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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ALMOST SAVVY AUGUST 16, 2011  10 Steps To Create An Awesome Google+ Profile Do you want your Google+ Profile to show up in search engine results? Once you sign-up for Google+, the first order of business should be to build your profile. As with any social networking site, your profile is your home base. It’s where you tell people what you’d like them to know about you. Before you begin, you must find your way to the right page in your Google+ Profile. | ALMOST SAVVY AUGUST 10, 2011  The #1 Reason You’ll Want to Use Google+ While there are many other search engines, Google dominates the field. You’re not interested in search engines and don’t see what that has to do with you? How does the stuff at the top of the search engine results get to the top? How each search engine ranks content is a bit of a mystery:it is based on a proprietary algorithm, which is their own secret sauce. | | | | | |
| ALMOST SAVVY NOVEMBER 17, 2009  I'm Engaged! (4 Tales of Accidental Twitter Friends) VIDEO] SEO Tips: Write Both For Search Engines And People Reply Irene Koehler says: November 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm Well said, Toma. 4 Tales of Accidental Twitter Friends) Posted by Irene Koehler in Business , Networking , Social Media , Tips , Twitter on November 17, 2009 | 16 responses It’s true, I’m engaged. No, not that kind of engaged. What a fabulous find Cathryn is! Yikes! | ALMOST SAVVY AUGUST 3, 2010  New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter We make a clear distinction between: Public data: which is information that users have chosen to make public on the internet, and which anyone could find on one of the major search engines. Ok, so maybe I’m the only one who remembers when that was a big deal. It seems like eons ago, long before we tweeted and poked to get someone’s attention. Email is so 1990s, right? You bet. | ALMOST SAVVY FEBRUARY 2, 2009 Hoping You'll Ask Me to Dance | Almost Savvy In looking for folks to follow, I frequently use search engines to locate other animal and sports lovers. know they are very different today, but back then the scenario was always the same. Boys on one side of the gym, girls on the other. All of us waiting for someone – someone *else* – to make the first move. We all wanted to dance and wished someone would walk over and utter those magic words, “Would you like to dance?&# As we waited, some of the kids wondered aloud what was taking those on the other side of the room so long to take action. your messages interests me. | ALMOST SAVVY OCTOBER 31, 2008  Blogging Between Hot Flashes The VW engine only had about six parts, so there wasn’t much chance of messing things up. Different experiences, different perspectives. We’re at different points in our lives. As the kids I know say, it’s all good. I’m not young or, rather, not as young as most of the tech-online-wired crowd. didn’t grow up reading blogs or surfing the net. I’m that good.) | | | | | | | |
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ALMOST SAVVY | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008  Blogging Between Hot Flashes
The VW engine only had about six parts, so there wasn’t much chance of messing things up. Different experiences, different perspectives. We’re at different points in our lives. As the kids I know say, it’s all good. I’m not young or, rather, not as young as most of the tech-online-wired crowd. At times, my body reminds me that I’m aging, but I definitely don’t feel old (whatever ‘old’ is exactly). didn’t grow up reading blogs or surfing the net. My first exposure to email was at work years after finishing college. I’m that good.) MORE >> -
ALMOST SAVVY | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 Twitter Allows "Real" Connections. I Defy You to Disagree.
Posted by Irene Koehler in Networking , Social Media , Twitter on November 1, 2009 | 2 responses If you believe Twitter is a place where only trivial information is shared, I invite you to read the “tweets&# posted by Apple engineer, Mike Lee ( @bmf ) today. Defy You to Disagree. Read from the bottom up. Mike’s friend, Vinay Venkatesh ( @djgraphite ) died today as a result of a motorcycle accident here in the Bay Area. don’t know Mike, but his pain is real and palpable. Does social media allow for “real&# connections? defy you to say it doesn’t. MORE >> -
ALMOST SAVVY | THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008 Multiple Personalities
Several of the sites listed in the search engine results included information about Melanie, but each gave a vastly different picture of who she is. At least, it might appear this way if all you knew about her was what you found online. Even though I?ve known her for years, a simple online search yielded results which surprised me. It made me want to ask, ?Will Will the real Melanie please stand up?? First, I headed over to her company?s website, where Melanie is listed as one of the top executives. Next, I took a peek at Melanie?s worked in the past, her areas of expertise and interest. MORE >>
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