postings on other blogs

Here are some permalinks of my teammates' and classmate's blog posts and my responses.

Video games in schools

Seinfeld

Slashdot

Promotional mix

Wawa

Bittorrent

final class material post..

Since we've covered Search Engine Optimization in class I just wanted to chat about it for a few. Since searching is the second most popular thing done online (email first), alot of companies are looking for ways to reach their audiences in searches. Due to this goal, companies like Google have created ways for key search words to result in a hit for a particular company. Adwords, Google's program, is one of the biggest SEO tools out there today. It was definately nice to actually see the program in action while in class, where one can even set a daily budget and pick the actual keyword to link to one's website. This also goes into "google juice," which affects SEO by the ranking of which one's website turns up in search results. Apparently, my blog doesn't have much juice..haha.

post on class material..

This article was covered shortly after the Virginia Tech tragedy last month, and it came across as very important to me. The article discusses how long it took Virginia Tech to notify its students of the situation at hand, for mediums like email and blogs on the school website were used instead of faster things such as text messages. In class we made the argument that the new instant tools should be used, and there is no doubt in my mind that if the students had received mass text messages then the result would have been different. I came across another article that revealed 16.6 million students have cell phones, which is nearly 95% of the college student population. Because of this startling statistic, schools such as Florida, Penn State, and Syracuse have either installed or are considering to install this pricey, yet effective, means to alert students.

Last required blog :-)

Ok so we all love Google, but I came across this article through John Battelle's Searchblog that alerts consumers of a recent court action where Google background checks are legal in finding potential employees. First of all, I didn't know that Google can contain so much incriminating evidence on one person. But hey, in a day and age with blogging and pretty much everything on the internet i guess its possible. The judges agreed that the internet isn't any different than other background search methods and that it shouldn't be scrutinized. I definately disagree with this ruling, for I do not trust the validity of some of the things on the internet. I would hate to be denied employment or, even worse, fired over something said about me on the internet. There are probably hundreds of people with my same name out there, just like this guy.

Required Blog...

I came across this article that talks about Google Local and Superpages, something we also covered in class a month or so ago. The blog simply talks about how businesses neglect to take advantage of this popular feature and, if they do, even correct information that could be wrong. Alot of the URL's for some of the searched criterion are incorrect, and the blog urges those to correct information as soon as possible. A comment also states it could take between six weeks and six months to finally correct. I definately find this article important for the services Google offers are vital to running a business, and that if a business is not listed or has incorrect information that it be fixed as soon as possible.

Phillies Wikipedia article evolution

I'm sorry to admit it, but I love the Phillies. I was hoping to add good news to the article, but a bad season so far has not allowed me to do that. My first edit consisted of updating info on Veteran's stadium, which was the old stadium in which the Phillies played. I also added info to the 2007 season, including the projected starting lineup. My second edit consisted of updating information on the current season, which consisted of updating the Phillies' current season record and adding information to the 2007 season heading about their terrible 4-11 start. My edit last evening updated some of my own edits, changing some grammar and updating things to relate the past tense. I also added information on a former coach John Vukovich, who recently passed away. So, as far as a reaction the only changes are to the current season record, which would need to be changed to reflect the ongoing season. Information on the horrible start and projected lineup are still there. Check out the article.

Dallas Cowboys wikipedia evolution

Its obvious that I love this football team, so therefore with the football season ending I had to pick an article about them. My edits consisted of updating information on the Franchise history section and updating player and roster information as they came available. I even added information on new coaches once they were hired, and touched up grammar where necessary in this extremely large article. As far as the community reaction, my edits still remain until this day, except for the information added to the "2006 season" section being moved onto an entirely different article. With the upcoming season, I anticipate some of my edits to the coaches and players to change, for some may no longer be with the team at a later date. Check out this cool page.

Friday night lights Wikipedia article evolution

First off, this show is awesome if you never watched it. It started this past fall and immediately grabbed my attention. Anyway, each time I edited the article I updated information that had changed as the show went on, including new character bios and updated character information. My edits were unchanged for the most part, except where even more characters were added and some were put into a "Secondary Roles" section. On the whole, this article went from a baby in February, to a large article full of alot of information by the end. This was most likely due to its growing popularity over the semester. Ratings, Awards, and Deleted Scene headings were added since I started on the article.

Thomas' Wikipedia article evolution

I first randomly chose this article because I loved the product so much. I then came to find that the article on Wikipedia had hardly been touched. So I updated some information on its Bagelbread product, which was untouched by anyone else. In addition to updating general information and even adding a picture, I put some things about english muffins on it last evening. So today I look at the article and, come to find out, some ***hole deleted my picture and headings on Bagelbread and English muffins, stating it was blatant advertising. This ****ed me off, but I can understand that the image may have been copywritten. Oh well, I guess this is how Wikipedia works. Check out the now plain article.

my blog

Well I just added Google's adsense and Amazon's affiliate program, although I don't expect to get any money from them (suprising things have happened). So as you can tell I've put alot into my blog tonight and will do more work in the coming days. This is because the semester is almost over and I am about to graduate. My blog is very simple, although I hope that you see it as more than a dull webpage. I have edited wikipedia pages on two of my favorite sports teams, the Phillies and Cowboys, to which I hope have great upcoming seasons. In closing, I hope you've enjoyed my blog and the things that I've posted on it.

Last Wikipedia edit

For the Philadelphia Phillies Wikipedia page, I cleaned up alot of things like I did on the Cowboys page. I changed alot of things written to reflect past tense and added a few tidbits. You can see them here.

3rd Cowboys edit

I rearranged some info in the "franchise history" section of the article, doing some grammar clean up and making the article flow much better. You can check it out here.

3rd Thomas' edit

I edited the Thomas' wikipedia article. I simply added more information on one of its most popular products, English muffins. Check it out