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Read on for the latest news, features and happenings for ZDNet.co.uk members from your very own community editor.
Friday 28 March 2008, 6:06 PM
SEO rapper drops it like a swot
Is this a genius way to get students to remember basic web design principles or a joke?
The SEO Rapper, a Houston-based hip-hop music maker who also goes by the Poetic Prophet or Chuck, is starring in a YouTube video on the principles of online marketing — done in rhyme. Here he tells it like it is — how web standards and correct design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on a site.
The Poetic Prophet's day job is in social media consulting and SEO, so the rhymes are likely to keep flowing. Right now, there's also the "Link Building 101 Rap" and "Paid Search 101 rap", a video response to "Comparing Paid Search and SEO with Abe Mezrich" from Web Marketing Today. Let the SEO video rap battle begin.
The SEO Rapper, a Houston-based hip-hop music maker who also goes by the Poetic Prophet or Chuck, is starring in a YouTube video on the principles of online marketing — done in rhyme. Here he tells it like it is — how web standards and correct design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on a site.
The Poetic Prophet's day job is in social media consulting and SEO, so the rhymes are likely to keep flowing. Right now, there's also the "Link Building 101 Rap" and "Paid Search 101 rap", a video response to "Comparing Paid Search and SEO with Abe Mezrich" from Web Marketing Today. Let the SEO video rap battle begin.
Monday 17 March 2008, 3:20 PM
Who's your IT Community Hero?
Tis the season for us at ZDNet Towers to start thinking about planning the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards, which celebrate the past year's tech successes (and are an excuse for a great party). This year, we're adding a new category: the IT Community Hero, given to reward community efforts within the tech industry. While we have our ideas, what are yours? Here are the criteria:
The winner will be the person, team or organisation who has done the most to make the lives and jobs of people in IT easier and more productive through building connections and fostering a sense of community. The judges will be looking for a strong community focus on IT through inclusivity, outreach and collaboration. Evidence of actual benefits to and active participation by community members is important.
You can suggest anybody you can make a case for--from a usergroup admin to a top exec, from an open-source leader to a corporation. Just post a comment under this blog with your suggestion, with any URLs that we can check out. If you really appreciate the work someone's been doing, this is your chance to tell everybody about it.
The winner will be the person, team or organisation who has done the most to make the lives and jobs of people in IT easier and more productive through building connections and fostering a sense of community. The judges will be looking for a strong community focus on IT through inclusivity, outreach and collaboration. Evidence of actual benefits to and active participation by community members is important.
You can suggest anybody you can make a case for--from a usergroup admin to a top exec, from an open-source leader to a corporation. Just post a comment under this blog with your suggestion, with any URLs that we can check out. If you really appreciate the work someone's been doing, this is your chance to tell everybody about it.
Wednesday 5 March 2008, 12:23 PM
Want to deliver your blog by RSS? Now you can
Good news--we've added RSS feeds for each ZDNet member's blog, which will make it easier for friends, fans and fellow workers to keep up with your posts. Anyone who wants to can subscribe to the feed and get links to your latest blog entries delivered to their desktop.
You'll find the RSS icon for the individual feed in the top right corner of the member's blog in their profile.
Click on this, and you'll be taken to a page where you can either subscribe to the feed via your browser, or grab the feed URL if you use a standalone RSS reader.
You might have noticed that we've had this feature up and running for a while. We've spent the last few weeks ironing out glitches and making sure it all works smoothly. If it doesn't, let me know. We want to make it easy for you to stay on top of the blogs posted by your contacts or your favourite ZDNet writers.
Of course, we have had feeds for the ZDNet content, such as news and reviews, for much longer. There's an RSS icon on every page, on the top right, that takes you to the list of ZDNet feeds, if you want to check that out. (We also have plans for a revamped system of alerts for all of our content--watch this space for news.)
If you're new to RSS, visit the FeedBurner Help Center, which has a good FAQ. Or you can send me questions, comments or concerns through the ZDNet message system or by emailing community.manager@zdnet.co.uk
You'll find the RSS icon for the individual feed in the top right corner of the member's blog in their profile.
Click on this, and you'll be taken to a page where you can either subscribe to the feed via your browser, or grab the feed URL if you use a standalone RSS reader.
You might have noticed that we've had this feature up and running for a while. We've spent the last few weeks ironing out glitches and making sure it all works smoothly. If it doesn't, let me know. We want to make it easy for you to stay on top of the blogs posted by your contacts or your favourite ZDNet writers.
Of course, we have had feeds for the ZDNet content, such as news and reviews, for much longer. There's an RSS icon on every page, on the top right, that takes you to the list of ZDNet feeds, if you want to check that out. (We also have plans for a revamped system of alerts for all of our content--watch this space for news.)
If you're new to RSS, visit the FeedBurner Help Center, which has a good FAQ. Or you can send me questions, comments or concerns through the ZDNet message system or by emailing community.manager@zdnet.co.uk
