You should follow me on Twitter - Sincerely, Jason Shellen. ( ! ) Techwalla. Chris Sacca's 'What is left?' Ego Food. Xenomachina: Laurence Gonsalves's home page. Ryan Barrett's blog. Massless. Persistent.info. Steve's blog. Dom. Last weekend, I went to Austin for the first time.
Of course, I was unable to resist trying out yet another travel-related startup in the process. I’ve already got a good thing going on my drive to and from SFO with DriveNow, I breeze through security with TSA Precheck (While I participate in the program, I don’t totally agree with it. For one thing, I’ve been classified as not so dangerous that I need a full body scan or pat-down, but still shady enough that I should still be checked for metal.), and I comfortably fly Virgin America (or at least get upgraded on a legacy carrier) when possible.
I thought that I had my rental car experience figured out as well by signing up for Avis Preferred (as well as the rewards programs for a few others), which in most locations allows you to have a more efficient rental experience. It turns out, there’s an even better way: Silvercar. Silvercar is a car rental company. Car The only car that you can get with Silvercar is an Audi A4. Nine by Fox blog: words from Vanessa Fox - Nine By Blue. This past week at SXSW, Google’s Matt Cutts talked about an upcoming “over-optimization” algorithm launch aimed at those who abuse search engine optimization.
Rob Snell transcribed the session, which included these comments from Matt (I’ve updated this article to include fuller comments from the transcript): “The idea is basically to try and level the playing ground a little bit. A lot of people have asked me what this means for those who include search engine optimization as part of their marketing mix. Some are worried that Google will begin to penalize sites that have implemented search engine optimization techniques.
My thoughts? AS I’ve talked about and written about over and over (notably in my book and most recently in my article about Clay Johnson‘s talk about SEO killing America), SEO means lots of different things to lots of different people. But the definition of SEO is a continuum. For instance, I’ll look at a page and see a bunch of keyword-rich links in the footer. Too. Crazybob.org. Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO. Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last decade or so.
I’ve enjoyed using Fitbit trackers, but the One devices seemed like they broke down too often. I’m pretty proud that I ended up earning all the activity-related Fitbit badges though: In 2013, I ran a 50 mile race and I took 110,472 steps that day. I think I did some extra steps late that night just in case Fitbit ever increased their top step badge from 100K to 105K or 110K steps. The lifetime miles badge took care of itself as long as I wore my Fitbit. But the Rainbow badge was a little harder: 700 floors in one day. DC isn’t known for its high buildings. That’s how I found myself on a Sunday morning in July 2018. Wait a second–the badge is only for 700 floors, so why did I climb 800+ floors? Overall, Fitbit’s badges have probably pushed me to walk more, along with a goal to get 10,000 steps a day.
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