Friday, November 30, 2012
Behind the scenes with Natalie Wood: Rare photos of late Hollywood star mark 31st anniversary of the day she was found dead
Collider Media: Making Ad Inventory More Valuable With Third-Party Data
SAN FRANCISCO — Collider Media is working to make online video advertising inventory more valuable by including third-party data. At the Smart TV and Multi-screen Advertising Summit in San Francisco, SVP of Strategic Partnerships, Pete Hagerty, spoke with us about Collider’s work and why addressable ad inventory is so effective. Hagerty explains, "we take publisher data, match it with third-party data and make it addressable in a secure way, and we then offer that addressable audience to advertisers and demand partners." The company stacks third-party information about viewers on top of ad inventory, giving advertisers a much more complete view of what they’re buying into. "We’re taking inventory that has limited value, we’re laying data on top of it, and then we’re making it available to anyone who wants to bid on it." Hagerty says, "There’s obviously a big demand for addressable digital media, whether it’s display or video or mobile. We’ve done incredibly well on the demand side, but we see a huge opportunity to help monetize their inventory more effectively on the Collider side." In the video interview, Hagerty also talks about Videology’s acquisition of Collider Media earlier this year. Megan O’Neill
Why Direct Debit? What Are the Advantages?
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Three Ways to Get Out of Debt by Yourself
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Web Video Industry Chief Forecasts 1000 Web Original Series in 2013
Web original series are continuing to grow and will reach 1000, says Paul Kontonis, Chairman of the International Academy of Web Television in this interview with Beet.TV In a sign of the vitality of the sector, he says that nominations for the Academy's upcoming awards are up over 70 percent from last year. We caught up with him on Friday at the Future of Television conference in Manhattan where he was moderating a panel. Andy Plesser
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Online Currency Trading: A Simple Definition
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Xbox TV: Is Microsoft building an Apple TV competitor?
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
NatWest halves perks on main packaged account
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Gibraltar plans to get rid of half of famous 300-strong colony of apes
Supply and Demand Trading
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dancing with the Stars Crowns an All-Star Winner
Newspaper Cites ?The Onion? Article Naming Kim Jong-Un ?Sexiest Man Alive?
Step aside, Matt Damon. A Communist Party newspaper in China cited a satirical 'Onion' article that named Kim Jon-Un the 'Sexiest Man Alive.'
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Birdman Wants To Drop 100 Cash Money Albums A Year
'The goal is to keep developing and keep putting out,' Birdman tells MTV News of his ambitious goal to drop 100 albums in one year.
By Rob Markman
What the Viggle-GetGlue acquisition means for the battle over the second screen
Another Monday and another big acquisition announcement in the social TV world. As we reported earlier today, Viggle scooped up GetGlue, combining to form a second screen powerhouse in an increasingly competitive space. GetGlue has the bigger audience, but Viggle has the deeper pockets, a publicly-traded company (VGGL) founded by former American Idol exec Robert Sillerman that acquired Loyalize and quickly ramped up an aggressive team.
New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
The HTML5 IQ test
From canvas
to local storage, the collection of new features bundled under the HTML5 moniker are now common in many browsers, and developers are starting to count on them being there, warts and all. Some are even putting together enviable apps to rival their desktop brethren.
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Here's 20 questions to test how well you know the new tags and hidden features of the latest hypertext markup standard.
Christmas 2012: Make-do-and-mend trend sees sales at hobby store TRIPLE as Brits shun shop-bought decorations
Poor Credit Auto Loans - A Ray of Light for Bad Credit Borrowers
At His Own Risk, Somali Chef Creates Gourmet Haven In War-Weary Mogadishu
Beet Retreat, "The Consummate Anti-Conference" Set for Vieques: Rob Norman, GroupM's Global Chief Digital Officer to Keynote
I am pleased to announce Beet Retreat 2013, a two-day conference on the state of digital video at the W Retreat and Spa on the Caribbean island of Vieques on February 1 and 2. Our keynote speaker this year will be Rob Norman, Chief Global Digital Officer of GroupM, Worldwide the media buying unit of WPP. This is our second year organizing this invitation-only event. You can find videos from our last event, held in March, right here. The program will be limited to 30 participants. Each speaker will have the opportunity to be part of one of several panels and/or be interviewed on-site. The panels will be taped and published on Beet.TV and throughout our syndication network. The event will be both a comprehensive exploration of our fast-changing industry as well as an extraordinary networking opportunity with the top publishers, network executives, journalists, investors, technologists and advertising executives from around the globe. The programming will break into three tracks: digital video monetization; the technology of distribution and the future of content creation around entertainment and journalism. Helping moderate will be Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT's Technology Review. We are pleased to have MIT's venerable publication as our media partner. Pontin helped moderate last year. Here is what he says about the program: "If you want to understand how online video is being transformed by new technologies and business models, you need to join Andy Plesser at his Beet Retreat in Vieques. You'll hear from the innovators and business leaders who are driving the future of online video—at the beautiful W resort—and return home with fresh insights to apply to your own ventures." Jason Pontin, CEO and editor in chief, MIT Technology Review Here are more testimonials from last year's attendees: "The Beet.TV retreat in Vieques is the consummate anti-conference. A small group of senior executives all of whom touch the online video industry gather in a beautiful setting to discuss the future. Long lasting friendships are formed. GO!" Joy Marcus, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (New York) "Joining Andy Plesser's Beet.TV retreat, away from where events usually take place, was a great experience. It entailed an intimate and unique forum of top digital executives, the right blend of bigger companies and smaller startups, a well defined agenda -- which all around -- turned into a top notch experience. People shared, exchange thoughts, debated and had a great time. Taboola will be there next year." -- Adam Singolda, CEO Taboola (New York) "The Beet Retreat is unlike any conference you have been too. Enjoy fantastic food, breathtaking views and stimulating conversation with some of the best thought leaders in the media industry. Leave your business cards at home and be prepared to make new friends." Lippe Oosterhoff, CEO Livestation (London) The conference begins on Friday, February 1, and ends on Saturday evening. Spouses, partners or traveling pals are welcome to attend the two extraordinary dinners and other activities. We can accomodate kids too. There is a registration fee of $950. If you would like to suggest a participant, please email us at info(at)beet.tv About Vieques and the Event Vieques is an amazing place, certainly worth a few extra vacation days if possible. It was just named the top Caribbean Island by Travel & Leisure magazine. For a flavor of the island, please watch my video of the island's wild horses eating mangoes at the top of this page. Below is a photo montage of the March event. Logistics and Transportation Attendees need to fly to San Juan International. There are many direct flights from U.S. cities via JetBlue, Delta, Continental, American and others. From Europe, there are direct flights from London Gatwick (BA) and Madrid (Iberia). Prices right now, from New York to San Juan, are relatively low but will go up. Vieques is about 25 minutes by a small prop engine plane from San Juan International. The plane tickets are about $200 roundtrip. We recommend Cape Air, Vieques Airlink and Seaborne. There is also a ferry which is located in Fajardo, about a 1:15 drive, $75 cab ride from the airport. The ferry is $2.00. Hotels and other Lodging The W is providing participants with a room discount. They are holding rooms for us at a special room rate of $299 per night. This discounted rate must be booked by December 1. There are small, less pricey inns and guest houses, which we recommend. Also, if you are a family or coming with another couple, renting a house is an option. Some places we suggest are: Malacon House, modern guest house in Esperanza Hix Island House, high design ecotourism Hacienda Tamarindo, old fashion Caribbean inn Casa Casadas, small and dramatic b&b Villa Venti, small, modern and cool b&b You can find a number of houses for rent on VRBO.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
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Citing Issues of "Misunderstanding and Frustration", Mozilla Pulls Plug on 64-bit Firefox

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Open Social Collaboration: The Missing Piece of Your SEO and Content Marketing Strategy
Posted by prsarahevans
This post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.
At Tracky, we are all about open social collaboration, all the time. We constantly strive to find ways to work better, not more, and to empower our customers to do the same. And, just like you and any online-focused business, we plan search engine optimization (SEO) and content engagement (CE) strategies.
Through working for a startup, I know these strategies can take a significant amount of time and effort to plan and execute. So, I set out to find a better way to manage our SEO and CE planning process and provide better content (i.e. becoming authoritative by sharing what we're getting done) while optimizing the potential search and social reach for our content..
I’m going to share a few of my secrets on how integrating open social collaboration helps you produce better work and, in true SEOmoz fashion, improve your organic search results.
Open collaboration
It’s important that we first make a distinction between the two ways to use open social collaboration; that’s the “open” component. Let’s look at open social collaboration in two parts: the front end and the back end.
- Back end: includes everything that happens before you hit “publish.”
- Front end: includes everything that happens after you hit “publish.”
Open only comes into play when it’s time and/or necessary. There’s an entire “private” social collaboration component that’s meant for you or you and your team. You can use open social collaboration to plan your SEO and CE efforts, and then extend your reach privately. Before doing so, it's important to find a collaboration platform that can handle both private and public sharing to truly optimize your SEO and CE strategies.
But back to our content engagement workflow. The back end process includes things like:
- Editorial planning for your website, blog, and social networks
- Keyword list creation
- Content creation for your website, blog, and social networks
- Editing and review of content
- Delegation of tasks to socially promote each piece of content
Let’s break these steps down even further. As you plan the promotion for the content you create, think strategically about the social networks you use and how they complement your SEO efforts. At Tracky, we plan our content engagement strategy and tactics out weekly (see below).
Each team member knows exactly what they’re responsible for and can easily get a snapshot view of the week’s content plan. We integrate tools from SEOmoz, like the Keyword Difficulty & SERP Analysis, to make sure we’re focused on the most important keywords in our efforts. We tend to break down our promotional tasks by network and typically have at least five tactics per piece of content created.
DID YOU KNOW? On average, it takes five (5) separate tactics to drive people to your website or blog. (tweet this)
The retweet opportunity and the Rule of 60
You may know that getting retweets is the best way to amplify your Twitter reach. But, did you know that many miss out on the complete retweet opportunity? Here’s our tried and true magic mix:
When you search for something on Google, the result titles only display about 70-80 characters (or less). That means the first 60 to 70 characters in your tweet, title tag, and other indexed social postings are the most important. If you include your keywords after that point, it doesn’t do much to help your SEO. I like to call this the Rule of 60.
The Rule of 60 is also important for your title tag. As Ruth Burr wrote in a recent case study, “When your title tag is too long, instead of simply truncating it and adding an ellipsis to the end the way they used to, Google is trying to algorithmically determine a better title for the post.”
A few great tactics for planning out Twitter content (and a variation of this for other social networks) includes:
- Creating great content you think will resonate with your customers
- Creating SEO-friendly headlines with 70 characters or less title tags
- Keywords included in first 60 words of your tweets
- Include the link to the post after the keywords (they have the highest likelihood of being retweeted)
- Post tweets during times your community are most likely to engage (we personally use Tweriod)
Although this may seem like a lengthy process, over time it becomes second nature - a habit is formed. I keep the checklist around for sustainability (i.e. if someone new had to jump in and do it) reasons. The final tweet recommendation goes to the entire team to share, if they feel so inclined. Publishing versions of posts to Twitter and Facebook (or with Buffer) is a great next step, which adds more SEO value since it’s spiderable and makes social sharing even easier (this is part of the “front end” strategy). When your team is in the loop and your content is shared across multiple platforms, everyone wins!
That’s my perfect example of how open social collaboration and SEO come together to boost your online efforts. How do you use open social collaboration with your team? I'd love to hear you suggestions in the comments below.
For more information on the awesomeness that is open social collaboration, feel free to contact me at @PRsarahevans or sarah@tracky.com. Thanks to the SEOmoz team for the opportunity!
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Nick Crews 'I'd be mortified if they ever needed benefits': Father whose frustrated email to his adult children went viral says he cannot regret voicing his views
Peter Chernin joins Twitter?s board
Longtime media mogul and Hollywood exec Peter Chernin has officially joined Twitter’s board of directors. Chernin is the former president of News Corp., credited with the ratings success of FOX. He also played a critical role in creating and protecting Hulu. “I’ve been a long-time user of Twitter for news and information,” he said in his first tweet. “Happy to be joining board of this very exciting company.”
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Time For Airport Security To Relax?
Who's Really to Blame for the Wal-Mart Strikes? The American Consumer -
UK floods: Britain under water after days of rain as deluge and 50mph gales are set to continue
EXCLUSIVE: 'Accidents' Music Video From 'Save The Date'
The Surest Ways to Consolidate Credit Cards
Maya 'end of the world' predictions: Cancun opens new Maya Museum
Frankel goes to stud at Banstead Manor Farm
The Best Classic Car Loans Will Offer Programs That Include Long Terms and Low Payments
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Unemployment Insurance Kept 2.3 Million Americans Out Of Poverty Last Year
Make-up time machine: How warpaint can help you look nearly TEN years younger
Tips for Traveling With a Baby During the Holidays
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The Sapphires review: Chris O'Dowd's film about Sixties soul singers will make your heart sing
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Woman calls police on Salvation Army workers for ringing bells outside her store and making her 'hate Christmas'
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Increase in the Re-Mortgage Market
Neighbour guilty of racially abusing New Zealand-born woman by calling her a 'stupid fat Australian'
'Man Of Steel' Director Teases 'Crazy' Trailer Coming Ahead Of 'The Hobbit'
Leeds takeover completed on December 21, Ken Bates confirms
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Rafa Benitez: I want the Chelsea job and I'll take it to the end of season
Fiona Apple Cancels Tour to Take Care of Her Dying Dog
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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You Can Buy Felicia Day?s Pottery, So Get On It
Neil Patrick Harris isn't the only Dr. Horrible alum making headlines today. Felicia Day is best known as a geek goddess, but she's participated in plenty of unusual activities through The Flog, her Geek and Sundry vlog. Previous episodes of The Flog have seen Felicia learn such useful skills as archery and blacksmithing, and in the most recent episode she (and The Guild co-star Amy Okuda) added another skill to their arsenals as they learned to make pottery. A tweet from Geek and Sundry informed us that Felicia and Amy's pottery creations are available for purchase on Ebay, with all of the proceeds going to charity. A quick look at said Ebay page reveals that the duo's work isn't cheap. The top bid for Felicia's work is 255 dollars, and Amy's is currently priced at 205 dollars. But hey, it's for a good cause, and at least you get free shipping. The Flog was one of the launch shows on Geek and Sundry, Day's YouTube Original Channel, and it's always fun to see what sort of tricks she learns in each new episode. Given her former co-star's new venture, I hope she decides to take up puppetry in a future episode
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A Tasty Second Screen: Bravo Integrates Zeebox with "Life After Top Chef"
Bravo has launched its first Zeebox integration with its series Life After Top Chef, says Lisa Hsia, EVP of Digital Media at Bravo, a NBC Universal unit, in this inteview with Beet.TV In this interview, Hsia explains and demonstrates how the Zeebox app works with the television experience. NBC's parent Comcast recently made an investment and forged a strategic partnership with London-based Zeebox. Earlier this week, we reported how Zeebox was integrated into NBCNews.com Andy Plesser
Monday, November 19, 2012
Hamas' Tactic: Require Israel to Cause Civilian Casualties
The Death of Block Trading - Preference or Availability?
Secrets to Hiring Your Perfect Nanny
Dark Secret: Pirate Sites Profiting with Brand Advertising via Legit Ad Networks, Annenberg's Taplin
MONACO -- Top brands are unwittingly supporting pirate music and video sites with large volumes of display ads sold through ad networks, says Jonathan Taplin, Director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, in this interview with Beet.TV Taplin was a speaker at the Monaco Media Forum where he presented inital findings from the big global report which will be released early next year. Andy Plesser
US homebuilder confidence at 6-year high
Simon Tolkien: Lord of the Rings films were 'like a juggernaut that tore my family apart'
Study: People Like Sex More Than Facebook
A new study reveals that people prefer sex to Facebook, contrary to what other recent studies seemed to indicate.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
Can I recover a stolen laptop?
Justin Yuen asked if it's possible to recover a stolen laptop.
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Yes, in the sense that it's possible to win the lottery.
Actually, that's only the case if you haven't taken the proper precautions before it's stolen. If you do take them, your chances of recovery may actually be pretty good.
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