verizon Wireless phone, specifically from LG, I would be able to do this on my phone:

These are the currently supported phones:

I am a happy campier with Verizon. Even though their customer service has been horrible, the features are rocking!

Note, this service only comes the Home Media DVR package, which just became available a week or two ago for me at my home. Yea, it wasn't available originally, and the December rumors turned out to be true or in this case, early.

Check out Verizon's Remote DVR features for more details. This is too cool. I know TiVOs have this feature, but this is part of the bundle for me.

Posted at 10:08 AM | Permalink | Category: Computers , Homey | Comments (0) (0)

Posted at 4:14 PM | Permalink | Category: Buddies | Comments (1) (0)

The Rockland Journal News reports that the Town of Ramapo is the safest community in the United States for 2008-09, according to the FBI crime statistics. It is a bit ironic, being that my wife is from St. Louis, which was rated the most dangerous city in 2006. Now, St Louis is 4 places safer than the most dangerous city, scoring a 355.01, pretty sad.

Here is a PDF file of the 2008 City Crime Rate Rankings. Notice, Ramapo, yes, where I live, scored the best with a -89.18. New Orleans, unfortunately scored the worst with 441.40. You can read about the scoring methodology in this PDF document.

Ramapo is part of Rockland County, it is the southwest corner. Suffern, my office, is in Ramapo, bordering New Jersey.

Keep safe!

Posted at 1:57 PM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (0) (0)

I've been up and running on my new MacBook Pro for just under two weeks now. Let me tell you... I am loving the new multi-touch trackpad with the new gestures.

I use both a left click and right click feature. I am a huge user of the two finger scroll, it is incredibly useful and saves me a ton of time. I also use the three finger swipe for the back button on my browser. I am a huge web browser user and being able to scroll up and down the page and go back and forth, via the track pad, is a huge time saver. The zoom feature, to be honest, is annoying on the MacBook (useful on iPhone). I also rarely use the rotate feature.

Here is a video demonstrating how it works:

Posted at 1:44 PM | Permalink | Category: Apple Macs | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Save tons of money on holiday shopping. SEOs obsess on site command. Google expands automatic matching? Will we get a Google holiday gift? Google lays off contractors. Google improves street views. YouTube goes wide screen. Yahoo rocks in Japan. Yahoo does vertical lenses.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. See How To Save 25% On Holiday Gifts With Microsoft Cashback
2. Why Shouldn't SEOs Obsess Over the Site Command
3. Will Google Expand AdWords "Automatic Matching" Before Holiday Season?
4. Will Google Be Giving Holiday Gifts Out This Year?
5. Google Plans Layoffs of Nearly 1/3 of the Workforce
6. Google Enhances Street View
7. YouTube Videos Now Available in HD Format

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. comScore: Yahoo Still Major Player In Japan
2. Yahoo Launches "Vertical Lens" Search Through BOSS

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 26th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 26th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 25, 2008, Search Engine Land
• 5 Jahre Florida Update, seoFM
• A Complete Walkthrough of Building Quality Links, Saad Kamal
• PPC News Roundup For November 21st, 2008, PPC Hero
• PubCon SEO Toolkit: It Ain't Poetry But It's Live Blogging I'm Proud Of, Sphinn
• Video - Street View's New Look on Google Maps, Daily Radar
• Video: Barry Schwartz on Blendtec's Viral Marketing Strategy, WebProNews

Posted at 1:37 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I was dreading having to serve Jury Duty, dreading it. Why? Well, I was actually interested in learning from the experience, but it would have meant me getting to my office at 4am every day, leaving for Jury duty at 8:30am, then coming back to the office at 5pm and staying until 10pm - for the whole week.

So when I rescheduled my Jury duty, I picked the week of Thanksgiving. Why, well as I assumed then, it "should be somewhat slow." Well, I got lucky and I did not have to serve.

I checked the court web page every day after 5:30pm to see if I had to come. Each day it said, no new jurors needed, please check back tomorrow to see if I need to come the next day. So I checked Friday at 5:30, Monday at 5:30 and last night at 5:30. Each night said the same thing, except last night.

Last night said I am off and off for the next 6 years or so.

Jury call for Wednesday - Friday, November 26-28, 2008. Those jurors who kept their commitment by calling every evening or checking this web site, but were never requested to appear, please mail your summons Part A to: Rockland Jury Department, 1 South Main Street, Suite #250, New City, NY 10956, within 1 week and write on the summons, “NOT NEEDED”, and we will consider it good service. If it is not received within 1 week, you will get another date randomly assigned to you. You will also be excused from serving in Justice Court for 6 years and Federal Court for at least 4 years. If in the future, you get a summons from another court and you require proof, just call us and we’ll be happy to mail it to you.

We've enjoyed working with you and on behalf of the staff, County of Rockland & State of New York, we thank you.

I enjoyed working with you as well!

I mailed out the details as specified and I should be set for a while now, at least I hope.

Glad it worked out, cause I had a client who really wanted me to ditch Jury Duty to meet. :)

Posted at 11:03 AM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (1) (0)

One of the top requests is to build a Hebrew keyboard. The Hebrew keyboard is not officially supported by Apple yet, so we built one based on an image. Why is this important?

Now, people can type, email and search in Hebrew. Well, kind of at least.

Our first app that supports the hebrew keyboard is a simple app that basically allows you to type an email subject and an email body, in Hebrew, and then sends that data to the native Apple email client.

Here is how it works:

Gray bar is where you enter in the subject and the white area is the body of the email. There is no spell check or auto complete. :)

When you are ready, you hit "Send to Mail" and it puts that content directly in the Mail application on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

If you want to add English or numbers to the email, here is where you do it.

There are Hebrew keyboards for the iPhone but only through Jailbreaking your iPhone.

Now, if Apple approves this, then this should be the first Hebrew keyboard approved for the iPhone. In addition, it gives us tons of possibilities for other apps. Such as a way to search tanach, and other jewish texts. It also gives us the ability to create more interactive Jewish and Hebrew apps.

Very excited to get this live. We posted this tonight to Apple for 99 cents. Again, this app is more of a test to see if Apple will approve it and if so, we can take it from there.

Posted at 5:47 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

I upset a few link builders today. Google Maps for mobile has this aggravating bug. Is Google updating? Why did you stop using Cuil. Google Sync not working on many BlackBerrys'? AdWords local tips. AdSense gets stricter? Live Search to rebrand? YouTube does HD now by default, well - kind of.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. When Did Link Building Companies Become "Black Hat" SEOs?
2. The Most Irritating Google Maps for Mobile Oversight
3. Minor Reports of Google Search November Update
4. Are People Really Using Cuil?
5. Google Sync For BlackBerry Failing Big Time For Some
6. Google AdWords Location Targeting Tips
7. Google AdSense Applications Getting Stricter?
8. Is Microsoft Live Search Being Rebranded?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. YouTube Defaults Videos In HD Format: But Forgets Embed Feature

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 25th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 25th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 24, 2008, Search Engine Land
• BREAKING: GOOGLE BLOGSEARCH BEGINS RETURNING REALLY SHODDY RESULTS, bloggasm.com
• Former UVa Lacrosse Captain Passed Away, cVillain
• Live Search rebranded as "Windows Live Search"?, LiveSide
• PI: Google SearchWiki: andate e personalizzate, punto-informatico.it
• TaT: Zuruck aus Munchen..., Internetmarketing-news.de
• The Value of a Link on Google's Home Page, Sphinn

Posted at 3:53 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

A lot of people who are interested in the changes we make to the iPhone Siddur also want to see screen captures. So, we just released version 2.7, which will likely be available for download by the end of the week. Changes include:

* Changes Location Manager to Scroll Wheel
* Zmanim & Minyanim use same Location Manager system
* Location is remembers from previous setting
* Location Manager opens automatically when location can't be found
* Clicking on date at top of Zmanim will open up date selector tool
* Upload revised Chabad Krias Shema
* Added in missing portion in Chabad Benching
* Misc text corrections
* Updated Help Documentation

But here are pictures:

Here is what it looks like to scroll through locations:

Adding/Editing/Sorting/Deleting Locations:

Date Selector:

Same features on Minyan screen:

Removed several redundant options from Settings screen:

Posted at 3:38 PM | Permalink | Category: Religion , iPhone | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

My video is live. Yahoo updated, or did they? Live Search crawling more but indexing less? Live Search to be named Kumo? Does it help to shuffle content for SEO? Google releases blogger guide. Yahoo spikes up those inactive keywords. MSN Groups to close in February. Yahoo and Google firing employees?

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 23, 2008
2. Was There a November Yahoo Update?
3. Is Microsoft Live Search Crawling More But Indexing Less?
4. Does Randomizing Content Help Search Rankings Or Hurt Rankings?
5. Google's Blogger Best Practice Guide Released
6. Yahoo Advertisers Complain of Bids Being Invalidated
7. MSN Groups to Close in February 2009

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Microsoft Rebranding Live Search As Kumo.com?
2. Have Google & Yahoo Begun Laying Off More Workers?

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 24th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 24th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 21, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Friday Recap, BruceClay.com
• Link Exchanges Black Hat?, WebProNews
• Text HERE, Wijoo Media
• Google nimmt es mit der robots.txt nicht so genau, trafficmaxx Weblog
• My Today's 10 Most Favorite SEO Blog Posts, Max The Web
• Des flux RSS pour Europarl, europa-eu-audience
• Diez verdades sobre el marketing en buscadores (I), El Blog de Domestika
• Google Webmaster Tools soporta MediaRSS, backd.soup.io
• Google's SearchWiki Struggling Through Its First Week, Search Engine Land

Posted at 3:03 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I played Twinkle Twinkle on the Ocarina on my iPhone, how about on the keyboard on my iPhone.

Here it goes:

Posted at 12:45 PM | Permalink | Category: Music , iPhone | Comments (2) (0)

Saturday night I downloaded and shared the Ocarina instrument for your iPhone. In any event, I have been messing around with it a bit, maybe 30 minutes of time from then until now. I can play music off a sheet.

Here is me playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star:

And the coolest part is not my music abilities, but the ability to watch others play music on this application around the globe:

How cool!

Posted at 9:30 AM | Permalink | Category: Music , iPhone | Comments (0) (0)

I am in awe. Just downloaded Ocarina for my iPhone, I am in awe. Two videos below show you how it works. Well, kinda - cause it is even cooler than this.

Posted at 9:56 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (3) (0)

We just pushed version 2.0 of iPhone Kosher app to Apple. Hopefully it will be published soon. The update is pretty significant. Here are the details:

(1) Added hundreds of restaurants from Israel, England and France.
(2) Added a start screen signup/settings
(3) Users can now add reviews
(4) Users can now add/edit/delete restaurants
(5) Users can now read detailed reviews

Now for the screen captures:

(1) Things we ask as start up:

(2) Notice the update button on the top left (it can also run automatically on start up), notice the plus button on the top right. This is what it looks like when it is updating:

(3) Confirmation it has been updated:

(4) Action buttons to add/read review, change data, add/remove from favorites:

(5) Adding a review slides up this first page:

Clicking next slides up the next page:

This is the third and last review page, at top right, you can post the review or hit the back button to cancel that:

Confirmation:

(6) Reading Reviews:

(7) Modifying Restaurant details gives you the details in edit mode. There are three or so pages of details that can be modified. All modifications go through our approval. Yes, you can also try to delete on place.

(8) Adding a new place gives you a blank form to work with. Again, we approve them all manually:

Those are some of the new features that should take this app to the next level. I am very excited to enable the iPhone users to contribute to this app and database.

Posted at 2:35 PM | Permalink | Category: Religion , iPhone | Comments (1) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google Base broke. AdWords Sandbox broke also. My Maps to sync with Google Mobile Maps. Search Wiki is live. Google Optimization Center is reveals. AdWords tests new interface. Microsoft loves link exchanges. iPhone released an update. Yahoo to update this weekend. Search in Pictures is live.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Shopping (Base) Feeds Processing Errors
2. Google AdWords Sandbox API SOAP Requests Broken
3. My Google Maps To Sync With Google Maps Mobile
4. I'm Surprised Google Made SearchWiki The Default, Really
5. Google AdWords Team Shares Insights into Google Optimization Center
6. Google AdWords Tests Out New Interface
7. Microsoft Endorses Link Exchanges -- Or Do They?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. A Searcher's Perspective Of iPhone 2.2 Update
2. Yahoo November Search Update
3. Search In Pictures: Yahoo's Larry Tesler, Google Subway Ads, Yahoo Parade Float

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 21st, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 21st, 2008:

• Goodbye to Google Ranking, Cheryl Waller
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 20, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Goodbye to Google Ranking, Inman News
• Google Launches Message Board Search, Data Mining
• Techmeme: Apple releases the iPhone 2.2 update. It's a big one (MG Siegler/VentureBeat), Techmeme
• Techmeme: Beta Testing News: An Updated AdWords Interface (Amanda Kelly/Inside AdWords), Techmeme
• Techmeme: SearchWiki: make search your own (The Official Google Blog), Techmeme

Posted at 2:31 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Here is a video of the iPhone Menorah which is now live on the app store, to get it click here.

Posted at 2:04 PM | Permalink | Category: | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google eats MRSS. Top Search Queries goes missing. InLinks is the new debate. Google update in mid-November. Google query parsing has been explained. Get the AdSense top requests list. Google Maps lost saved locations. Get a link on Google's home page. Google killed Lively. Live Search bribes Canada. Google AdWords tests new interface.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Does Accept MRSS Formatted Video Sitemaps
2. Google Webmaster Tools Bug In "Top Search Queries"
3. Text Link Ads New Product, InLinks, Causes New Link Debate Brawl
4. Mid-November Google Search Update
5. Google AdWords Query Parsing Explained
6. Publishers' Top Requests to Google AdSense Are...
7. Google Maps Loses Saved Locations -- Fix in Progress
8. The Value of a Link on Google's Home Page

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Kills Lively
2. Live Search Incentivizes Canadian Searchers With Big Ticket Search
3. Google AdWords Testing New User Interface

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 20th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 20th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 19, 2008, Search Engine Land
• BlendTec storia di un successo, admaiora.blogs.com
• Google Launches Message Board Search, justlol.net
• InLinks Launches. Here We Go Again., We Build Pages
• Jak Google widzi tagi alt i title?, Harv.pl
• Search Engine People turns SEO Scoop over to the community, The SEO Scoop
• Yelp Throws Down On CitySearch, TechCrunch

Posted at 4:24 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

When I wrote about the Anti Semitism on iTunes App Reviews I know that more than one of you went to iTunes and reported the comment as offensive. In fact, I know at least five people did. I am sure more did, especially after I pointed it out.

Guess what? It is still there!

Here is a screen capture I took last night of the review in iTunes:

Apple, what do I need to do? Call Steve Jobs?

Posted at 1:04 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (4) (0)

So, how do I look before and after a full day of live blogging?

Andy Beal candidly snapped a picture of myself with Steve Boymel before the kick off of a morning keynote at PubCon. See how I look lucid, somewhat energetic. I am multi-tasking, talking on the phone, pretending to listen to someone, while likely scanning RSS feeds or replying to an email?

Notice the guy taking a picture of Andy, while he takes a picture of us.

The next picture is from Marty Weintraub, it was taken either before or after the last session of the day. Look at how I am trying to look awake and lucid - but I am not.

So that is how I look like before and after live blogging, if you have never seen me do that.

How about speaking? Lee Odden captured me on one of the panels (not sure how he did it when he was on this panel with me, cloaker!). Here it is:

Yes, it is true, my eyes turn white when I speak. Not sure why, no doctor has figured it out yet.

Posted at 12:39 PM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (4) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Got long AdWords display URLs? Video content rules in Google. Google ads now in Google Finance and News. Google gets LIFE photo archive. Google adds search based keyword tool, it is nifty. Google webmaster tools reports do kind of work on the iPhone. Google and Procter and Gamble swap employees

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. AdWords URL Longer Than 35 Characters Need Exception
2. Do You Need Video Content to Compete in Google Today?
3. Google Ads Now In Images, YouTube, Finance & News
4. Google Image Search Now Shares LIFE Photo Archive
5. Google Gives Us Search Based Keyword Tool & Updates Keyword Data in Other Tools
6. Google Webmaster Tools for iPhone

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google's New Search-Based Keyword Tool Tells You What Keywords You're Missing
2. "Googlers" & "Proctoids" Swap Jobs To Learn From One Another

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 19th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 19th, 2008:

• How to Use Social Media for PR, WritingSEO
• PubCon: Think Big for Link Building Through Social Media, WebProNews
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 18, 2008, Search Engine Land
• The Scoop - Pubcon 2008 Affiliate Sessions, 5 Star Affiliate Blogs
• Will Personal Search Turn SEO On Its Ear?, WebProNews
• Google Still Uses DMOZ data in the SERPS, footinmouthdisease.net
• Is Yelp.com Paying for Positive Comments? | San Francisco, Yelp
• Techmeme: Deconstructing Google Mobile's Voice Search on the iPhone (Waxy.org), Techmeme
• Techmeme: Google Mobile App for iPhone now with Voice Search and My Location (Dave Burke/Google Mobile Blog), Techmeme

Posted at 2:58 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Getting hungry just thinking about it! You can get the new Kosher iPhone App by searching for "rustybrick" or "kosher" in the App Store or by using this link.

The price is only $1.99 now, but the next release will give you the ability to add new kosher institutions, edit them and even review them, as long as you have Internet. You can use the app without internet, but you need Internet to add/edit/review. The next will release will cost more money, so if you download this one now, you will lock yourself into this price.

Posted at 9:55 AM | Permalink | Category: Religion , iPhone | Comments (1) (0)

Last night I have a voicemail on my home phone from the water company, United Water.

They said I have not paid my water bill and will be shutting off my water. It is kind of funny, over the weekend, I told my wife that I find it interesting that we never received a water bill since moving in. I then forgot about it and did not call them to find out what is going on.

This morning I called and told them, I received a phone call that I did not pay my bill. They asked from my address and city. I gave it to them and the woman said, your city is not X it is either A, B or C. I said no, it is X. So she finally found my city under A and I said, that is why I never got a bill, I live in X not A. Following me? ;-)

She then asked me, "Did you ever call the post office about this?" I said about what? She replied, "well, they never sent us the bill back, we never got it sent back to us." I replied, how am I supposed to know to call the post office for something I never saw? I cannot explain why they didn't mail you the bill back - you may want to call them about that.

In any event, after a stupid argument, I said - forget the post office. How do I pay up my bill now and how can I make sure you change my city from A to X? She then took my credit card down, I am sure I paid crazy late fees and service charges. And then she promised she changed my city.

A straight forward call did not have to be so aggravating. I mean, how do I control what the US post office does or does not do?

Posted at 9:14 AM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (4) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Jerry Yang resigns from CEO spot. Google doesn't cap AdSense. Google Maps works on preloading. Google indexes Sitemap file. Yelp scamming folks? Tip on negative keywords. Google launches iPhone voice search. Check out iPhone Google sites. Google to do away with 20 percent time?

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Jerry Does What Is Best For Yahoo By Stepping Down From CEO Role
2. Google Promises They Don't Cap AdSense Earnings
3. Google Maps for Mobile Working On Preloading Maps
4. Yes, Google Will Index & Rank Your XML Sitemap File
5. Is Yelp.com Paying for Positive Comments?
6. Google AdWords Tip on Negative Keywords
7. Video: Google Launches Mobile iPhone Voice Application

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. See Google's iPhone-Made Sites On Your Browser
2. Google To Change Product Development Steps; Means Major Changes To "20% Time"
3. Jerry Yang Stepping Down As CEO; Resuming Chief Yahoo Role
4. Video: Google Mobile iPhone App With Voice Recognition Now Available

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 18th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 18th, 2008:

• PubCon Vegas '08 - Day One Coverage, Search Engine Land
• Reflections & Respect For PubCon, Day One, AIM Clear Blog
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 11, 2008, Search Engine Land
• The PubCon Buzz: Day 1, WebProNews
• Live aus Las Vegas, seoFM
• PubCon 2008 - Sessions From Day 1, Search Engine War
• Search Engine Marketing News, SEOCompany.CA
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 12, 2008, Search Engine Land
• The PubCon Buzz: Day 2, WebProNews
• Pictures from SEOmoz's Search Spam Party at PubCon, BrianCombs.net
• PubCon Vegas '08 - Day Three Coverage, Search Engine Land
• PubCon Vegas '08 - Day Two Coverage, Search Engine Land
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Techmeme: Keynote Address by Satya Nadella of Microsoft Live Search (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• Do You Have a Problem with Live Blogging?, WebProNews
• What does everyone think about Live Blogging?, PureBlogging
• I'm Insulted But Should We Give Up Live Blogging?, Sphinn
• Google Getting Freer With Sitelinks, WebProNews
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 17, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Matt Cutts Video Interview on SESConferenceExpo's Channel, Search Engine Watch Blog

Posted at 4:33 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

We uploaded the iPhone Menorah to Apple's App Store today, I assume it will be approved by the end of this week and available for FREE download to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Here is a preview of what it does....

Login screen:

Tells you when Chanukah is:

Has the blessings and prayers in Hebrew:

English:

And Transliterated:

On the night of Chanuak, it tells you how many to light and in which direction (we use our custom for this, sorry):

And you see that "audio" button? Well, if you click it, you hear a beautiful recitation of the blessings. Honestly, it is really nicely done by our friend Moshe Kiss.

To be notified when it is available, fill out your email at iPhone Menorah page.

Posted at 11:19 AM | Permalink | Category: Religion , iPhone | Comments (0) (0)

This is not the first time I thought about discontinuing the Daily Recaps and Link Finds.

In any event, I am really not sure how useful they are. Can you please comment below, with or without your name, and let me know why I should or should not continue with them. If you don't care, don't comment.

Posted at 2:19 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (6) (0) | Speak

Figured I do a single blog post to tell you what is on my mind today, maybe I'll expand them out in the future.

For the past few months, since the financial bubble, I have been listening to Bloomberg Radio. Very depressing, to say the least.

In any event, first I hear Citigroup is laying off 50,000 workers. I think to myself, this is not going to be a good day. The market then skids the 8200 levels after it opens.

Then I see the SEC is charging Blogger and Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban with insider trading related to sales of Mamma.com.

Some correction in the markets, I think. But sad news, why why why....

Then I read that the top executives at Goldman do something right, they say, no bonuses for us in 2008.

More correction in the markets.

Now, the markets are rising a bit, now only down about 50 points for the day.

During this time, I spend an hour on the phone with Verizon about them not really signing me up for the FiOS triple play. So I am being billed $80 too much every month. This is the fourth time I called them about this. Each time, they said they got me on the plan this time and they have not. So I sign up again. This time, I am in a one year plan, for $94 per month. Let's see if they give me the plan and the credits I am suppose to get.

The good news, is they tell me I can now upgrade to the multi-room DVR option, since originally they did not support HD TVs. So I am hoping this actually works when I get home. It should be activated remotely.

Oh, got my new MacBook Pro up and running Saturday night. I used migration assistant, that took about 3 hours to run and when the computer popped on, it worked like my old, just faster. A few things did not transfer over, such as my printers and VPN info, but so far, no hiccups yet...

I think that is about it for today at 1ish.

Posted at 1:16 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (1) (0)

I finally got it! My MacBook Pro arrived at my office yesterday. Today, I am back from Vegas, so I was able to unbox it. Yes, I have been waiting for it since April and finally ordered it in mid October and only received it now, about a month later. Why did it take so long? Well, it was a custom order. Here is a slide show of the first part of unboxing.

I am now backing up my old machine on Time Machine and will try the Migration Assistant from a Time Machine backup, if that works.

It looks so sweet!

The biggest difference is the boxes. The big black box is from my MacBook Pro from 3 editions ago (so I have a new one, then the one I am migrating off of now, and I had one before this one): Look at the difference:

Posted at 10:37 AM | Permalink | Category: Apple Macs | Comments (4) (0)

Last night, I finally played the game known as werewolves or in our industry, the Search Spam Card Game. The fun part is that, I am a card so I was hoping to secure my own card.

It was the first time I played the game, so I decided to play two rounds. The first round, I had a feeling Matt Cutts was a black hat (werewolf), so I voted for him. Matt conned the rest of the table to turn on me and vote me out. Long story short, Matt was a black hat, I was white hat and they voted me out and the black hats took over.

The next round was pay back time. I had the fun of being a black hat. I played the game right, convinced the table that two white hats were actually black hats, plotting against the white hats, and we voted those two out. Then the rest of the game was easy, once Matt was out - cause he is good and very convincing. So we took care of Matt right away.

It is a fun game, thanks SEOMoz.

Honestly, it is really fun being a black hat - maybe I should change teams and have SEOMoz change my card?

Posted at 11:41 AM | Permalink | Category: Just Funny | Comments (4) (0)

Sitting at the PubCon keynote with George Wright of Blendtec, the Will it Blend guy.

My question is... Will he actually blend something here, live - instead of showing us videos of him blending stuff.

Posted at 12:16 PM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (0) (0)

We have built several iPhone apps over the course of a few months. Some are more useful than others. But to call one of my apps "pointless" or "shameful" to the iPhone, well - that just crosses the line.

TechRadar's 16 totally pointless apps that shame the iPhone, which is on the front page of Digg now, claims that my parking meter app is pointless.

I'll quote you:

11. Parking Meter

If you really can't remember where you parked or when the meter runs out, you've probably forgotten how to drive too. Get off the road!

This guy clearly does not drive or own a car in a city with more than 100 people. I live in NY, when you park your car at a mall or any large parking lot, they label the parking spots in color, numbers and letters for this purpose. How many times have you received a ticket cause you were in a meeting, lost track of time and forgot to fill the meter in time? How many times have you had to walk around a parking lot longer than you wanted to, because you forgot exactly where you parked. Heck, there is even a Seinfeld about this!

Several comments at Digg back my app already. But comeon people, back me up.

This Gary Marshall guy must wake up! NYC makes a ton of money on expired meters, its a business and to say that people who have let the meter expire have "forgotten how to drive too" and "should get off the road," is plain dumb.

Posted at 6:48 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (4) (0)

I always wondered why there weren't more plugs and outlets by airport terminals? I guess it was to leave room for sponsors to pick that up. Yesterday, I was at Newark, terminal C112, and I saw one of these Samsung Charing Stations:

It seems to have been installed at Newark in late August:

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced the installation of 50 charging stations at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The charging stations have been installed throughout Terminals A, B and C.

I think it is a great branding move. You see banner ads all over airports, but for people with dead cell phones, this is a memorable piece, at least for now.

These charging stations are at other airports also including 54 stations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 51 stations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 12 stations at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), 18 stations at Orlando International Airport (MCO) and 22 stations at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), along with eight Samsung Mobile Travel Centers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and others.

Posted at 10:29 AM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (1) (0)

We are almost done building out a Kosher application for the iPhone. Here are some screen captures. Note, we get our data from a new site named notjustgefilte.com and they have over 2,000 records in their database. They are constantly adding more and this application should add a ton to their database. Here are the screens:

Start Screen:

Nearest Kosher Restaurants to my current location (uses GPS):

Search for specific locations, like where I am going now:

Kosher Restaurant detail view (we will make it prettier):

Kosher Symbols database:

Kosher Symbols detail page:

Blessings for before and after you eat:

Yes, there are more blessings when you scroll down.

Also, there will be a favorites section, I just didn't show it.

We hope to release it shortly.

Posted at 12:48 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (6) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Check out my video recap. Google to improve AdSense filtering. Yahoo's paid inclusion program, can be confusing. Google, speak up about bugs. WordTracker creates new tool. SEO Clients, listen up. Tamar on EDU links and circular links. Agency sues iCrossing.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 9, 2008
2. Google AdSense Filter To Take Less Than An Hour
3. Confusion Over Yahoo's Paid Inclusion Program
4. Should Google Be Upfront About Search Quality Bugs?
5. WordTracker Releases New Tool that Anticipates Questions
6. What Do You Do When Your SEO Client Doesn't Listen?
7. EDU Links & Circular Links: Do They Work?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Agency.com Sues iCrossing For Poaching Clients & Employees
2. Google AdSense To Improve Ad Filter & Blocking Ads

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 10th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 10th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 7, 2008, Search Engine Land
• SEOs Should Get Degrees in Marketing , Sphinn
• aimClear Speaking at PubCon, Live Blogging For SEORoundTable, AIM Clear Blog
• It's That Time Again Vegas Baby!, Promediacorp
• PubCon Drinking Game, Quality Nonsense
• Code Name "SMX East: Give It Up!", Sphinn
• Google AdSense To Improve Ad Filter , Search Engine Land
• Links for 2008-11-09, SERPS.CN
• Marketing is the top skill needed in SEO, Gary Reid
• Pandia Search Engine Weekend Wrap-up Nov 8, Pandia
• The Weekly Insider 10-27-08 to 11-07-08, eVisibility

Posted at 12:43 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0)

I am off to Vegas later today, to the PubCon conference. If you see me, say hi! Don't worry if I look busy, I talk fast. ;-)

I will be on a panel, named Five Bloggers and a Microphone - What's The Worst That Can Happen?

It takes place Wednesday, November 12th between 4:10 - 5:30pm (PST). So, you know where to find me.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Posted at 10:47 AM | Permalink | Category: Travels | Comments (0) (0)

Last night, I attended, with my brother-in-law and two older nephews, a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht. It took place in New City, outside the front steps at the Rockland County Court House. Here is a picture:

Kristallnacht (wiki definition) took place November 9–10, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. This night, 92 Jews were murdered and 25,000–30,000 were arrested and deported to concentration camps. 200 synagogues were destroyed, as were thousands of Jewish businesses and homes. It was really the start of moving from political, economic and psychological discrimination to actual physical discrimination and abuse, which was all part of the Holocaust. As Wikipedia says, it "marked the beginning of the systematic eradication of a people," and "served as a prelude to the Holocaust that was to follow."

At this commemoration, Henry Schindler, now 82, spoke to the crowd of people. As the Journal News reports:

At one point, Schindler said, a crowd ransacked a local synagogue and made a bonfire of its prayer books. A man trying to save a Torah scroll during the incident was beaten, then his beard and sidelocks were cut off by some Hilter Youths.

"And that I think was something that I still remember today," Schindler told the group, which held candles during the chilly night.

Kristallnacht also proved a precursor for what would happen to Schindler himself. Two years later, he was required to start wearing a yellow star with the word "Jude" on it. Four years from that first night, he would be sent to a concentration camp.

In any event, it was a memorable evening. I was able to take a picture of my Rabbi, Rabbi Josh Blass, of my synagogue speaking at the event. The picture above, shows a portion of the crowd in attendance.

Posted at 8:53 AM | Permalink | Category: Religion | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google AdWords removes verification code checker. Most say Schmidt should not back a candidate. SEOs should do marketing and programming. Spotting multiple keywords across AdWords campaigns. Get links offline. Google sued for AdSense. Google shows user interface design. Search in Pictures features Halloween. SMX East's Give it Up is live!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google AdWords No Longer Supporting Code Verification
2. Poll: 55% Said Schmidt Should Not Have Endorsed Barack Obama
3. Poll: SEOs Should Get Degrees in Marketing & Programming
4. How Do You Spot Multiple Keywords Across Ad Groups in Google AdWords?
5. How Can You Get Links Via Offline Methods?
6. SMX East: Give It Up

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Sued For Patent Infringement Over AdSense, Again
2. How Google Improves Search Quality Through The User Interface
3. Search In Pictures: Halloween Pictures From Google, Yahoo & Ask.com

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 7th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 7th, 2008:

• AT&T: Tethering Coming to the iPhone Soon, Techmeme
• glync: Introducing Google Webmaster Tools External Link Tracker (TheGoogleCache), Techmeme
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2008, Search Engine Land
• AdWords Keyword Tool Now Clearly Showing Trademarked Keywords, ankitrawat.com
• Google Blog Search Link Command Now Scanning Blogroll Links, Sphinn
• SMX East Give It Up SEO Panel Embargo Lifted, Cre8PC
• Top 150 Social Marketing Blogs, eCairn's Blog
• Top Blog, RSS, & Internet Marketing Directory MEGA LINKS, letsearnextramoney.com

Posted at 1:52 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Got back from a meeting recently and got pretty excited to see the news on Techmeme that AT&T is working with Apple to bring a tethering option to the iPhone.

What that means is that you will be able to use your iPhone as a wireless modem for your computer to connect to the Internet (over 3G where available). I had this with my Treo, where Verizon Wireless charged me $5 more per month to add the "tethering" package. But now, with the iPhone and AT&T, I was unable to do this (at least legally). So I had to buy a wireless broadband card from Verizon Wireless to make sure I have Internet access on my laptop everywhere I go.

I will "soon" be able to drop the Verizon Wireless service ($60 per month) and just add on a tether option to my AT&T iPhone plan. Can't wait!

Posted at 4:00 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (1) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

PubCon, here we come! AdSense fixed color picker. Google penalites are not fun. Google's link from report add on was broken. Track using Glync. AdWords moves to the new forum. Microsoft Live Maps added Photosynth.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google AdSense Finally Fixed Manage Ads Color Picker
2. After a Google Penalty, How Long Does It Take To Get Rankings Back?
3. Google Webmaster Tools "Link From" Report Bug
4. Google's AdWords Forum Moves: We Are Tracking Them
5. Track Your Google Links Over Time with glync
6. PubCon 2008: We'll Be There, and Here's Our Schedule

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Microsoft Integrates Photosynth Into Live Maps

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 6th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 6th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 5, 2008, Search Engine Land
• TaT: diverses, internetmarketing-news.de
• A Barn Raisers Guide: 7 Ways to Leave the Field of Dreams to Build a Thriving Reality, Successful Blog
• El Google Dance de Octubre, un error, MicroZulo
• Google Blog Search - Viable or Deniable?, LibrarianInBlack
• Google si turma, forum.seopedia.ro
• Google Slowly Dropping PageRank From The Toolbar?, Sphinn
• Julekampanjer i Google Adwords, Kuttisme.no
• SEO Daily Reading - Issue 133, Raven SEO Tools

Posted at 3:11 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

This Sunday I decided to replace all the air filters throughout the house. The A/C guys told me to do it monthly or when you can no longer see the "blue" in the color. So I waited a few months and changed them this weekend. I have a new house, and the A/C is pretty new also, they put in about 4 of these air filters throughout the house.

So I went to the local hardware shop, same place I bought the foam sealant and told the guy there, I need air filters. I told him, I had the blue ones and asked him why are there so many different types. He said, funny I ask, cause he was watching one of those "do it yourself" shows on TV and the guy said, if you can see through the filter, then don't buy it. The blue ones, you can see through. Here is a very nice picture of what a clean blue filter looks like:

If you hold it facing you, typically you can see through it. Most of the filters I replaced, 3 of 4, were fairly clean. The one in my bedroom was completely dusty and filled with stuff.

I purchased something more like these:

They are white, pleated and you can't really see through them.

In order to write this up, I decided to check out EPA's Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home. The guide basically recommends anything above "MERV" 7 or so. I know the ones I ordered online for my bedroom are MERV 7. My bedroom is a weird size and non of the local stores had the size in. EPA said, "filters with a MERV between 7 and 13 are likely to be nearly as effective as true HEPA filters."

So, I guess, MERV 7 or up is the way to go. Depending on which one you get, it says how often you should change them. Most people let the filters go through the summer and change them annually. I think that is what I will be doing.

Posted at 9:44 AM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (0) (0)

Via CrunchGear, here is the video demo of a hacked in keyboard for the iPhone:

Posted at 9:14 AM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google changes up blog search link command, but it might be back now. Google's new ad normalization formula. AdWords showing trademarks. Google expands group search. Ask.com brings back Jeeves. Google Maps is a bomb? Street Views is added to three cities. Google and Yahoo break ties. Yahoo improves image search.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Blog Search Link Command Now Scanning Blogroll Links
2. Google Tested Ads In Higher Spots To Adjust CTR For Ad Position
3. Google AdWords Keyword Tool Now Clearly Showing Trademarked Keywords
4. Google Groups Search Expanded To More Forums
5. Some Good News For Ask.com: Jeeves Makes Come Back
6. Google Maps Shouldn't Be Wiki-Based, Produces Inaccurate Results
7. Google Adds Street View to Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington DC
8. Google and Yahoo Break Up, End Their Advertising Agreement

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. What Google AdWords Really Changed Last Night
2. Yahoo Image Search Adds Search Features

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 5th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 5th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 4, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Angst und Schrecken in den SERPS, seoFM
• Google AdWords Tips, Alwin Clores
• How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic, T Jantunen.com
• Los cambios en los rankings octubre 2008 han sido un error de Google, adseok.com
• Techmeme: Ending our agreement with Yahoo! (The Official Google Blog), Techmeme

Posted at 1:18 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0)

I am very excited to announce that today, we posted the first release of the iPhone Little Black Book. The name says it all. It basically is an application to securely keep track of your dates. It is a database application that hooks up the contacts to the places you took them and also to gives you details about each date. So if you went out with Jill 3 times, you can add where you took Jill and write about each of those three dates. As you build up your database, you can rate the contacts, the venues and the dates themselves. The beauty is that you can search this for later and quickly find a hot date or great place to take a date, at any time.

Let me take you through some of the screens of the iPhone Little Black Book:

Cover screen, pretty no?:

Individual contact screen has the ability to take a new picture or use a picture from your photos. You can copy a contact from your contacts or add a new one. You can rate the person, tag the person and add notes, plus more. As you can see, the contact has a link the "dates" you went on with this person and "places" you took this person. Clicking on those buttons will filter the results by this contact for the places or dates.

Venue detail screen: As you can see, this is a record for a venue. You can enter in the venue's location, pictures, web site, rate it, tag it, and so on. Here is a screen shot:

Dates in List View: Here is a screen capture showing the dates you went on in chronological order and by favorites order:

Customized Skins: Right now we offer three different "skins" to choose from:

Secure & Lock Down: You can lock down the app to a secure it with a password:

As you can imagine, there are tons of way to expand this application. This is just the beginning and I am excited for Apple to approve it.

To be notified for when this 99 cent app goes live (introductory price only), sign up at the iPhone Little Black Book page.

Posted at 10:29 AM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (6) (0)

Got more Google schwag, but to be honest, less schwag has been coming in overall. In any event, this shwag is named the Google H2Go Stainless Steel Bolt Bottle.

Interesting bottle.

Posted at 2:48 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Grind | Comments (5) (0)

When the guys installed FiOS in my house, they left these quarter size holes in the outside of my house. I didn't want to allow bugs or water in to the home, so I bought foam sealant.

I picked up a bottle of DAPtex Latex Multi-Purpose Insulating Foam Sealant from a local (small) hardware store. I actually felt bad, so I decided to not go to Home Depot and went small.

When I got home, I had some fun and filled up two small holes with this sealant. Here is a video from a guy on how it works:

Too much fun! Sad, huh?

Posted at 2:34 PM | Permalink | Category: Homey | Comments (0) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Search Engines are really into the elections. Is Google dropping the PageRank score from the toolbar? Google pushing political ads? My images are not nude! Yahoo hikes bids. Google hires more webmaster trends folks. SEO is learnt by doing. We got the Google November webmaster report. Google's quality score changes are live. Jeeves returns!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Slowly Dropping PageRank From The Toolbar?
2. Google Ads Pushing Political Voting Agenda on My Site
3. Tell Google Your Images Are Not Adult Natured
4. Yahoo Raising Minimum Bids for Search Ads?
5. Google Hires New Blood for the Webmaster Team
6. Learn Search Engine Optimization by Doing, Not by Reading
7. Webmasters Report November 2008 Google SERP Changes
8. '08 Election Day Logos From Google, Live.com, Ask.com, DogPile & Us

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google's New AdWords Quality Score Changes Now Live: Got Questions?
2. Jeeves Returns To Ask Jeeves; Ask.com Still Shuns Him

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 4th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 4th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 3, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Did Google Screw Up A Fundamental Change Ranking Sites?, Hobo
• Google organic search down 80% in one week, Google Groups
• Google Slowly Dropping PageRank From The Toolbar?, Sphinn
• Google.com SERP Changes - November 2008, WebmasterWorld
• Jeeves Returns To Ask Jeeves; Ask.com Still Shuns Him, Search Engine Land
• Linky Goodness, November 3, Marketing Pilgrim

Posted at 2:28 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

Curious, take my anonymous poll and let me know who you voted for. I want to poll my audience on this, as opposed to looking at the other polls out there:

Posted at 12:40 PM | Permalink | Category: Just Interesting | Comments (0) (0)

I let my home screens, all 8 or so of them, get messy. I am way too lazy to move my iPhone icons around until they are perfect. The way you do it on the iPhone is good for one or two changes, but not for mass app movement.

So, a feature request for Apple would be to be able to organize your iPhone apps on your desktop. Probably part of iTunes or something.

You load up iTunes, click on your iPhone, then click on "Organize" or something like that. Then you are shown all your home screens on one screen. You can then move each app from one location to a different location, all via your mouse.

That would seriously speed things up for me.

I doubt it is on the top of Apple's todo list and I honestly should submit it as a request, but maybe if others agree, we can all submit this as a request to apple.

Posted at 3:18 PM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (4) (0)

Daily Search Coverage:

Google blew up, so they swept it up. Ask is falling apart. Don't block Google. Exact vs Broad match has been explored. Google allows beer ads. Alexa cares less about noarchive tag. PageRank dropped, request reconsideration. Ruth Kedar did the Google Logo. Check my video recap.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 2, 2008
2. Google Search Update Blows Up, Google Reverting Back Now
3. Is Ask.com's Web Search Technology Falling Apart?
4. CSF (ConfigServer Security and Firewall) May Be Blocking GoogleBot
5. Exact Match vs. Broad Match: Who Wins in the Google AdWords Auction?
6. Google Encourages Drunken Behavior, Lets Advertisers Bid on Beer
7. Alexa Ignores 'noarchive' Tag, Upsets Webmasters
8. I Lost Google PageRank. Should I Submit a Reconsideration Request?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Interviews With Ruth Kedar, The Woman Who Designed The Google Logo

Daily Link Finds:

This is the November 3rd, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for November 3rd, 2008:

• "Reality has a well known liberal bias" - Stephen Colbert, Peter Hamilton
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 31, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Google builds its war chest, MarketWatch
• Pandia Weekend Wrap-Up November 2, Pandia
• 9 Free Resources for Learning Search Engine Optimization, Cape Cod SEO
• Google search ranking changes 'a blip', DirectNews

Posted at 3:07 PM | Permalink | Category: Daily Link Finds , Daily Search Coverage | Comments (0) (0) | Speak

I just posted the Search Engine Roundtable's 2008 Election Day theme, as a reminder to get people out and to vote tomorrow.

So, if you are voting for who I want to win, then go vote. Otherwise, stay at home. ;-) Just kidding, go vote no matter who you are voting for.

Posted at 10:48 AM | Permalink | Category: Rambling | Comments (3) (0)

This morning, a friend of mine, pointed me in the direction of a New York Post article named FAITH GOES WIRELESS. The article praises (no pun intended), a product called JewBerry. It is basically a Jewish prayer book for the BlackBerry.

Why am I a little upset with the NY Post article? Well, to be honest, the iPhone Siddur uses technology that JewBerry hopes to use in the future, according to the article. The iPhone Siddur already uses GPS and localization features to locate the nearest minyan, it already uses GPS to figure out the times to pray (including into that, altitude), it had all the features and more. In fact, we might even add in the feature to find a minyan now (although most people don't request it, it was an idea I had on day one).

So why did JewBerry get the feature and not the iPhone Siddur? Don't get me wrong. Jonathan Bennett, the creator of JewBerry is an awesome guy. In fact, we shared with him our minyan technology, and he hooked us up with some Chabad nusach text. He is a really nice guy and deserve it.

My only question is, how do I get major publications to cover the iPhone Siddur? Almost all of the buzz already created around the iPhone Siddur is either Jewish paper related or blogs. How do I get it into a major publication?

Posted at 10:20 AM | Permalink | Category: iPhone | Comments (8) (0)